By now you must be aware of the AI market being on a steady rise and heralding global news headlines. AI chatbots have been the powerhouses uplifting the global business spectrum. It is expected to reach a whopping $267 billion by 2027. That’s not all — AI is expected to be a major contributor to the global economy, with estimates…
Recently, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock asset management fund, talked about crypto in an interview on CNBC. He said that crypto “has a differentiating value versus other asset classes, but more importantly, because it’s so international, it’s going to transcend any one currency.” BlackRock is now the world’s largest asset management fund, with over $9 trillion in assets. Fink…
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued an in-principle approval to Hong Kong Virtual Asset Exchange (HKVAX) to operate a virtual asset trading platform under the region’s securities laws. On Aug. 11, HKVAX announced that it had received an “approval-in-principle” from the SFC to carry out Type 1 and Type 7 regulated activities. The announcement highlighted that a…
Grails by PROOF Season IV Collecting art is historically not just about the art itself but who the artist is and the story behind the piece. The emergence of NFTs as a way to attribute provenance to digital objects has seen an explosion of interest in the past few years, even if that’s currently seeing something of a lull. The…
Crypto functions much like traditional fiat money, offering an easy way to pay for goods and services and compensate workers for their labor. What’s even more promising is that crypto offers a number of benefits over fiat, with its decentralized nature eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries. Depending on the blockchain, transactions can be processed much more quickly than traditional…
While crypto was invented to provide an alternative to the traditional banking system, converting to and from fiat currency is still necessary in many cases. And depending on local regulations, the policy of your bank, and even different cultural standards, your experience can vary greatly. So, what is the path forward to improve this situation around the globe? Web3 adoption…
Imagine a world where everyone, regardless of their background, can easily access and participate in the revolutionary world of Ethereum. A world where decentralized applications empower individuals, and the potential for innovation knows no bounds. Against a highly equivocal and chaotic macroeconomic landscape, this is the world that the prophets of Ethereum dream of. But little do they know this…
The world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, has reportedly applied to get registered under the money laundering control act introduced by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of Taiwan. FSC reportedly informed dozens of domestic crypto service providers that Binance is applying to get registered for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, according to a report published in local media. The report…
In a recent survey of risk executives at 249 organizations conducted by American tech research and consulting firm Gartner, generative AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT were named the second greatest emerging risk to enterprise. According to a Tuesday blog post on the survey by Gartner, experts at the consultancy identified three pressing points that need to be addressed to mitigate…
The United States Federal Election Commission has pushed a petition forward in a unanimous vote on Aug. 10, which would potentially regulate deep fakes in political ads that were generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The petition targets ads that use AI to portray political opponents acting or saying things that they did not, ahead of the 2024 elections. Robert Weissman,…
