Google-backed AI developer Anthropic raised $100 million in funding from South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom to bolster the industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic said it will receive an additional $100 million in investment from the South Korean telecommunications…
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Curve Finance vows to reimburse users after $62M hack
The platform said it would assess each impacted user for reimbursement. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Curve Finance has officially stated its intention to reimburse users impacted by the recent hack resulting in $62 million of losses. According to an X…
BTC price breakout by end of August? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin stays frustratingly quiet after the weekly close, but BTC price forecasts are giving ever-shorter breakout deadlines. Bitcoin (BTC) is painting a classic August picture as it starts the new week — volatility is nowhere to be seen. In a…
PayPal to roll out Cryptocurrencies Hub for select users
The Cryptocurrencies Hub is key for PayPal to reinvent itself as a crypto-inclusive platform. The service will allow for the sale and purchase of cryptocurrencies, among other functionalities. Payments giant PayPal, which recently launched the dollar-backed stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD),…
Sam Bankman-Fried jailed as judge revokes bail
Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly led out of a New York courtroom in handcuffs after alleged attempts to influence or intimidate witnesses in his criminal case. A federal judge has reportedly revoked former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail following the release…
Pro-Bitcoin Javier Milei wins most votes in Argentina primary election
Argentine presidential hopeful Javier Milei — a pro-Bitcoin, anti-central bank libertarian — has won a majority of the votes in a primary election. An Argentinian politician with a knack for supporting Bitcoin and calling for the abolishment of his country’s…
Nifty News: Coca-Cola gest Based, Reddit avatars reach 20M milestone and more
Coca-Cola has chosen the newly-launched Coinbase layer-2 network Base to deploy its Masterpiece NFT collection. The world’s largest soft drinks brand is delving deeper into the realm of non-fungible tokens, launching its first collection on the Coinbase layer-2 network Base.…
Coinbase app is ‘broken’ for UX, admits CEO Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong said the next two weeks will see a series of rapid updates on the biggest pain points for Coinbase app users. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the rise of on-chain activities on its new layer-2 network Base has…
Weekend Wrap: Uniswap dev sacked for alleged rug, Steadefi hacker goes mixing and more
Uniswap developer AzFlin has admitted to creating the FRENS token but has argued what he did doesn’t constitute a rug pull. Uniswap dev loses job, was it worth it? A Uniswap developer known as “AzFlin” has been sacked by the…
Sam Bankman-Fried spends 3rd night in notorious New York prison
The former FTX CEO has swapped his parent’s cozy Stanford home for the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which isn’t known for its comforts. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is going into his third night with over 1,500 other inmates…