Generative artist William Mapan’s latest collection, “Distance,” sold out in less than 24 hours despite launching in the middle of a very weak NFT market. From his early long-form generative series “Dragons” on the Tezos blockchain to the highly sought-after “Anticyclone” ArtBlocks collection that currently commands a 5 ETH floor, Mapan has a unique way of capturing the hearts and…
An Ethereum developer has managed to get ChatGPT to launch its own ERC-20 token, AstroPepeX, modeled off data from the top traded tokens on Uniswap. X (previously Twitter) user CroissantETH unpacked details of how they integrated ChatGPT into a custom application using OpenAI’s API. They told it to design and issue its own ERC-20 token with an estimated market cap…
On Wednesday, Sept.20, the United States House Financial Services Committee will mark up two bills to curb the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). One of the bills would stop the Federal Reserve from running any test programs on CBDCs without congressional approval, while the other would stop federal banks from using CBDCs for some services and products. …
Bitcoin (BTC) speculators are in “panic” mode as nearly all of them are in the red, research says. In the latest edition of its weekly newsletter, “The Week On-Chain,” analytics firm Glassnode revealed 97.5% unrealized losses among Bitcoin’s short-term holders (STHs). Research warns of “non-trivial” Bitcoin sentiment slide BTC price action in recent months has tested the resolve of investors,…
Cryptocurrency-friendly brokerage firm eToro is expanding its crypto services worldwide by securing new regulatory approval in Europe. eToro has received the Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) registration from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the firm officially announced on Sept. 21. According to eToro, the registration will authorize it to offer regulated crypto services to all countries in the…
Patreon creators had difficulties getting paid in August, while OnlyFans once tried to ban porn on the platform, forcing creators to look at alternatives, inclu… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/onlyfans-patreon-models-turn-to-web3-payment-censorship-fears
Bitcoin traders get none of the volatility they hoped for, and BTC price slowly drifts back to intraday lows. Source: https://jp.cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/bitcoin-price-fomc-mt-gox-26-7-k-dip
The regulator alleged that Bit Trade, the provider for Kraken in Australia, did not make a target market determination before offering its margin trading produc… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/australia-regulator-asic-sues-bit-trade-over-margin-trading-product
A video of American software developer and early Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talking about zero-knowledge proofs 25 years ago resurfaced on Twitter this week. The footage is taken from the 18th annual International Cryptology Conference at University of California, Santa Barbara in 1998, aka “Crypto ’98”. “I want to prove to you that I know a message that hashes to…
Alchemy Pay has joined the ranks of crypto firms like Coinbase and Jack Dorsey’s Block in securing a Money Transmitter License in Arkansas. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/crypto-payment-firm-alchemy-pay-arkansas-license
