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Crypto is transforming finance across the Middle East and Africa, with payments, digital assets, and cross-border transactions leading the charge, Ripple’s survey reveals. Ripple Reveals How Blockchain Will Dominate Finance Across the Middle East and Africa Ripple’s Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa, Reece Merrick, highlighted the increasing role of cryptocurrency in payments, […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/ripples-survey-signals-massive-blockchain-payment-adoption-across-middle-east-and-africa/

Microstrategy’s bold bitcoin strategy added $14 billion in shareholder value in 2024, with BTC holdings soaring to 447,470 as corporate adoption accelerates. Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Empire Surges – $22B in BTC for 2024 Michael Saylor, executive chairman of software intelligence firm Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), has shared details on the company’s bitcoin acquisitions for 2024, highlighting significant […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/microstrategy-acquired-258320-btc-in-2024-adding-14b-in-shareholder-value/

As CES 2025 unfolds, one thing is clear—artificial intelligence is everywhere. From TVs to vacuum cleaners, consumer electronics companies are racing to showcase the new AI features, sometimes shoehorned, into their products. Some of these AI-powered products are impressive, while others stretch the meaning of “artificial intelligence” to its limits. Here’s a look at some of the most eye-catching and…

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During the 2024 U.S. election campaign, a deepfake video spread across social media, falsely alleging voter fraud. Elsewhere, biased data in healthcare has warped AI outcomes, jeopardizing patient care. Opaque algorithms undermine decisions, destabilize markets, and erode trust in financial systems. AI’s risks are escalating, and its flaws are chipping away at public confidence. The […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/dlt-will-rebuild-trust-in-ai/

The departing CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam is sounding the alarm on the lack of comprehensive regulation of cryptocurrencies in the U.S. Regulatory Gap The outgoing chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, has lamented what he termed the insufficient regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States. Behnam argued that the U.S. needs […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/outgoing-cftc-chair-urges-stronger-crypto-regulation-amid-mainstream-adoption/

Sam Altman started 2025 with a bold declaration: OpenAI has figured out how to create artificial general intelligence (AGI), a term commonly understood as the point where AI systems can comprehend, learn, and perform any intellectual task that a human can. In a reflective blog post published over the weekend, he also said the first wave of AI agents could…

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Elon Musk offered praise for Canada’s Bitcoin-friendly opposition leader Pierre Poilievre early Tuesday, following days of the tech titan attacking European politicians.  Writing on his X social media platform (formerly Twitter), the Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted a widely-shared video of Poilievre explaining how the best way to combat inflation is to cut government spending—one of Musk’s own pet projects.…

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