It hasn’t been a great year for Caroline Ellison. In just 12 months, the former Alameda Research CEO lost her crypto empire, pled guilty to seven federal counts of fraud and conspiracy, and testified publicly—in excruciating detail—against her one-time lover and former boss, FTX co-founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Now, as the one-year anniversary of FTX and Alameda’s seismic collapse…
Decrypt reporter and GG producer Kate Irwin interviews Midnight Society Studio Head Rob Bowling about Deadrop’s development and Snapshot VII. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/live-events/A0auyZzn/midnight-societys-rob-bowling-on-deadrops-new-cars-and-user-generated-modes
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy Is a ‘Wild Card,’ Says Marketing Director Twitch Senior Director of Community Marketing Mary Kish speaks with Decrypt’s Kate Irwin about Twitch CEO Dan Clancy, Ninja, Twitch’s new simulcasting rules, the biggest differences between Twitch and rival platform Kick, and the role of esports on the streaming platform. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/live-events/qCOCtPKe/twitch-ceo-dan-clancy-is-a-wild-card-says-marketing-director
Coinbase is completely removing support for Bitcoin SV (BSV). America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange said in a letter to customers who store the asset on the platform that their holdings will be liquidated unless they remove their coins by January 9. Coinbase delisted Bitcoin spin-off BSV—also known as Satoshi’s Vision—back in 2021 after the blockchain behind the coin suffered what’s known…
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its annual examination of the most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency. Crypto was on its list, as no surprise to anyone in the crypto community. The OIG’s “Statement on the SEC’s Management and Performance Challenges” noted the agency’s previous…
Artificial intelligence (AI) system ChatGPT now allows users to create their own generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs), according to a November 6 blog post from developer Open AI. This means that users can now create custom ChatGPT apps that handle a variety of tasks, instead of needing to enter long strings of commands into the chat window to perform these tasks.…
If there’s a bear market in crypto, no one told luxury phone manufacturer Vertu. Its Metavertu II Web3 smartphone, launched at a glitzy event last week in Hong Kong, starts at a mere $5,100 for the base model. If you prefer an alligator skin finish over carbon fiber, you’ll have to shell out a whopping $9,300. The new smartphone caters…
During the inaugural OpenAI Develop Day on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman started with announcing several upgrades to its existing products, including the latest version of ChatGPT, GPT-4 Turbo. “Even though this is a developer conference, we can’t resist making some improvements to ChatGPT—a small one,” Altman told the crowd. “ChatGPT now uses GPT-4 Turbo, with all the latest improvements,…
A suite of documents was published in the United Kingdom on Nov. 6 that concern stablecoin regulation. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a discussion paper, as did the Bank of England (BOE). To accompany those, the BOE’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) released a letter to CEOs of deposit-taking institutions, and the BOE released a “cross-authority roadmap” to link them…
Bitcoin price is consolidating near $35,000. Will altcoins capitalize on the sideways price action and move higher? Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-11-6-spx-dxy-btc-eth-bnb-xrp-sol-ada-doge-ton
