The new update expands CoinGecko’s API coverage to 2.2 million tokens across 2.5 million liquidity pools. Digital asset data aggregator CoinGecko has launched a feature that will make it easier for the community to access on-chain data from decentralized exchanges (DEXs).  CoinGecko’s announcement follows several developments within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. On Feb. 22,...Continue Reading

The funds will be used to continue the exchange’s global expansion and further improve products, its founder told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview. Solana-based cryptocurrency exchange Backpack has closed a $17 million strategic Series A funding round, giving it a $120 million combined valuation. The funding round was led by Placeholder VC, with participation from...Continue Reading

According to Aleo’s statement, it has begun implementing new long-term technical controls for its KYC confirmation practices. Decentralized blockchain platform Aleo has released a statement regarding the recent Know Your Customer (KYC) information exposure. The zero-knowledge (ZK) platform blamed the leak on a copy/paste error in email metadata. Aleo said in a post on social...Continue Reading

The new BTC ATH against these currencies indicates a declining market value for the fiat currencies due to rising inflation. Bitcoin price breached $59,000 earlier on Feb. 28, reaching a new two-year high of $59,485 and only down by 13% from its all-time high (ATH) of $68,789. As BTC’s price nears its all-time-high price in...Continue Reading

Road House scriptwriter Lance Hill sued Amazon Studios for alleged misuse of AI and copyright infringement during the movie’s upcoming remake. A lawsuit claims that Amazon MGM Studios (previously Amazon Studios) used artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic actors’ voices during the American actors’ union SAG-AFTRA strike held between July 14 and Nov. 9, 2023. However,...Continue Reading

A report published in the NYT claimed SBF is giving investment advice to prison guards, reportedly asking them to invest in Solana. The legal counsel for former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried filed a memo in the United States District Court in Manhattan requesting the federal judge issue a prison sentence of five and a quarter...Continue Reading

Humanity Protocol claims it offers a less invasive alternative than iris scans, seemingly taking a jab at the popular digital identity project Worldcoin. Humanity Protocol, a project backed by big crypto names like Animoca Brands and Polygon, has announced that it completed an investment round, securing funding from venture capital funds within the crypto space. ...Continue Reading

The last time Bitcoin traded at similar levels was in November 2021, before correcting from its all-time high of $68,789. Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency, rose 3.79% in the 24 hours leading up to 8:20 am UTC, to trade at $58,504, for the first time in two years and three months. Bitcoin (BTC) is up...Continue Reading

The “hacking” OpenAI mentions in the filing could also be called prompt engineering or “red-teaming,” according to The New York Times’ attorney. OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper “paid someone to hack ChatGPT” and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems...Continue Reading

The IRS will use the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — a federal law aimed at curbing inflation — to build compliance in emerging areas, which includes digital assets as a top priority. The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has appointed two new crypto tax experts from the private sector to focus...Continue Reading