The Open Network Foundation (TON Foundation) unveiled a partnership with messaging app Telegram on Wednesday, taking The Open Network (TON) closer to its spiritual roots as it launches a self-custodial crypto wallet for the chat platform’s users. The TON Foundation said that its self-custodial digital wallet, TON Space, has launched on Telegram and is now available to the chat platform’s…
Active user count can be a misleading metric for measuring the state of a crypto ecosystem as a small group of users can generate a significant portion of activity across multiple wallets, argues the co-founder of a blockchain analytics provider. 0xScope’s co-founder and chief data scientist, Philip Torres, told Cointelegraph amid the Bitget EmpowerX Summit that between monopolistic founding entities,…
The United States is one of — if not the worst — place to launch a cryptocurrency startup in the world right now, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse whose firm is in a legal battle with the U.S. securities regulator. “The only country I would not encourage you to start a company right now is in the U.S.,” Garlinghouse…
Italian luxury watch brand Panerai announced Wednesday that it will include an NFT-based “digital passport” with all watches purchased from October 3, expanding an initiative that the firm began in 2022. Each Panerai digital passport will contain comprehensive information about the timepiece in question, constituting its digital identity. Granted to the client at the time of purchase, it acts as…
Legislation aimed at preventing “unelected bureaucrats in Washington” from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has been reintroduced by Representative Tom Emmer. On Sep. 12, Emmer and 49 original co-sponsors revived the “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act” in the United States House of Representatives in a bid, they claim, to protect Americans’ right to financial privacy. “The administration has made…
The staff cut and departure comes amid legal action from United States regulators. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/binance-us-cuts-third-of-staff-ceo-brian-shroder-leaves-report
Binance US President and CEO Brian Shroder has resigned from the company, according to a Bloomberg report subsequently confirmed by Decrypt on Tuesday. The news of his departure comes as Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has worked to dismiss negative news or FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about his crypto empire. Taking over Shroder’s position is Binance US Chief Legal…
Potential jurors in the upcoming criminal trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried could be asked their thoughts on crypto, effective altruism and attention-deficit disorder as his lawyers want to weed out those they consider unsuitable. In court filings on Sep.11, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and United States prosecutors separately filed their lists of proposed questions they wish to ask prospective jurors…
Eight more U.S.-based AI developers on Tuesday added their companies to a growing list of firms that promise to develop generative AI tools responsibly, including NVIDIA, Scale AI, and Cohere. The additions were announced by the White House, and are part of a Biden administration initiative launched four months ago when industry leaders met with them to develop universal guardrails…
The staff cut and departure comes amid legal action from United States regulators. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/binance-us-cuts-third-of-staff-ceo-brian-shroder-leaves-report
