UK FCA to take action against unregistered, illegal cryptocurrency ATMs
According to FCA, all crypto ATM operators in the United Kingdom are currently illegal because none of them is registered with the regulator.
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Crypto ads and sponsors banned from women’s cricket league in India
Following men’s cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) prohibits the women’s teams from having commercial associations and other sponsorships with crypto businesses.
Microsoft’s Bing AI, like Google’s, also made dumb mistakes during first demo
Image: Microsoft Google’s AI chatbot isn’t the only one to make factual errors during its first demo. Independent AI researcher Dmitri Brereton has discovered that Microsoft’s first Bing AI demos were full of financial data mistakes. Microsoft confidently demonstrated its Bing AI capabilities a week ago, with the search engine taking on tasks like providing … Read more
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Out of the Ordinal-ry: Bitcoin average block size hits all-time high
Bitcoin’s average block size has hit an all-time high of 2.5MB following the creation of the Ordinals protocol in January 2023.
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SEC Case Against Bankman-Fried Postponed Pending Criminal Trial
Charges can wait until the Department of Justice’s case against the FTX founder concludes, the securities regulator said
Digital Asset Infrastructure Provider Taurus Raises $65M From Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank
The Swiss firm plans to use the funds to make new hires and expand into across Europe and the UAE.
Bitcoin price targets range from $19K to $25K as CPI day dawns
It’s all about macroeconomic data this Valentine’s Day as Bitcoin bulls face a test from a familiar source.
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US Judge Approves Removal of FTX Turkish Units From Bankruptcy Case
FTX had asked the court to greenlight the dismissal after Turkish authorities ordered the seizure of most of the crypto exchange’s assets in the country.
Crypto Exchange Coinmetro Buys Social Fundraising Platform Ignium
With the €4 million ($4.3 million) acquisition, the Estonia-based crypto exchange Coinmetro intends to broaden its securities market offerings and develop tools for small businesses to raise funds directly from their communities using non-fungible tokens.
Avalanche Blockchain Saw 1,500% Transactional Growth in 2022: Nansen
Such transactional activity came even as the total value of tokens locked on Avalanche-based decentralized finance applications slid from 2021’s $15 billion peak to just over $900 million in November 2022.
Tuesday’s top tech news: A trio of breakages
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile, Twitter, and even Google Photos are experiencing problems. Continue reading…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Super Bowl VPN Use Prompts Government Concern
The former FTX chief has being using privacy tools which prosecutors worry could be used to access the dark web.
Bitcoin miners already made nearly $600K from Ordinals’ NFT transactions
The Ordinals hype is real with the NFT inscriptions now regularly taking over 50% of Bitcoin block space.
Stablecoin Lender Liquity’s LQTY Token Surges 45% as New York Regulator Goes After Paxos’ BUSD
Traders look more closely at decentralised censorship-resistant stablecoin lending protocols like Liquity in the wake of regulatory action on Paxos’ centralized dollar-pegged cryptocurrency BUSD.
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