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The “Longlegs” star told actors at the Newport Beach Film Festival that AI can be used to “change your performance.”

The Bitcoin price briefly touched a high of $69,227 earlier today, during European trading hours.

Catch up on this week’s biggest crypto and NFT gaming news and find some weekend reads in our latest roundup.

Avalanche-based battle royale shooter Off the Grid made a big splash, but a few key tweaks and additions are needed for the full rollout.

Only a fraction of X Empire players are getting tokens—and they’re telling Elon Musk, who has nothing to do with the Telegram game.

The Kamala Harris campaign’s focus on Black male crypto investors sparks claims of pandering, but some still consider it a positive move.

Looking for some great games to play on your Xbox Series X/S without paying a dime? Here are our favorite Xbox freebies right now.

Bored Ape Yacht Club game Dookey Dash: Unclogged serves up an endless runner with real prizes. Here’s how to rule the sewers.

Elon Musk’s controversial moves at Twitter have sparked another user exodus, fueling explosive growth for decentralized rival Bluesky.

New developments in the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance indicate the regulator is ratcheting up its case against SOL and other crypto tokens—not backing down, as some had hoped.

BTC ETFs see biggest inflow week since July. BlackRock ETF sees $1bn inflows in a week. Venmo can now be used to buy crypto on Moonpay. SEC’s XRP appeal doesn’t challenge security status. Worldcoin rebrands to World with new orb. EigenLayer X account compromised. FBI arrests hacker of SEC X account. SCB in Thailand adopts … Read more

A Canadian Olympic snowboarder and his gang used Tether (USDT) as part of its cocaine trafficking operation, U.S. authorities allege.

Bitcoin ETF inflows have accelerated this week as the 2024 presidential election tightens in its final weeks.

Avalanche shooter Off the Grid has already made a huge splash in early access. We discuss the launch and potential impact on gaming.

Imprisoned Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan failed to attend a Nigerian court hearing due to his poor health, forcing a delay.

Chirag Tomar, an Indian national, drained the accounts of unsuspecting Coinbase customers in a scam built around impostor websites.

The DeFi project claimed that hackers compromised the hardware wallets of its long-term developers and injected malware.

Created by Freedom Factory, dGEN1 integrates Ethereum at the operating system level to streamline dapp interactions.

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor dismissed criticism over the firm’s $16 billion Bitcoin haul, saying it’s driving BTC scarcity.

A hacker published a series of posts Friday from EigenLayer’s Twitter account, urging users to click on an apparent phishing link.

AI models helped the department prevent $2.5 billion in fraud, while its check fraud detection systems facilitated the recovery of $1 billion.

After the SegWit and Taproot upgrades, Craig Wright claims Bitcoin “fundamentally deviated” from Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision and misled investors.

Bitcoin has climbed 11% in the past week, but there could be some macroeconomic headwinds on the horizon, say analysts.

Someone asked Musk if he would head up a new “Department of Government Efficiency.” Musk responded with a lighthearted grin, “Yeah, Doge.”

While the SEC isn’t contesting the ruling that XRP sales to retail investors aren’t securities, it is instead focusing on other key aspects.

World’s redesigned Orb has 30% fewer parts and triple the production capacity of its predecessor, powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson.

Researchers showed vulnerabilities in AI-powered robots being exploited to perform dangerous tasks, including detonating bombs.

World, previously called Worldcoin, has debuted an Ethereum layer-2 chain with an aim to onboard real humans—not bots.

Ethereum’s “changing fundamentals” and growing embrace of layer-2 networks could massively impact ETH’s future price, a VanEck analyst said Thursday.

Tap-to-earn game X Empire is gearing up for next week’s X token launch and airdrop on The Open Network (TON).