Fanton brings blockchain-based fantasy football to Telegram thanks to the IM service’s recent integration with the TON blockchain. What’s a better way than combining the world’s most popular sports with Web2’s most socialized aspects to introduce new users to Web3 through gaming? Association football, or soccer, boasts the largest fan base among sports enthusiasts, with...Continue Reading

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is taking seriously the full spectrum of safety risks related to AI and launching its “Preparedness” team as planned. OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment firm behind ChatGPT, is launching a new initiative to assess a broad range of risks related to AI. OpenAI is building a new team dedicated...Continue Reading

Fireblocks assists smart contract wallet UniPass to address ERC-4337 account abstraction vulnerability. Cryptocurrency infrastructure firm Fireblocks has identified and assisted in tackling what it describes as the first account abstraction vulnerability within the Ethereum ecosystem. An announcement on Oct. 26 unpacked the discovery of an ERC-4337 account abstraction vulnerability in the smart contract wallet UniPass....Continue Reading

The Virtual Asset Management Bill aims to provide “better protection” for the customers and “properly supervise” the industry. On Oct. 25, Taiwanese legislators introduced the Virtual Asset Management Bill to the unicameral parliament, the Legislative Yuan. The bill aims to provide “better protection” for the customers and “properly supervise” the industry.  The 30-page bill appears...Continue Reading

Bitcoin has delivered gains that “set the foundation for a resumption of the 2023 uptrend,” says the latest BTC price analysis from Glassnode. Bitcoin (BTC) is due to finish 2023 as it started, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode says as October gains near 30%. In the latest edition of its weekly newsletter, “The Week On-Chain,” released...Continue Reading

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s crypto empire has fallen over 80% from its January 2022 peak of almost $97 billion. Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has seen his net worth slashed by $11.9 billion amid falling trading volumes at his exchange. On Oct. 26, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index cut Binance’s revenue estimates by 38%...Continue Reading

Some crypto market observers believe a rush into memecoin token PEPE could herald an impending Bitcoin dump, but not everyone is convinced. Could Bitcoin (BTC) be headed for an imminent pullback? Some crypto market observers believe the answer could be hiding within the price action of a frog-themed memecoin. In an Oct. 27 post on...Continue Reading

The new all-time highs come despite Bitcoin still being down over 50% against its price peak of $69,000 against the U.S. dollar. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has notched new all-time highs against some of the world’s most inflationary fiat currencies. Across 30 hours over Oct. 23 to 24, the cost of buying one Bitcoin has...Continue Reading

Phishing scammers have been spreading fake news of a $37 million dollar Uniswap exploit using a convincing fake Blockworks website. Phishing scammers have cloned the websites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with a phishing site. A cloned Blockworks site displays a fake “BREAKING” news...Continue Reading

Google searches relating to purchasing Bitcoin have spiked worldwide following a significant rally in the price of BTC. Google searches for “buy Bitcoin” have surged worldwide amid a major crypto rally, with searches in the United Kingdom growing by more than 800% in the last week. According to research from Cryptogambling.tv, the search term “buy...Continue Reading