Coinbase acquires on-chain payments platform Utopia

“YOU’VE TRANSCENDED. You are here because you’ve opened your eyes to a new type of society; one powered by a decentralised economy and full of shimmering new possibilities.” This is not the calling card for a new religion. This is what new Monolith customers are met with when opening up the box for the first time.…

Subscription-based services have become so ubiquitous it’s hard to remember a time when they weren’t the norm. Streaming companies have sought to take advantage of that norm by fleecing consumers for everything they’re worth — just look at Netflix’s decision to start running advertisements. Another benefit of leveraging NFT technology is that streaming services can increasingly…

"If the U.S. stopped all the U.S. miners, Kazakstan stopped all the miners there — that kind of shuts down 80% to 90% of the hash rate pretty quickly," said Curtis Spencer. 2691 Total views 15 Total shares Electric Capital co-founder and partner Curtis Spencer implied that the Bitcoin network may owe its continued existence…

Nourou is a 29 year old Bitcoiner with a vision for his home country. A former financial analyst for a French Bank, he founded Bitcoin Senegal in late 2021.Following an eight-year stint in France, during which Nourou earned his Masters degree, Bitcoin Chaincode qualifications, and a deep understanding of legacy financial markets thanks to work…

The superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services highlighted her state’s stringent standards as the blueprint for federal legislation. 297 Total views 28 Total shares The superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) joined a nationwide regulatory discussion in the aftermath of the FTX collapse with a fresh take. Adrienne…

With CarynAI, Caryn Marjorie has launched something seemingly straight out of a science fiction movie. 170 Total views 5 Total shares A 23-year-old Snapchat influencer has seemingly taken a leaf out of the SimpDAO book by launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based girlfriend version of herself via OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT. The influencer in question, Caryn Marjorie,…

Episode IV – A New HopeA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... or maybe 2008 just feels like a long time ago.It is a period of civil war. Rebel cypherpunks are under the leadership of 900-year-old Jedi Muppet Satoshi Nakamoto, who managed to create secret plans for improving the galaxy’s financial infrastructure…

She also warned that generative artificial intelligence was like the “kid that got an ‘F’ in math.”

DOGE excitement is not a new thing. 5317 Total views 17 Total shares Dogecoin fanfare has exploded during the first half of 2021, often in tandem with Elon Musk’s tweets mentioning the asset. The coin has seen notable hype, evidenced by its significant upward price surge in 2021, although this is hardly the first bout…