OpenAI is reportedly seeking trillions in funding for AI chip development, aiming to overcome scaling constraints of the company and overall chip scarcity. Sam Altman, the CEO of the artificial intelligence (AI) developer OpenAI, is reportedly in talks with investors around the world in an effort to raise trillions of dollars for developing semiconductor chips....Continue Reading

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted that successful Web3 projects would adopt a “points” program before conducting token generation events. Former BitMEX CEO and Maelstrom chief investment officer Arthur Hayes published a blog post arguing the case for “points” as a better alternative to initial coin offerings (ICOs) and yield farming when it comes to crypto...Continue Reading

The third-largest inflow day for spot Bitcoin ETFs came on the same day the BTC price crossed $46,000 to record a new multiweek high. On Feb. 8, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced their third-largest influx, totaling $403 million. The large inflows came despite over $100 million exiting the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). The total...Continue Reading

A commissioner update announced that authorities in London found a spoof address pretending to be from blockchain.com and found 42 more phishing web domains related to the account. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), a police unit dedicated to analyzing and gathering fraud and finance-related cybercrime intelligence, blocked 43 web domains linked to fraudulent activities.  ...Continue Reading

Bitcoin and stocks should continue to see a solid bid, analysis concludes, as BTC price strength takes bulls ever closer to the top of the range. Bitcoin (BTC) took aim at January highs on Feb. 9 as bulls beat out overhead resistance. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured a fresh BTC price uptick...Continue Reading

ERC-404, which mixes Ethereum’s ERC-20 token and ERC-721 NFT standards, is gearing up for a bid to be the blockchain’s newest standard. An unofficial and experimental Ethereum standard dubbed “ERC-404” — proposed to become a hybrid of fungible and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) — is “working around the clock” to submit an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP),...Continue Reading

The search giant said that its AI chatbot Bard is now known as Gemini and launched free and paid mobile apps in the United States. Tech giant Google has announced that its artificial intelligence chatbot known as Bard has now been officially rebranded as Gemini with a mobile app launch in the United States.  On...Continue Reading

Block Earner says a recent federal court decision over its Earner and Access products carries “nuanced implications” for the broader crypto industry in Australia. An Australian federal court has seemingly formed a “nuanced” distinction over crypto-yield products— ruling that while products that promise a managed yield will require a financial services license, “pass-through” decentralized-finance (DeFi) products...Continue Reading

Out of 5,535 “newborn” ETFs that launched in the United States over the last 30 years, only two have acquired over $3 billion in assets in the first month. BlackRock and Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have tallied more assets in their first month of trading than any ETF launched in the United States over...Continue Reading

AI-generated voices used in automated phone scams, such as the one used in a recent fake Biden robocall campaign, are now illegal under U.S. telemarketing laws. Artificial intelligence-generated voices used in unwarranted robocalls — or automated phone calls — are now officially illegal in the United States following a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision....Continue Reading