Almost all AI agents are just ‘memecoins that talk’

The Bitcoin 2024 conference showcased dozens of protocols driving innovation on the Bitcoin blockchain. Cointelegraph’s team explored the promises and challenges emerging around the world.

The United States-based startup Sparkswap has completed a successful seed funding round to create a decentralized exchange based on the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network. A blog post revealed the development on Monday, April 8.According to Sparkswap’s founder Trey Griffith, the company raised $3.5 million from investors including Initialized Capital, Pantera Capital, Foundation Capital and Y…

Microsoft is closing its Azure Blockchain Service, giving existing customers just four months to transition to new service providers. 3976 Total views 23 Total shares Microsoft is turning off its corporate Azure Blockchain Service on September 10 and will not accept any new deployments effective immediately, with no official explanation provided.Large corporate customers who use…

Nigeria outperformed the rest of the world by the level of interest in Bitcoin over recent months. Nigeria, the biggest source of Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume in Africa, is apparently one of the fastest-growing crypto markets in the world, according to a new report.According to a new study by major crypto wallet Blockchain.com, Nigeria has…

Blockchain-powered freelancers marketplace Moonlighting is set to migrate its 700,000 user accounts to Eos (EOS) developer Block.one’s Eos.io protocol. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 11.Moonlighting’s move comes as part of a new strategic partnership with Block.one’s venture capital fund Eos VC Fund and fintech incubator and VC…

It is now a criminal offense to operate a crypto firm in Ireland without registering with the Central Bank of Ireland. 2504 Total views 22 Total shares Ireland’s crypto businesses have become subject to regulatory oversight for the first time, with local digital asset firms now observing anti-money laundering guidelines set out by the European…

Scammers have conned thousands of YouTube viewers into sending them a total of 15.31 BTC with the old ‘free giveaway’ trick. 862 Total views 13 Total shares Crypto scammers have stolen at least $150,000 by impersonating SpaceX YouTube accounts and hosting fake Bitcoin giveaways.According to a June 9 report on Bleeping Computer, several scammers hacked…

Starknet’s v0.13.2 upgrade brings faster transactions with parallel execution, redefining Layer 2 scaling on Ethereum.