ICP claims it’s achieved a first by hosting ‘fully onchain’ AI model

Bitcoin (BTC) network hash rate remains near all-time highs despite fresh turmoil in China as floods wipe out mining operators. Bitcoin mining farm ‘devastated’As various Twitter users reported on Aug. 20, the rainy season in China’s northwestern Sichuan province has spelled disaster for at least one Bitcoin mining farm.According to cryptocurrency mining pool Poolin, the fourth-largest…

Peter Thiel has urged the U.S. government to reappraise China’s relationship with Bitcoin from a geopolitical perspective. 400 Total views 10 Total shares PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel, has warned that the Chinese central government may be supporting Bitcoin as a means to undermine the foreign and monetary policy of the United States.But,…

Chicago-based crypto exchange ErisX has procured a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).According to an official blog post on July 1, ErisX is planning to make digital asset futures contracts available for trade on its regulated derivatives market later this year via its new DCO.ErisX also launched…

The popular social media app is looking to introduce crypto and stock trading options from within the app as Musk aims to penetrate financial markets. 1768 Total views 18 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPopular social media platform Twitter is reportedly set to introduce a new feature that…

The decentralized stablecoin is facing its first stress test since it was released in May, putting its PegKeeper algorithm to work. 81 Total views 2 Total shares Curve Finance's native stablecoin crvUSD briefly depegged on Aug. 3, reacting to an uncertain environment surrounding the protocol after its recent exploit. In the course of the day,…

China’s forthcoming digital renminbi is unlikely to use blockchain, considers Ethereum (ETH) co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin.In an interview for CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia on Nov. 6, Lubin argued that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has little to gain — for its purposes — from the decentralized aspects of the technology.“There’s no real…

Japan is known as a land of contrasts. A country where serenity and tranquillity can be found in the middle of the hustle and bustle of large global cities, where proud traditionalism stands side-by-side with the developers and innovators of breakthrough technologies, where kimonos are often found next to the latest fashion trends.This contradictory tendency…

While the government’s concerns are valid, industry stakeholders agree that a more measured approach could yield better outcomes.