‘Algorithm choice’ can fix social media — but only on decentralized platforms

A decade to hyperbitcoinization is "most likely," says Kraken executive Dan Held, a forecast echoed by Unchained Capital's Parker Lewis. Bitcoin (BTC) may be just ten years away from seeing mass adoption in an event known as "hyperbitcoinization."That's according to participants of the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami, who on June 4 delivered surprisingly optimistic…

A New England-based firm has settled with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over an allegedly unregistered $6.3 million initial coin offering (ICO).According to an SEC announcement published on Aug. 12, SimplyVital Health, Inc. announced plans to conduct an ICO in order to secure funds for a healthcare-related blockchain ecosystem dubbed Health Nexus…

The author didn’t want to give away too many details on the book, but did note that his recounting of the FTX collapse "aims to read like a piece of fiction." Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short and Moneyball, has revealed that he has almost finished writing his book on Sam Bankman-Fried…

The SEC has taken enforcement actions against several crypto firms, a move that has been criticized by many U.S. lawmakers and industry leaders. 134 Total views 2 Total shares Gurbir Grewal, director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) division of enforcement, has reportedly said the entire crypto industry was “built around noncompliance,”…

Altcoins continue to take advantage of Bitcoin’s sideways trading and traders who take a quick glance at the altcoin-to-Bitcoin pairings at their exchange of choice will notice that many of the altcoins are again posting double-digit gains. At the time of writing, THETA is up 13.26%, KyberNetwork (KNC) 18% and TomoChain (TOMO) has rallied 16.09%. Ether…

Despite only being a week into the new year, SuperRare adds to a number of firms announcing staff cuts such as Huobi and Genesis. 245 Total views 7 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTNon-fungible token (NFT) marketplace SuperRare has announced a 30% staff-member cut as CEO John Crain explained…

Will Cardano rely on its oracles or integrate Chainlink's? 1352 Total views 9 Total shares Cardano (ADA) is getting into data oracles ahead of the Goguen era that will add smart contract functionality, taking a different approach than Chainlink. The first oracles are being built in partnership with EMURGO, one of the companies in the…

In an annual letter, Satya Nadella outlined Microsoft's plans for AI, which includes integrating the AI and its Copilot across the firm’s “most used products.” 101 Total views 3 Total shares Microsoft looks set to go all-in on artificial intelligence, with CEO and chairman Satya Nadella outlining intentions to integrate AI with essentially all its

Users can now mint tBTC, a decentralized version of Bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, right on the CoinList exchange. 1182 Total views 14 Total shares tBTC acts as Bitcoin (BTC) covered in an Ethereum wrapper, making it compatible on Ethereum’s blockchain for various purposes, such as decentralized finance, or DeFi. Users of tBTC can now mint…