Germany is dragging Europe’s economy down — and that’s great for crypto
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Germany is dragging Europe’s economy down — and that’s great for crypto

In the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman discusses the recession in Germany, Europe’s largest economy. According to a recent headline in The Wall Street Journal, “Germany is dragging down Europe’s economy.“ The article explains how the country heavily depends on manufacturing, which has been hurt as foreign governments rush to protect domestic industries. According to Pechman,…

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Zero10 and JD Sports Offer Virtual Try-On of Nike Apparel at IRL Stores
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Zero10 and JD Sports Offer Virtual Try-On of Nike Apparel at IRL Stores

The latest deal for virtual try-on company ZERO10 is an IRL collaboration with JD Sports in the latter’s Times Square New York and State Street Chicago flagship stores. ZERO10’s AR Mirrors animate the new JD Sports x Nike Need it Now collection, allowing visitors to virtually try on 18 items—some of which come with additional AR enhancement effects like water…

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Decrypt’s Guide to Stable Diffusion: The Most Powerful Open-Source Tool for AI Image Generation
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Decrypt’s Guide to Stable Diffusion: The Most Powerful Open-Source Tool for AI Image Generation

GUI for the Automatic1111 WebUI before launching Whether you’re a digital artist seeking fresh inspiration or just a regular Joe with an insatiable hunger for visuals, Stable Diffusion is set to become your new go-to tool. The best part? It’s open-source and completely free, inviting everyone to don their creative hats. But be warned: like any skilled artist, it has…

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Core Scientific appoints Adam Sullivan as CEO amid restructuring process
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Core Scientific appoints Adam Sullivan as CEO amid restructuring process

Publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific has announced Adam Sullivan as its chief executive officer. Sullivan, who previously served as the company’s president, took the role on Aug. 4, while Mike Levitt remains chairman of the board. Sullivan has over a decade of financial services experience, particularly in digital assets and infrastructure, with a background that includes strategy, corporate…

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Curve hacker behind $61M heist begins returning funds
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Curve hacker behind $61M heist begins returning funds

A miner extractable value (MEV) bot that drained 6,106 Ether from the Curve Finance pETH-ETH pool has returned most of the funds to the JPEG’d deployer, which represents nearly all of the drained funds. This event occurred after the bot’s address sent a message on the Ethereum blockchain seeking to prove that their email address was associated with the frontrunning bot. The Ethereum IDM…

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Twitter Bot Activity Increased After FTX Listed Tokens, Report Finds
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Twitter Bot Activity Increased After FTX Listed Tokens, Report Finds

Twitter bots activity significantly increased for crypto tokens that were held by Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading firm Alameda Research, after being listed by FTX, a report finds. Cyber-social research and analysis organization Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) published a report suggesting that a “substantial proportion” of online chatter mentioning coins listed prior to the exchange’s collapse were from “bot-like” accounts. NCRI’s…

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'The SEC has violated due process' — Coinbase CLO on motion to dismiss lawsuit
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‘The SEC has violated due process’ — Coinbase CLO on motion to dismiss lawsuit

United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June. In an Aug. 4 filing with U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, lawyers for Coinbase filed a motion for judgment, claiming the SEC had “violated due process, abused its discretion, and abandoned its…

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Comedian Adam Devine the New Matt Damon as Face of Crypto Exchange BitGet
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Comedian Adam Devine the New Matt Damon as Face of Crypto Exchange BitGet

What is the most effective way to get a hardcore crypto technical analysis guy off your porch? Pay him for the pizza. Crypto derivatives trading platform Bitget has announced a one-year partnership with actor and comedian Adam Devine amid the company’s rebranding strategy. In a new spot that went live Friday morning, Devine cautions users to “read the reviews before…

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Room-Temperature Superconductor Race Shines Light on Crypto’s ‘DeSci’ Movement
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Room-Temperature Superconductor Race Shines Light on Crypto’s ‘DeSci’ Movement

The race to replicate LK-99, a superconductor capable of transmitting energy without resistance at room temperature, has kicked off in the DIY science community. On July 22, a team of Korean scientists from the Quantum Energy Research Institute shared preliminary papers introducing this substance. They claim it exhibits superconductivity at temperatures as high as 400K (127°C), a significant leap from…

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