The Indian Supreme Court declined to consider a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that aimed to establish regulations and a framework of guidelines for cryptocurrency trading in India. According to a report, the bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), after listening to the plea, remarked that the petitioner’s demands are more legislative in nature. Given the petition’s character,…
Attorney John Deaton, representing XRP holders, has made a persuasive case in the Ripple vs. SEC legal saga, suggesting that the anticipated $770 million disgorgement for Ripple is improbable. He grounds his prediction on various influential factors that could sway the court’s judgment. Deaton underscores the significance of the Supreme Court’s Morrison ruling, which effectively limits the SEC’s jurisdiction to…
With the Bitcoin halving just months away, MicroStrategy co-founder and Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor thinks that demand for BTC could grow by as much as 10X by the end of 2024. During a speech at the 2023 Australia Crypto Convention on Nov. 10, Saylor was asked to give his outlook for Bitcoin and its ecosystem over the next four to…
BlackRock has argued that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t have any legitimate reason to treat spot-crypto and crypto-futures exchange-traded fund applications differently. BlackRock’s plan for a spot-Ether (ETH) ETF called the “iShares Ethereum Trust” was officially confirmed on Nov. 9, after Nasdaq submitted the 19b-4 application form to the SEC on the firm’s behalf. In its application, BlackRock…
Billionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson says he spends $2 million a year on his publicly documented quest to retain and regain his youth. “It’s probably $3 million to $4 million at this point,” Johnson told Diary of a CEO YouTube and podcast host Steven Bartlett—adding that the money has primarily been spent on scientific research and measurement protocols. Yes, penis rejuvenation…
Nonprofit ethics group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown on Nov. 9 to present them with information on the alleged use of cryptocurrency in money laundering. The letter discussed the Tron blockchain and stablecoin issuer Circle in particular. In the letter signed by CfA executive director Michelle Kuppersmith, it is alleged…
The recent release of GPTs by OpenAI has unleashed a creative frenzy among users, allowing anyone to shape the formidable GPT-4 large language model (LLM) to serve their individual whims. It’s akin to giving people the power to play God with ChatGPT, molding it into whatever persona or purpose they desire. In just a single day since its release, enthusiasts…
Competition is the lifeblood of business, and certainly technology, but it also has its eyebrow-raising moments. The latest online spat involving X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk came after Sam Altman, head of rival AI firm OpenAI, suggested that his firm’s tech could completely replace Musk’s in a few simple steps. “What would you like to make?” ChatGPT asked Altman…
When Sam Altman announced the launch of GPTs at OpenAI’s inaugural DevDay event, it sent shockwaves through the developer space. Now, using ChatGPT’s most powerful AI model, anyone can build a clone inside ChatGPT in minutes. GPTs are Generative Pre-trained Transformers, of which ChatGPT is one, but the platform now allows anyone to build their own. Introduced with OpenAI’s GPT-4,…
Users of the free version of ChatGPT reported that the were unexpectedly given access to GPT-4, the advanced and multimodal capable version of OpenAI’s large language model. One user, TimelessTraveler on OpenAI’s official forum, shared their experience: “This morning, I log into my ChatGPT account and I saw a new model named ‘GPT-4 all tools, confidential,’ he said. “I am…
