In 2014, Ivan Crewkov moved his family from Serbia to the U.S. as his startup, Cubic.AI, was preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign for its smart speaker. A week before the campaign was supposed to go live, Amazon launched its Echo smart speaker, rendering Cubic.AI essentially dead in the water. “It was a disaster,” Crewkov … Read more
AI video platform D-ID announced today that it is releasing two new types of avatars — Express and Premium+ — for content creation. Companies are chasing the golden goose of creating AI avatars that are more humanlike and can potentially offload video creation for enterprise use cases in areas like marketing, sales, and customer support. … Read more
Image: Puzzmo The Weather Network can be a very useful website, but that’s mostly true when the weather is bad. So when the company began collaborating with the Hearst-owned puzzle platform Puzzmo, it had a specific goal: to get people coming to the site even when it’s nice out. “Why would you check the weather … Read more
With the US presidential elections nearing and no clear frontrunner, uncertainty looms over what effect the victor will have on the crypto sector.
Developing crypto regulations, along with a political shift toward cryptocurrencies, is a “very positive direction” for the industry, according to Changpeng Zhao.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing cryptocurrency mining in the country in August 2024.
Companies are concerned that their eagerness to adopt AI has made them more vulnerable to cyberthreats. Per a recent poll of over 350 IT leaders, more than half of the executives surveyed said the complexity of AI applications weakened their organization’s cybersecurity posture. More than two-fifths of executives believe their security teams lack the skills … Read more
It’s Bitcoin White Paper Day, but it’s also Halloween. Here are Cointelegraph’s six crypto mysteries to share around the campfire.
Cointelegraph spoke with Pixels CEO Luke Barwikowski and Farcana Founder and CEO Ilman Shazhaev at the Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai.
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The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 31, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
The European Union has expanded its scrutiny of online marketplaces by opening a formal proceeding on Chinese low cost ecommerce platform, Temu, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Thursday. Enforcers of the online governance framework will now dial up their oversight of Temu. The bloc’s suspicions are focused on concerns about the … Read more
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The geographic distribution of crypto developers often signals the regions poised to drive future blockchain innovation.
Image: Regula’s survey shows that, while average industry losses from deepfake fraud sit at $440,000, 37% of Crypto companies are losing over $500,000. RESTON, Va — A new “Deepfake Trends 2024” study by Regula, a global developer of forensic devices and identity verification solutions, highlights the pressing financial challenges posed by deepfakes to the Crypto … Read more
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Crypto and DeFi fraud schemes have a lot in common with loan schemes and market manipulation in 1980 and the dot com era, AlixPartners’ David White observed.
Victoria Police’s first crypto seizure underscores a new legal framework empowering officers to confiscate digital assets via search warrants.
The company missed consensus revenue expectations, analysts said.
In just 16 years, Bitcoin has grown to become the world’s 10th largest asset and the best currency for “financial freedom,” according to Tether CEO, Paolo Ardoino.
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The completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in Spain.