The Danish government is working to change copyright law to give its citizens a right to their own body, facial features, and voice. The landmark law is designed to strengthen protections against the creation and dissemination of deepfakes, reports The Guardian.
Avalanche’s token AVAX recently broke out of a consolidation phase, establishing strong support levels, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The token is up 0.8% in the last 24 hours. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, except for stablecoins, exchange coins and memecoins — lost 0.4% … Read more
Toncoin TON is demonstrating bullish momentum on the short-term, with price action forming a solid uptrend pattern and significant volume support, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The token is up 1.5% in the last 24 hours. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, except for stablecoins, … Read more
Russian miners packed 95 crypto rigs into a KamAZ truck. The scam is now busted, but the case reveals how mobile farms exploit weak energy enforcement in remote areas.
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Crypto analysts and several metrics suggest that an “altcoin season” will begin once Ether’s price breaks new all-time highs.
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Bitcoin juggernaut Strategy is facing at least five copycat lawsuits—but law professors told Decrypt that the number of suits isn’t unusual.
The refund itself may not arrive until next year for new applicants. Eligible Fortnite players who felt bamboozled into making unwanted purchases have been given a second chance to request a refund. The Federal Trade Commission has reopened applications to receive refunds from the $245 million settlement that Epic Games reached with the agency until … Read more
Countries that ban crypto payments often have no restrictions on using crypto abroad, but such legal overlaps may attract scrutiny from global regulators like the FATF.
We’re almost there, and ticket rates have officially rolled back with savings of up to $425. TechCrunch All Stage, the founder summit of the year, is just around the corner. On July 15, Boston becomes startup central. Are you ready to gain the insights and strategies you need to launch or scale? Now’s the moment … Read more
Startups demand constant decision-making, pressure-filled pivots, and bring big emotional swings. It’s no wonder anxiety shows up at every stage. But what if it didn’t have to be a liability? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Dr. David H. Rosmarin, clinical psychologist, author, and Harvard Medical School professor, … Read more
Bitcoin lending is making a quiet comeback with tighter controls, but volatility still threatens sudden liquidations.
I just tried on five different outfits in about 10 minutes — or at least my AI lookalike did. That’s all thanks to Doppl, a new app that Google is testing, which I used to create AI-generated clips of myself wearing outfits that I found across the web. It mostly works, but it has clear … Read more
The new Place smart smoke and CO alarm from Gentex features a built-in nightlight, motion detection, and ambient temperature and humidity sensing. A new line of smoke and CO alarms from Gentex called Place is packed with smart features, including phone notifications, a nightlight, motion detection, and temperature and humidity sensing. There’s also optional air … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2955.67, down 0.4% (-11.81) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Nine of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+3.0%) and APT (+2.2%). Laggards: FIL (-2.0%) and XRP (-1.8%). … Read more
Bolt, San Francisco-based checkout and payments platform, said on Friday it has added support for stablecoin payments, a move aimed at streamlining cross-border commerce for marketplaces and merchants using its network. The addition is part of Bolt Connect, a new product focused on helping digital marketplaces scale quickly by automating merchant onboarding, compliance and payouts. … Read more
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Shares in Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) are fast approaching an overvaluation threshold, 10x Research, headed by Markus Thielen, said Friday. Thielen is recommending a pair trade that comprises a short position in COIN and a simultaneous long position in bitcoin BTC. In a note sent to clients, Thielen explained that Coinbase’s fundamentals, mainly trading … Read more
Universal and Blumhouse’s first M3gan feature came out of nowhere with a premise so ridiculous and campy that it was hard not to be at least a little intrigued. Equal parts Child’s Play and Small Wonder, M3gan was undeniably silly with its story about an AI-powered doll who sang Sia’s “Titanium” and danced around as … Read more
Midas, a protocol for issuing yield-bearing tokens backed by U.S. Treasuries and other assets, has introduced a blockchain-based private credit product, with the help of institutional asset manager Fasanara and crypto natives Morpho and Steakhouse, the companies said on Friday. Midas’ mF-ONE, a blockchain-native investment certificate, is structured to track Fasanara’s F-ONE fund composed of … Read more
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A lot of the future of AI will be settled in court. From publishers to authors to artists to Hollywood conglomerates, the creative industry is picking a big copyright fight over the vast quantities of data used to train AI models – and the ultimate output of those models. (Disclosure: Vox Media, The Verge’s parent … Read more
Threads will let you temporarily block words, just like X. Threads has taken another step towards decoupling from Instagram by introducing its own word blocking filters. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday that the Hidden Words setting on Threads includes “newly added custom filters to block words, phrases, and emojis in batches, with optional … Read more