Brian Armstrong will give suggestions to the U.K. on regulations, taxes and ensuring collaboration between the banking and FinTech sectors. The United Kingdom could “turbocharge” its crypto sector and be an “innovation hub for the Web3 economy” as part of a vision laid out by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The comments by the exchange coincide with...Continue Reading

The Bank of Israel does not want private companies taking over the digital payments system in the country. The Bank of Israel says it’s preparing an action plan for the potential issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC),though a formal decision has yet to be made. On April 17, the Bank of Israel Steering...Continue Reading

A group of EU politicians called for a united front in developing AI while tech executives express concerns about its societal impacts. A dozen European Union (EU) politicians have signed a letter calling for the “safe” development of artificial intelligence (AI) as Google’s CEO cautioned against releasing powerful AI tech before society has had a...Continue Reading

Fans of the Bitcoin bull have been transferring him 21 Satoshis as a way to test out the feature. The Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network has integrated into the corporate email address of Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin bull and co-founder of business intelligence software firm MicroStrategy. In an April 17 tweet, the former chief executive of...Continue Reading

While the total figures are “alarming,” crypto scams accounted for 7.1% of the total $2.08 billion stolen from Australians in 2022. Australians lost $148.3 million (AUD$221.3 million) from investment scams where cryptocurrency was used as the payment method in 2022 — a 162.4% increase from 2021. According to an April 17 scam activity report from...Continue Reading

A fresh report from Glassnode suggests that Bitcoin has built a solid foundation below the $30,000 level. Glassnode’s latest analysis suggests that Bitcoin has built a strong foundation below the $30,000 level, and the current supply structure shows similarities to early 2016 and early 2019. The report shows that the Long-Term Holder (LTH) supply is...Continue Reading

The milestone was accomplished less than one month after a much-anticipated airdrop. According to statistics compiled by user @Henrystats on Dune Analytics, the number of accounts, or wallet addresses, for Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum (ARB) surpassed 5 million on Apr. 17. Aside from individual addresses, there are now more than four million active accounts...Continue Reading

BoE deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe looked at stablecoin, CBDC and other forms of tokenization taking hold in the modern economy in a speech on financial innovation. Bank of England deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe spoke at the Innovative Finance Global Summit in London on April 17 about the development of tokenization. The UK’s central...Continue Reading

Locked paywalls and high fees are defining characteristics of traditional academic research. DeSci can lower the barriers to access. Academia and science are both in the throes of a crisis, marked by several inefficiencies directly impacting our scientific prowess and research capabilities. The subject of stagnation within universities and academic institutions is taboo, and there...Continue Reading

The tech billionaire made the announcement during a Fox interview on Monday. According to an Apr. 18 post by Fox News, Elon Musk told the media outlet’s anchor Tucker Carlson that he’s developing a ChatGPT rival in the form of “TruthGPT,” a large language model (LLM) that Musk says will be trained to explore the...Continue Reading