Month: May 2025

Stablecoins seen as ideal fit for real-time collateral management

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Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are gaining recognition in the traditional finance (TradFi) space for their ability to streamline payments and increase efficiency in existing financial systems In finance, collateral management refers to the process of managing the underlying collateral securing other financial transactions, such as loans or derivatives, to mitigate credit risks and ensure smooth transactions. … Read more

Seamlessly Sync API Data to Your Data Lake Using DolphinScheduler and SeaTunnel

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Previously, we evaluated using SeaTunnel for CDC (Change Data Capture) data lake ingestion: SeaTunnel-CDC Data Lake Ingestion Practice. Those scenarios were all based on direct database connections. However, in many business cases, we can’t directly access databases to perform CDC. In these scenarios, we need to integrate via APIs and schedule data synchronization using Apache … Read more

Your No Frills Guide to Upgrading DolphinScheduler from 2.0 to 3.0

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1. Background of the Upgrade Due to project requirements, we needed the data quality module, which offers excellent data quality monitoring capabilities for data warehouses. Therefore, we decided to upgrade from the existing 2.0 version to 3.0 or above. We tested both versions 3.0.1 and 3.1.1 by running identical task scheduling operations, such as pausing … Read more

Coinbase refuses $20M ransom after support agent data breach

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Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, was hit by a $20 million extortion attempt after cybercriminals recruited overseas support agents to leak user data, the company said. According to a May 15 blog post, Coinbase said a group of external actors bribed and coordinated with several customer support contractors to access internal systems and steal … Read more

Is the XRP price rally over for now?

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Key takeaways: XRP forms a double top and rising wedge, signaling short-term downside risk toward $1.94. NUPL indicates traders are in denial, resembling past pre-crash phases. Long-term charts still point to bullish targets between $3.69 and $17. XRP (XRP) has rebounded by more than 50% in a month after forming a local low at $1.80. … Read more

AI, the Great Filter, and the Fate of Civilizations: Why Global Regulation Matters

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction The threat posed by AI to all technical civilisations Multiplanetary mitigating strategies and technology progression Timescales and confrontation with the data AI regulation Conclusions, Declaration of competing interest, Acknowledgements, and References 6. Conclusions The rapid development of AI presents a formidable challenge to the survival and longevity of … Read more

Can We Regulate AI? Global Challenges and Existential Stakes for Humanity

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction The threat posed by AI to all technical civilisations Multiplanetary mitigating strategies and technology progression Timescales and confrontation with the data AI regulation Conclusions, Declaration of competing interest, Acknowledgements, and References 5. AI regulation The field of SETI aims not only to search for intelligent life beyond Earth … Read more

SETI, Civilizational Longevity, and the Drake Equation: Why AI Risks Matter

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction The threat posed by AI to all technical civilisations Multiplanetary mitigating strategies and technology progression Timescales and confrontation with the data AI regulation Conclusions, Declaration of competing interest, Acknowledgements, and References 4. Timescales and confrontation with the data The scenario developed in section 3 suggests that almost all … Read more

Why Humanity’s Slow Space Progress Lags AI-and What That Means for Survival

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction The threat posed by AI to all technical civilisations Multiplanetary mitigating strategies and technology progression Timescales and confrontation with the data AI regulation Conclusions, Declaration of competing interest, Acknowledgements, and References 3. Multiplanetary mitigating strategies and technology progression In our analysis thus far, we have assumed that AI … Read more

South Korea delays decision on letting Google move hi-res map data overseas

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South Korea has once again postponed a decision on whether to approve Google’s request to transfer the high-precision map data it has on the country’s geography to its international servers. In February, Google had requested approval from the Korean National Geographic Information Institute to deploy a 1:5,000 scale map on its app in the country … Read more

Pareto launches synthetic dollar backed by private credit

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Private credit marketplace Pareto has introduced a new synthetic dollar aimed at linking institutional investors with decentralized finance (DeFi) opportunities — a move that highlights the expanding role of stablecoins in global finance. The newly launched USP synthetic dollar is fully backed by real-world private credit, Pareto told Cointelegraph on May 15. To mint USP, … Read more

An Autoregressive Model for Time Series of Random Objects: Abstract and Introduction

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:::info Authors: (1) Matthieu Bult´e, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University; (2) Helle Sørensen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Preliminaries 3. The GAR(1) Model 3.1. Model and Stationary Solution 3.2. Identifability 4. Estimation of … Read more