Leading NFT collectibles issuer Dapper Labs has announced a deal with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to launch tokenized collectibles depicting the firm’s iconic characters. Dapper Labs, the team behind the pioneering non-fungible token (NFT) game CryptoKitties, has partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to launch tokenized digital collectibles depicting the company’s most iconic characters. Announced on July […]
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OpenAI’s third-generation language prediction model wrote a 750-word review of itself, fooling many readers. Developer Manuel Araoz has played a practical joke online to demonstrate the potential of artificial intelligence bots — by having a bot write an article about itself. According to a July 18 post on Araoz’s blog, AI development company OpenAI released […]
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Australian Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says that somebody always pays for money printing. Australian Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has taken a swipe at the concept of money printing, as further fiscal stimulus measures are rolled out in the country amid the ongoing pandemic. In a speech in Sydney on Tuesday, the central bank […]
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The hackers behind the massive Bitcoin ‘giveaway’ scam that hit Twitter are moving funds to gambling and P2P trading platforms. Blockchain forensics firm Ciphertrace has traced funds obtained by the Twitter hackers in the ‘giveaway’ scam to peer-to-peer (P2P) exchanges and crypto gambling sites. On July 21, Ciphertrace reported that 0.2 Bitcoin (BTC) had been […]
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As Ether transaction fees hit 100 gwei, the project’s co-founder warns that a failure to respond could undermine the security of the network. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for reform to the cryptocurrency’s fee system, warning that rising transaction fees could undermine the security of the network. The idea is based on a […]
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The final public testnet for ETH 2.0 aims to launch just two weeks from now. The long awaited Ethereum 2.0 network upgrade has taken one step closer to launch with a preliminary date announced for the final planned public testnet. The platform’s launch coordinator, Danny Ryan (@djrtwo) shared the news on the testnet’s discussion board […]
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Verisign, a publicly traded company providing domain name registry services, has been granted a blockchain-based patent. Verisign, a major domain name registry that controls the ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ domains, has acquired a patent that applies blockchain tech to domain names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted patent number 10,721,060 to Verisign on […]
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The CEO, President, and the COO of Canadian exchange Coinsquare have stepped down following an agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission. Coinsquare’s CEO Cole Diamond and President Virgile Rostand will step down and pay a $1.6 million fine as part of an agreement with Canadian regulator the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). According to an announcement […]
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Mexican media report on a new study that reveals a lack of trust from locals towards public cloud network security as cryptojacking cases rise. Mexican users of public cloud networks report a surge in cryptojacking and ransomeware attacks in recent months. According to El Economista, almost three quarters of Mexican companies that use cloud networks […]
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Although Bitcoin holders often describe the asset as a store of value, gold advocate Peter Schiff said such participants do not actually seek wealth storage, hunting instead for profit. A known gold enthusiast, financial commentator Peter Schiff said Bitcoin (BTC) holders are not actually looking to the asset as a storage of wealth — one […]
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