South Korea probes Upbit for 600K KYC violations

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, says a price of $16,000 per Bitcoin will happen “soon-ish,” in a tweet sent on Nov. 1. Zhao explains that price predictions are easy, but getting the timing right is hard. He said:“Lol, price predictions are easy. It's just hard to be right about the timing. We…

Former OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind employees urge AI companies to expand whistleblower protections to publicly address AI risks amid growing concerns over the “deprioritization” of safety.

Although 96% of exchange users utilize some form of 2FA, and 87% of hardware wallet users perform test transactions. 499 Total views 4 Total shares Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ngrave released the initial results of its ongoing crypto security survey on Jan. 13.The results give a number of insights into the current state of security…

A look at the history of cryptocurrency in 2018 has shown that Bitcoin (BTC) has risen from a “dead” designation in the media 90 times, data from industry news and information portal 99bitcoins shows.According to the site’s fabled Bitcoin Obituaries section, which tracks media claims that Bitcoin has failed, almost 100 such claims surfaced last…

Automotive supplier Continental has unveiled an application called Earn As You Drive, which uses blockchain technology to monetize car user information.Parking space data for digital currencyForbes reported the news on Aug. 29. Per the report, Continental has partnered with tech firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise and open source network provider Crossbar.io to create Earn As You…

Francis Suarez reminded people that volatility plays an equal role when the market is going up, but the concerns only come up during bear markets. 250 Total views 5 Total shares Miami mayor Francis Suarez believes that Bitcoin (BTC) should be seen from an innovation perspective rather than just as an investment asset.Suarez’s comments came…

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has partnered with four global high-profile firms to apply blockchain in the drug supply chain, tech media outlet ZDNet reports on June 13.The FDA has reportedly teamed up with companies including IBM, Walmart, Big Four auditor KPMG, and the world's oldest pharma firm Merck in order to…

Google launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini on Dec. 6, announcing it as the most advanced AI model currently available on the market, surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-4. Gemini is multimodal, which means it was built to understand and combine different types of information. It comes in three versions (Ultra, Pro, Nano) to serve different use