At an event in San Francisco, co-inventors Alex Blania and Sam Altman unveiled significant updates to their project, now known as the World Network. Among the five key announcements was the introduction of a new generation Orb, designed to enhance the efficiency of World ID proof of human verifications, powered by advanced NVIDIA Jetson technology. […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/sam-altman-rebrands-biometric-id-project-worldcoin-to-world-as-mainnet-launches/
Month: October 2024
Industry has a ‘long way to go’ in addressing Web3 questions
Economist Paolo Tasca urges the crypto community to ask critical questions and engage in academic discussions to better understand emerging technologies in Web3. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/economist-paolo-tasca-web3-questions-p2pfisy?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
What is a vampire attack in crypto?
Discover what a vampire attack is in the cryptocurrency world, how it impacts DeFi and its implications for liquidity providers and platforms. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-vampire-attack-in-crypto?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Crypto.com sees ‘strong legal footing’ in crypto rulings against SEC
Previous crypto rulings against the SEC have put Crypto.com on a “strong legal footing” in its lawsuit against the regulator, its chief legal officer Nick Lundgren said. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-rulings-against-sec-legal-footing-crypto-com?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Machine Learning AI Helped Detect $4 Billion Worth of Fraud in 2024, Says US Treasury
Machine learning AI has helped the U.S. Department of the Treasury prevented and recover more than $4 billion in fraudulent or improper payments during 2024. The sharp rise represents a six-fold increase from last year, when the Treasury detected and recovered $652.7 million. The Treasury’s Office of Payment Integrity (OPI), part of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, said in…
October Boosts Bitcoin Miners’ Revenue—But How Will the Election Shift the Market?
With bitcoin prices on the rise in October, miners are seeing a bit more cash in their pockets compared to the start of the month. The network’s hashprice, which represents the value of one petahash per second (PH/s) of hashpower, has climbed by over 14% this month. Meanwhile, the network hashrate is sitting just below […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/october-boosts-bitcoin-miners-revenue-but-how-will-the-election-shift-the-market/
Craig Wright Says Bitcoin Devs ‘Misled the Public’ in New $1 Billion Lawsuit
Craig Wright launched a new legal battle claiming that Bitcoin developers have deviated from the original vision of the project and insisting that Bitcoin SV is the real Bitcoin. The claim is seeking from the defendants the difference in market valuation between the two coins, over $1.18 billion. If Wright’s name sounds familiar, that’s because he previously claimed to be…
Is Tor still safe after Germany’s ‘timing attack?’ Answer: It’s complicated…
German authorities used a timing attack to reveal a darknet admin’s identity, but Tor claims that the suspected attack vector is outdated. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tor-germany-timing-attack-privacy?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin Could Hit Turbulence From US Bond Yields, Fed Policy: Analyst
Bitcoin has climbed 11% in the past week and is within range of the highs it saw in July. But there may be trouble on the horizon for the price of Bitcoin when you zoom out to look at macroeconomic factors, said one analyst. Yuya Hasegawa, a crypto market analyst at Bitbank in Japan, highlighted that rising U.S. bond yields…
Hamster Kombat Fights for Survival With an Innovative Strategy for Season 2
Hamster Kombat is preparing to launch its second season, during which the platform aims to achieve integration with third-party gaming proposals. The team behind the game expects to expand beyond Telegram and allow for the sharing of items across games, thereby broadening the scope of their integration, as described in their updated roadmap. Hamster Kombat […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/hamster-kombat-fights-for-survival-with-an-innovative-strategy-for-season-2/