Throughout Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, the FTX founder’s lawyers have sought to preclude certain pieces of evidence. But U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan—who presides over Bankman-Fried’s court case—has permitted the jury to see and hear almost everything. The contested exhibits range from specific views of a marina in the Bahamas that Bankman-Fried’s apartment once overlooked, to a memo he penned…
Ethereum metaverse game Decentraland has revealed its plans for the AI World Fair, which is set to be hosted in the online sandbox game next week. Running from October 25-27, The AI World Fair will bring together experts in artificial intelligence, metaverse worlds, and Web3 alongside companies like NVIDIA, Rainbird, and SingularityNET, all of which are utilizing AI technology in…
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says a spot Bitcoin ETF will likely get the green light in the next three months. “We think a Bitcoin ETF will be approved this year in 2023,” said Novogratz during an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. “Talking to all the other people, it just feels like the dialogue with the SEC is all heading…
Bitcoin (BTC) is up over 70% so far this year, helped by a banking crisis and hopes about a spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval in the United States. BTC/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView So will Bitcoin price continue to climb for the rest of 2023? Let’s take a look at its chances and and possible BTC price targets.…
On Tuesday, the French National Assembly passed the so-called Sorare law, introducing the first dedicated regulatory framework for video games tapping NFTs and crypto-powered monetization schemes. It was voted as part of the broader Digital Space Regulation Law–or SREN–in the French National Assembly, involving 561 members who cast their votes. Among them, 437 members voted for its adoption, while 77…
Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some of the brightest minds worried about the potential ramifications. Restaking involves reusing staked or locked-up Ether tokens to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols. Proponents believe restaking can squeeze additional security…
Central, Northern, and Western Europe (CNWE) has cemented its status as a global powerhouse in the cryptocurrency space, with the United Kingdom emerging as a leading force in the region. According to a new report by Chainalysis, the UK leads the region in activity, boasting $252.1 billion in raw transaction volume over the past year. This figure also puts it…
The United Kingdom has emerged as a major cryptocurrency economy worldwide and the biggest crypto country in terms of raw transaction volume in Central, Northern and Western Europe (CNWE), according to a new study. The blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis on Oct. 18 released two new chapters of its 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency report, including its brand new CNWE study and…
The Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Project Atlas report offers yet another indication that the worlds of crypto and traditional finance may be converging. On the surface, this proof-of-concept project backed by some of Europe’s biggest central banks — like German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank and Dutch central bank De Nederlandsche Bank — seems modest enough: securing more crypto-related data,…
The book is designed to provide programmers with all the information needed to code a prover and verifier from scratch that is usable in modern smart contracts. Source: https://decrypt.co/202138/rareskills-launches-free-zero-knowledge-proofs-zkps-e-book
