According to court documents, Gabriel Bankman-Fried wrote a memo to the FTX Foundation with a plan to build a bunker to survive “some event where 50%-99.99% of people die.” Gabriel Bankman-Fried, the brother of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, had…
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Indonesia launches its crypto exchange and clearing house
The platform, monitored by local regulators, will be the only space in the country where the legal exchange of digital assets is allowed. The national cryptocurrency exchange announced by the Indonesian government a week ago has begun to function, according…
Crypto Biz: Binance slashes costs, Ripple ready for US banks and crypto VCs return
This week’s Crypto Biz looks at Binance’s ongoing efforts to curb declining profits, Ripple’s expectation that U.S. banks may soon adopt XRP and the first signs of venture capital returning to crypto. The crackdown on crypto firms by the United…
AI21 Labs debuts anti-hallucination feature for GPT chatbots
Contextual Answers is designed for enterprise but could have far-reaching implications for the generative AI sector. AI21 Labs recently launched “Contextual Answers,” a question-answering engine for large language models (LLMs). When connected to an LLM, the new engine allows users…
Centralized exchanges will become gateways for DeFi: Finance Redefined
The top 100 DeFi tokens had a mixed week, with most of the tokens continuing to trade in a similar range as the previous week. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a…
UK court grants appeal from Craig Wright in Bitcoin rights lawsuit
The decision reverses a prior ruling, allowing Craig Wright to appeal a lawsuit claiming copyright to the Bitcoin white paper and database. A British court granted an appeal on July 20 that gave Craig Wright the right to argue in…
Litecoin price at risk of a 30% drop if key LTC futures historical trend repeats
A multiyear review of Litecoin futures open interest reveals a unique trend that has significantly impacted the LTC price in the past. With less than two weeks until Litecoin’s halving, when the miner’s block subsidy will be cut in half,…
XRP price searches for a fresh bullish catalyst to trigger a move above $1
XRP’s price rallied in excess of 100% after Ripple’s victory last week, but do fundamentals support a move to $1 and beyond? XRP’s price booked an incredible 100% gain on the same day as the landmark ruling in the XRP…
McDonald’s debuts McNuggets Land in The Sandbox
McDonald’s Hong Kong has picked The Sandbox to build its first Web3 experience, McNuggets Land. McDonald’s Hong Kong has picked The Sandbox to build its first Web3 experience, McNuggets Land, a virtual world dedicated to celebrating Chicken McNuggets’ 40th anniversary. …
The last Bitcoin: What will happen once all BTC are mined?
According to some experts, miners will always be essential to the Bitcoin ecosystem, even after mining the last coins. Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block on Jan. 3, 2009, minting the first 50 Bitcoin (BTC) in history and kicking off…