The surge in CME Bitcoin futures open interest has helped the regulated derivatives platform attain a 25% market share in Bitcoin futures. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/cme-second-largest-bitcoin-futures-exchange-open-interest-surges
Mobile move-to-earn game Stepn has announced a new collaboration with electronic musician Steve Aoki to launch an exclusive collection of digital sneakers via Solana NFTs. The alliance is tied to the DJ’s A0K1VERSE, an NFT-based membership club that provides exclusive benefits to holders. The Steve Aoki x Stepn collection will include 300 collaborative sneakers available in four designs: Walker, Jogger,…
Zero knowledge-proof (ZK-proof) scalability solutions have grown in prominence in the crypto ecosystem in recent years, making way for several ZK-focused conferences and events. A marquee ZK conference dedicated to the growing community will take place on Nov. 13 in Istanbul, Turkey. ZkDay is hosted by zero knowledge layer-1 platform, the Manta Network, Polychain Capital, nil; Foundation and Cointelegraph. ZkDay…
Generative AI has revolutionized almost every facet of daily life in a relatively short time. An unfortunate side effect of this surge into the mainstream, however, is a surge of phishing scams utilizing the technology. A new report by cybersecurity firm SlashNext says phishing emails have jumped 1,265% since the launch of ChatGPT. On top of the development of malware-generating…
The Biden administration is taking serious steps to rein in artificial intelligence. Today, the White House issued an executive order that includes a sweeping 26-point mandate for firms working on AI. The points range from mitigating the technology’s penchant for discrimination to urging developers to “share their safety test results and other critical information with the U.S. government.” Each of…
The administration of United States President Joe Biden released an executive order on Oct. 30 establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security. Biden’s address said it is building off previous actions taken, including AI safety commitments from 15 leading companies in the industry. The new standards have six primary touch points for the new AI standards, along…
Why NFT Paris has Launched a Loyalty Token NFT Paris founder Alexandre Tsydenkov told Decrypt what to expect from the upcoming 2024 edition of the conference, the launch of its loyalty token and its plans to create a Web3 loyalty program that rewards the most engaged members of the community. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/91tPVJff/why-nft-paris-has-launched-a-loyalty-token
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The ghastly events of this past month raise again some troubling questions: Does crypto have a terrorist fundraising problem? Are its networks really being exploited by terrorists to wreak global havoc? If so, what must it do better? On the other hand, maybe the problem is one of perception — more appearance than reality — because public blockchains, after all,…
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), a regulated Bitcoin (BTC) Futures exchange, now stands just behind Binance in terms of notional open interest (OI) to rank second in the list of BTC futures exchanges. CME’s OI hit $3.58 billion earlier on Oct. 30, pushing the regulated derivatives exchange platform to jump two positions from the last week. CME overtook Bybit and…
