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Last month, several tech giants signed a letter calling for a six-month pause on training artificial intelligence (AI) models more powerful than GPT-4.This letter is dangerous and should provoke thoughtful citizens. In it, the signatories claim that a pause will allow humanity mo

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is entering regulators’ crosshairs, but they don’t seem to be intent on taking it out – yet anyway. Instead a pair of reports from U.S. and French authorities seem more focused on understanding what sort of risks DeFi might pose to b

Diana Biggs got into hacking at the age of 11. She was a natural. At age 15, on a lark, she hacked into the website of Tom Green. The comedian was amused and made her a regular guest on his weekly radio show – she appeared as “Hacker Girl.”Years later, Biggs ear

For much of March, rumors flew in crypto back channels that The New York Times was working on a major new exposé on cryptocurrency. It would, of course, focus on the only crypto topic the Times is truly interested in: the massive, apparently catastrophic energy cost of bit

An Ethereum transformation is on the horizon, and no one is sure how the market will respond. In time the “Shanghai” upgrade may be remembered as a uniquely bullish event for ether (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market value.In the short ter

It’s been quite a start to the year in the world of crypto. Bitcoin (BTC) posted its best quarterly performance in over two years, gaining 68%, for the first three months of 2023. The broader CoinDesk Market Index, or CMI – which spans over 90% of the crypto market ca

You've likely popped into a thrift store in the past; but, unless you set out with a specific list of things to search for there, you may have found yourself overwhelmed. See: 6 Dollar Tree Items...

When watching Washington policymaking, it’s worth remembering that governments, like all human organizations, are made up of, well, humans – complicated creatures whose emotions often undermine their capacity for rational decision-making.Last week, I warned of a dange

While current non-fungible token (NFT) market conditions are far from where they were at the height of the bull market, NFT traders continue to fervently pump money into the ecosystem. Established projects, such as Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Azuki, have maintained trading mo

“La caída de las acciones de Deutsche Bank reaviva los temores entre los inversores”. Este fue el titular de la BBC cuando todo se tornó evidente. Además, se sumó al conjunto de acontecimientos cada vez más preocupantes que afectaron

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple, related to the sale of the XRP token, has been one of the most controversial and hotly debated topics in the cryptocurrency industry. The lawsuit alleges Ripple conducted an unregistered securities offering by s

You've likely popped into a thrift store in the past; but, unless you set out with a specific list of things to search for there, you may have found yourself overwhelmed. See: 6 Dollar Tree Items...

Nasdaq’s second annual retail-investor survey reveals a thematic pivot from crypto and ESG to robotics and autonomous technology, younger investors’ reliance on financial advisors, and a surprising social-media pivot among baby boomers.

Today we celebrate the creator of Bitcoin on Satoshi Nakamoto’s birthday. Happy birthday, Satoshi!We don’t know who Satoshi is and we likely never will, but the pseudonymous founder does apparently have a birthday. Satoshi entered a birth date when they registered the

So this is how mass adoption happens? Elon Musk, at least at one point the world’s richest man, replaced Twitter’s classic blue bird logo with a sprite of DOGE, the Shiba Inu dog known as much for the meme as the meme coin. Dogecoin spiked something like 40%, and hasn

The weekend of March 10, 2023, was a profound test of how well stablecoins hold up under pressure. Now that everything has settled, some odd lessons have been passed on, namely: Transparency doesn't seem to be a good thing. And forget about prudent management of reserves –

Web3 consumer engagement models are still developing and only just beginning to migrate into the real economy, but some hints of what the future of transaction and asset pricing may look like are beginning to emerge. To plot this trajectory, it is important to understand how Web3

To better understand where we are and where we are going in blockchain development, and get beyond the hype and the noise, we were introduced to Marshall Hayner, CEO of Metallicus.

It started with blackjack. Magdalena Kala, aka “Crypto Mags,” used to play blackjack on the regular. She loved it. She was good at it. She even became a professional card-counter, fascinated by the game’s dynamics and strategy. “I’ve learned everythi

Por suerte, rara vez tenemos que pensar sobre la Jerarquía de las necesidades de Maslow, esa pirámide que veíamos en la escuela que establece los requisitos claves para que las personas prosperen. Pero esto es hasta que una de las necesidades de la parte infe