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Binance is leaving the Dutch market: Here’s when
Crypto exchange Binance announced its departure from the Netherlands, with users asked to withdraw their funds as soon as possible. Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has terminated its services in the Netherlands, exiting the Dutch market after a failed bid to obtain a virt...
Atomic Wallet says hack affected 1% of active users, but investors claim otherwise
In the aftermath of the attack, Atomic Wallet — along with individual blockchain investigators — have amped up efforts to track and revert stolen funds. A hack that drained $35 million from Atomic Wallet users since June 2 impacted less than 1% of its monthly active users, accor...
China to gain most from restrictive US crypto regulations: Coinbase CEO
The Coinbase CEO has been hugely critical of the U.S. failure to provide the crypto industry with regulatory clarity and has long argued it will push firms offshore. “Adversary nations” like China could ultimately benefit from restrictive crypto policies in the United States, wa...
Ron DeSantis vows to ‘protect’ Bitcoin during presidential campaign launch
Florida's current governor announced his bid for the 2024 U.S. presidency during a Twitter Space with Elon Musk and rounded off with remarks on the cryptocurrency. Ron DeSantis, the current governor of Florida, has officially thrown his hat in the 2024 United States presidential...
White House questions impact of AI surveillance on workers
Officials in Washington, D.C. said they would hold a listening session to understand the experiences of workers and the usage of AI surveillance in the workplace. Officials in the United States are making efforts to keep tabs on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) as...
Is MetaMask withholding customers’ crypto for taxes? No, it’s not
The parent company behind the crypto wallet MetaMask has debunked "inaccurate" rumors that it is collecting tax on crypto transactions. ConsenSys, the company behind the crypto wallet MetaMask, has hosed down rumors that it collects taxes from cryptocurrency users. The company...
OpenAI CEO in ‘advanced talks’ for $100M Worldcoin funding: Report
“Existing and new investors” will contribute to the $100 million, according to someone familiar with the situation. OpenAI boss Sam Altman is reportedly in “advanced talks” of securing $100 million funding for Worldcoin, a project aimed at creating a collectively owned and globa...
Google I/O: Tech giant slings raft of new AI tools — So what’s coming?
Google unveiled a slew of AI features at its latest I/O conference, with new, improved AI models to be integrated across all of its major products. Tech giant Google announced a plethora of new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-backed features during its annual Google I/O conference,...
Solana Labs' ChatGPT plugin allows AI to fetch blockchain data
The plugin will allow the AI chatbot to check wallet balances, transfer tokens and purchase NFTs when OpenAI makes plugins more widely available. Solana SOL $22 users will soon be able to interact with the network through an open-source plugin enabled on OpenAI’s artificial in...
Apple’s outside payments ban ruled as unlawful in likely win for NFTs and crypto
Unless Apple appeals the decision and has the ruling overturned, developers are free to direct app users to their own systems to make purchases. A California court ruled Apple violated state competition laws by barring app developers from using alternative in-app payment methods...