kamal A fledgling French AI startup has raised $41 million to develop a foundational AI model for biology. Just as OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm for a super-smart generative AI tool capable of natural language conversation in text form, Bioptimus is taking that concept but training its model specifically for downstream biological applications … Read more
BTC below $91k on strong dollar & inflation fears. MicroStrategy buys $243m more BTC. BTC consolidates below 20-day EMA. BTC dominance rises, XRP outperforms. Two more US states consider BTC reserves. Bessent to divest $250-500k BTC ETF holdings. FDIC official criticises crypto restrictions. FTX to start repaying creditors post Jan 20. Dimon compares BTC to … Read more
In contrast to World’s iris scanning, Humanity’s palm scans are more user-friendly and maintain a high level of security, according to Humanity’s founder.
Sigma Capital, an early-stage venture firm, has unveiled a $100 million fund focused on Web3 startups. The Dubai-based company is attempting to capitalize on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) reputation as a crypto hub, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The fund will focus on decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenization and blockchain infrastructure by managing … Read more
Bitcoin-focused VC firm Fulgur Ventures led the round as the Swiss digital asset bank sees a 1,000% surge in annual trades.
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Politicians globally are arguing that a Bitcoin reserve would benefit their country.
The stateside demand for regulated crypto products is real. The U.S. SEC-approved options tied to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (IBIT), which debuted on Nov. 19, are already almost half the size of Deribit’s eight-year-old bitcoin options market. On Monday, there were 2.16 million open or active IBIT options contracts, representing a notional value … Read more
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra urges stablecoin adoption and online gambling legalization to boost Thailand’s revenue and innovation.
Huione, a Telegram-based illicit marketplace that offers personal data and money laundering services has rolled out its own stablecoin, according to report by blockchain security firm Elliptic. The stablecoin (USDH) was created to “avoid the common freezing and transfer restrictions of traditional digital currencies.” The Huione website adds that “USDH is not restricted by traditional … Read more
Yat Siu outlines the evolution of Web3 and the open metaverse since 2023, examining digital ownership, economic opportunities and the growth of DAOs, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
The crypto industry has a new “unicorn” in digital asset bank Sygnum, which has just closed a $58 million funding round. The Zug, Switzerland and Singapore-based lender closed an oversubscribed “strategic growth round,” which was led by BTC-focused venture capital firm Fulgar Ventures, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The round gave Sygnum “unicorn” … Read more
For many emerging market economies, remittances have become a lifeline. Inflows surpassed $669 billion in 2023, according to World Bank research, and they now represent significant portions of GDP in these countries, often outpacing foreign direct investment as the primary source of foreign exchange. Traditional banks and agents maintain a firm grip on the remittance … Read more
Gary Gensler’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) branded Binance.US “a cauldron of fraud,” and used its power and influence to choke off the firm’s banking relationships and USD fiat ramps, despite failing to produce any evidence to back up its claims in court, the interim chief of Binance.US told CoinDesk in an interview. In June … Read more
A firewall enables organizations to monitor, filter, and control network traffic and prevent unauthorized access. As an organization grows and expands its cloud footprint, its network grows, making it essential that the firewall has the capacity to expand accordingly. The challenge for CISOs and SecOps teams is finding the right firewall solution without breaking the … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Nicholas A. G. Johnson (nagj@mit.edu); (2) Theo Diamandis (tdiamand@mit.edu); (3) Alex Evans (aevans@baincapital.com); (4) Henry de Valence (hdevalence@penumbra.zone); (5) Guillermo Angeris (gangeris@baincapital.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction 1 The concave pro-rata game 1.1 Symmetric pure strict equilibrium 1.2 Uniqueness of equilibrium 1.3 Equilibrium payoff 2 Batched decentralized exchanges 2.1 Arbitrage … Read more
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:::info Authors: (1) Diwen Xue, University of Michigan; (2) Reethika Ramesh, University of Michigan; (3) Arham Jain, University of Michigan; (4) Arham Jain, Merit Network, Inc.; (5) J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan; (6) Jedidiah R. Crandall, Arizona State University/Breakpointing Bad; (7) Roya Ensaf, University of Michigan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Diwen Xue, University of Michigan; (2) Reethika Ramesh, University of Michigan; (3) Arham Jain, University of Michigan; (4) Arham Jain, Merit Network, Inc.; (5) J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan; (6) Jedidiah R. Crandall, Arizona State University/Breakpointing Bad; (7) Roya Ensaf, University of Michigan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Diwen Xue, University of Michigan; (2) Reethika Ramesh, University of Michigan; (3) Arham Jain, University of Michigan; (4) Arham Jain, Merit Network, Inc.; (5) J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan; (6) Jedidiah R. Crandall, Arizona State University/Breakpointing Bad; (7) Roya Ensaf, University of Michigan. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction … Read more