Trump names Treasury Sec as acting CFPB head after firing predecessor
Scott Bessent, who has been in office for less than a week as US Treasury Secretary, will also take on the role of acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Pectra hard fork explained — Will it get Ethereum back on track?
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Bitcoin’s consolidation is ‘normal’ — Analysts set $80K BTC price target
BTC’s sideways price action has pushed some traders into altcoins, but analysts are confident that the next breakout will push Bitcoin price above $80,000. 1295 Total views 13 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are still hoping for a major breakout but at the moment, bears are applying pressure and keeping the digital asset pinned below…

Bitcoin Price Diary: Long From $7.3K, Expecting Lower BTC Price
In my fifth journal entry, I provide updates on my previous Bitcoin (BTC) position, highlight a new BTC position, and discuss a recent altcoin trade on Ankr Network (ANKR). BTC/USDSetting up the tradeEntries: $7,940, $7,900Targets: $8,395, $8,949, $9,723Stop loss: I set the stop loss at $7,834 which is below the ascending channel support with a bit…

Is Bitcoin’s Increasing Anonymity a Threat to Privacy Coins?
It's no secret that Bitcoin isn't actually anonymous, despite what various outside observers of crypto might claim. It is, in fact, pseudonymous, as its transactions are vulnerable to being traced to specific individuals by governments and intelligence agencies with enough determination and knowhow. However, in recent months, the privacy it offers users has been steadily…

Basic and weird: What the Metaverse is like right now
Everyone knows the Metaverse is coming, but no one knows what it will be like.At present, people say it’s clunky and difficult to use and are waiting for further development. Are brands just jumping on a PR bandwagon in hyperspeed? Is this the future? Is it a place or a time that is coming? And…

Scientists in Texas developed a GPT-like AI system that reads minds
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of interpreting and reconstructing human thoughts. The scientists recently published a paper in Nature Neuroscience exploring using AI to non-invasively translate human thoughts into words in real time. According to the researchers, current methods for decoding thought into words are…

Lightning Labs CTO Confirms LN Vulnerabilities ‘Exploited in the Wild’
Following a recent warning on vulnerabilities on Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network (LN), a startup claims to have found instances of the vulnerability being exploited.Upgrade advised to avoid loss of fundsOlaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO at LN-focused startups Lightning Labs and ACINQ, revealed the news in a brief statement on Linux Foundation’s domain on Sept. 10, claiming that…