The highly touted Sui mainnet is set to officially launch on Wednesday, May 3 at 8 a.m. ET. A layer 1 designated Proof-of-Stake (dPoS) blockchain, the protocol uses a modified version of the Move programming language initially created at Meta–formerly Facebook–before it decided to wind down its Diem project. Sui is built by Mysten Labs, one of the two spinoffs…
Month: May 2023
Electronic Arts Co-Founder Jeff Burton Joins P2Earn Web3 Gaming Guild
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG Is play-to-earn gaming dead? Maybe not, if P2Earn’s latest addition is any indication. Video game industry veteran Jeff Burton, co-founder of gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA), has joined Canadian blockchain gaming company P2Earn as Chairman of its Board of Advisors. P2Earn is a publicly-listed Web3 gaming guild that plans…
Fearing Leaks, Samsung Bans Employees from Using ChatGPT
On Tuesday, global technology giant Samsung told employees that using ChatGPT on company systems is no longer allowed. In a memo sent to employees, Bloomberg reports, Samsung prohibited the use of the wildly popular chatbot due to concerns that employees were feeding ChatGPT sensitive corporate information. Samsung says in its notice that data sent to AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google…
Sports Illustrated launches Polygon-based NFT ticketing platform
On May 2, Sports Illustrated’s ticketing subsidiary SI Tickets launched the “Box Office” platform, a self-service event management and primary ticketing solution powered by the Polygon blockchain. Built in conjunction with Web3 software developer ConsenSys, Box Office enables “owners, organizers and hosts the ability to create, manage and promote a fully scalable, paid or free ticketed live sporting event.” As…
An AI-Powered Companion for Crypto Enthusiasts – Bitcoin News
This year, the world has witnessed a surge in the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) software, with a plethora of cutting-edge platforms such as Openai’s Chatgpt 3.5, Chatgpt 4.0, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and other innovative tools like Midjourney and Google’s Bard taking the internet by storm. Amidst this technological revolution, Crypto.com’s CEO Kris Marszalek recently hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) discussion,…
Interest rate hike speculation triggers outflows from crypto investment products: Report
On May 2, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its latest “Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report,” which stated that the digital asset market experienced bearish sentiment for the second consecutive week, resulting in outflows totaling $72 million. The report noted that the bearish sentiment could be attributed to the probability of further interest rate hikes by the United States Federal…
How can Bitcoin hold $28K amid the banking crisis?
In today’s Market Report episode, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses whether Bitcoin’s (BTC) $28,000 support has a chance. Next, Pechman analyzes the First Republic Bank’s failure and its subsequent acquisition by JPMorgan. The show airs every Tuesday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel. The first news article explains why Bitcoin margin and futures indicators are essential to…
Teaching the next generation of Web3 users
“How do we onboard the next billion users into crypto?” This is a question that gets thrown around at crypto conferences and metaverse meetups — one that people have been asking for some time. Reaching mass adoption may sound like a daunting task, but crypto media outlets like Cointelegraph help spread the news of what is going on in the…
Blur NFT lending surpasses $16M in loans, led by Matchi Big Brother
According to data sourced from user @beetle from Dune Dashboard, nonfungible tokens (NFT) marketplace Blur has facilitated 8,820 Ether (ETH), or roughly $16.37 million, in loans through its perpetual NFT lending protocol Blend one day after launch. On May 1, Blur introduced Blend as a novel protocol for pledging NFTs for loans, which was developed in conjunction with venture capital…
Student interest in ChatGPT skills on Udemy increased by 4,419% since 2022: Report
Udemy’s Global Workplace Learning Index for Q1 2023 indicates that ChatGPT, financial services, and courses aimed at developing students’ business teaching skills have experienced a massive uptick in interest from the site’s reported 49 million users. This likely comes as no surprise as we’re currently experiencing what Wired recently described as a “Wet Hot AI Chatbot Summer,” coming on the…