Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips was the sole Democratic presidential candidate to address the Crypto Presidential Forum after Republicans Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson. Dean Phillips, a member of the United States House of Representatives running against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 Presidential Election, said there are currently “very few” people in...Continue Reading

Major Coinbase shareholders have sold over $14 million of stocks over the past 48 hours. According to public trading data, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ARK Invest have sold more than $14 million of Coinbase shares over the past 48 hours. Information shared by Insider Tracker, a service that shares trading information of high-profile company...Continue Reading

Uncover what Midjourney is and learn the essentials of using this innovative AI tool to create stunning and unique art pieces. Midjourney is a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that allows users to generate unique artwork such as characters, images and depictions through short text prompts.  A generative AI platform is an artificial intelligence system...Continue Reading

A new Ethereum zero-knowledge proof compiler could address security concerns identified in different zkEVM solutions. Zero-knowledge technology firm =nil; Foundation has developed a new type-1 zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) compiler to address security concerns identified in similar ZK-powered Ethereum scaling solutions. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, =nil; Foundation CEO and co-founder Misha Komarov says the...Continue Reading

Bitcoin is nowhere near done with its bull market, should a chart fractal from several years ago continue to play out. Bitcoin (BTC) should not worry traders after the biggest one-day drop of 2023 if one chart fractal plays out. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Dec. 12, popular trader Alan Tardigrade revealed...Continue Reading

AI Eye: 98% of deepfakes are porn — mostly K-pop stars — Grok is no edgelord, and Fetch.AI boss says OpenAI needs to “drastically change.” AI image generation has become outrageously good in the past 12 months … and some people (mostly men) are increasingly using the tech to create homemade deepfake porn of people...Continue Reading

The Devonomics initiative from the Starknet Foundation aims to return a portion of network fees to incentivize developers. Layer-2 network StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation are set to distribute a 10% cut of network fees to developers, a part of a pilot program called “Devonomics.”  In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 12, StarkWare...Continue Reading

New studies have examined the water consumption of Bitcoin, with alarming results. Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has long been under scrutiny for its environmental impact due to the energy-intensive nature of its mining process.  Since its inception in 2008, Bitcoin has never been hacked. Its tight security, provided by its proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism,...Continue Reading

CEO Robbie Yung said that while Animoca does not employ a specific allocation strategy nor an investment target, it will continue supporting new Web3 businesses and its portfolio companies. Animoca Brands CEO Robby Yung says the Hong Kong-based gaming company intends to continue to support the creator economy and promote interoperability through its investments and...Continue Reading

WAX co-founder William Quigley told Cointelegraph that despite the bear market, NFT technology remains promising. Pop culture collectible manufacturer Funko has collaborated with Disney to launch nonfungible token (NFT) trading card packs, transforming its Pop! figurines into digital trading cards on the WAX blockchain. Funko Pop! collectibles are physical figures known for their compact size...Continue Reading