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Google’s Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model helps researchers in India detect life-threatening diseases through audio analysis.

A members-only NFT platform is spinning up a program to foster up-and-coming Web3 projects.

Is the pay worth serving as a Tesla Bot lab monkey to train robots that might make you obsolete?

Is it “Tron season” for meme coin traders? While top coins on other chains decline, Tron’s SunPump platform is gaining steam.

It’s unclear how much the record-holding CryptoPunks NFT resold for, but other Punks are diving in value and struggling to sell at auction.

Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital met with Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie R. Harrison to discuss issues important to crypto-focused voters, an exec tells Decrypt.

An analysis shows election-related bets dominate activity on the prediction market, but other topics have also seen growth.

The CEO of the popular art app for iPad didn’t mince words, but the anti-AI stance could also be a shrewd political move, Decrypt was told.

Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal’s NFT project Astrals is subject to a class action lawsuit, which was only partially dismissed on Friday.

Mobile tower defense game Ragnarok: Monster World is now available to play in beta on iOS and Android—but only for one week.

The asset manager behind two successful U.S. crypto ETFs just landed in London.

Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, the party backing Kamala Harris for president completely skipped crypto in its policy plan.

“Even though we’re cautious about Bitcoin’s upside potential in the short term, this hedging strategy remains promising,” the firm wrote.

Investors pulled $39 million from Solana-based funds last week, said CoinShares, setting a record while Bitcoin ETFs rebounded slightly.

Bernstein Research still believes a Donald Trump win would benefit Bitcoin, even as crypto bettors shift their election predictions.

TON is up following the announcement, which follows the HashKey Group’s investment in developing the TON ecosystem earlier this year.

The slow growth in media literacy is a growing concern, given the ability of generative AI tools to produce deepfakes and disinformation.

Despite the indecision in crypto, some analysts and investment trading desks remain optimistic for the remainder of the year.

An average of 20 websites are said to be taken down daily, with scammers continuing to adapt and find new ways to lure victims, ASIC said.

The Canadian investor and “Shark Tank” star says government intervention is inevitable for a maturing crypto industry.

TELEGRAM TRYOUT: There’s something a little too familiar about Telegram tap-to-earn game PokeyQuest, but at least it looks great.

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

Monitoring and audits aren’t enough to avoid hacks: Spherex Technologies CEO Eyal Meron explains why crypto protocols need to rethink security.

Crypto users bet millions on Polymarket to guess what the former president would say. Most were left disappointed.

BTC ETFs: +$11m, ETH ETFs: -$40m. BTC hits $56k then rebounds, $176m liquidated. Schumer says crypto policy can pass this year. Tether mints another $250m on SOL. Bernstein moves several BTC miners to ‘Outperform’. Miners raised $2.2bn in Q2 to help cash crunch. EigenLayer TVL falls $351m after airdrop controversy. ARB announces staking. S. Korea … Read more

Tari Universe promises easy, at-home mining, aiming to bring onboard the next generation of crypto users.

What is crypto education startup PiP World doing in the Roblox sandbox? Company execs explain their plans for stock trading game StockRise.

Most coins and tokens are down over the week. But the crypto world wasn’t short of news, or drama.

The Wall Street giant is pushing even further into digital assets with a fund holding the two top cryptocurrencies.

Google’s Imagen 3 is available for testing on ImageFX, and is set to compete against MidJourney, Flux, and Dall-E 3.