Signs indicate that Venezuela’s state-backed cryptocurrency quietly underwent a hard fork earlier this month. On May 5, Venezuela’s government announced that its controversial oil-backed cryptocurrency, El Petro, would go offline for maintenance until May 10. However, observers have since identified that the official Petro block explorer now lists May 5, 2020, as the date that […]
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Cointelegraph interviewed Arif Khan, CEO of blockchain marketplace Alethea AI, about how to address the legal and moral quagmire that “deepfakes” have created. A blockchain-based marketplace is today launching for creators of “synthetic media,” a term used to describe video, image or voice material generated through artificial intelligence algorithms. On May 15, Cointelegraph interviewed Arif […]
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A ransomware gang is threatening to release almost 1TB of private legal secrets from the world’s biggest music and movie stars. The private legal affairs of dozens of the world’s biggest music and movie stars — Lady Gaga, Elton John, Robert DeNiro, and Madonna among them — are at risk of exposure following a ransomware […]
Continue ReadingAn independent film about stablecoins momentarily topped the U.S. box office charts earlier this month. An independent film touting the virtues of the privacy coin, Monero (XMR), briefly topped the U.S. box office charts earlier this month. The film accomplished this feat with a total gross of just $3,430 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Unabridged lecture […]
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Modern technologies have unnoticeably become part of our daily lives. Think about the music industry, for example — it’s impressive. Where’s the border between art and technology in the music industry? My immediate feeling when I think about this question is that music is always created with — and by — interesting technologies. The world […]
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With an undercurrent of crypto funding in indie film projects, is there enough potential to disrupt the entire industry? From its obscure beginnings over a decade ago to its current status as the leading cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin’s (BTC) tale on its own can make up for a pretty entertaining movie. With the prevalence […]
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The Litecoin Foundation has acted as an executive producer for the recently released satanic heavy metal-themed comedic horror movie “We Summon the Darkness.” The Litecoin Foundation acted as an executive producer for the heavy metal horror flick “We Summon the Darkness.” The film was produced by the Los Angeles-based film production company and Litecoin advocates […]
Continue ReadingQuantum computing could potentially break much of the encryption algorithms and protocols that currently secure the internet and computational industry as they are. I chose artificial intelligence as my next topic, as it can be considered as one of the most known technologies, and people imagine it when they talk about the future. But the […]
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The ex-Steem community continues to battle Justin Sun with the Hive hard fork — stakeholders seemingly migrating to the new network. Over the past few days, the ex-Steem blockchain community has gained an upper hand over Justin Sun and his recently acquired Steemit startup. After blaming Sun for attempting to centralize their network, a substantial […]
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The co-founder of the notorious $5 billion fraud, Ruja Ignatova, will ultimately hit screens after a U.S. production company wins filming rights. The co-founder of cryptocurrency-inspired Ponzi scheme OneCoin faces charges of fraud and money laundering in her absence — but will now become a movie star. As Hollywood news outlet Deadline reported on Feb. […]
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