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As Bitcoin Exceeds $50,000, MOON Holder Makes 550% on Predictions Platform Polymarket

The days of establishing intricate decentralized finance schemes or placing directional bets in the spot or futures markets to make significant profits in the cryptocurrency space are long gone.With the help of the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket, some traders are currently producing returns that beat the market. A recent example:The anonymous user u/MeLLoN98, who is a prominent member of Reddit’s r/CryptoCurrency community, purchased almost 90,000 shares on the Yes side of Polymarket’s now-expired betting contract “Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?” and made an astounding 550% return on his investment. After bitcoin (BTC) surged beyond $50,000 on the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase (COIN) market, reaching its highest level since December 2021, the contract resolved to Yes on Monday.On Polymarket, traders can purchase or sell result shares, which, in the event that the outcome is accurate, can be redeemed for one dollar. “I converted 110,000 Moons to 14,000 USDC on Kraken and bought 91,409 shares on Polymarket at an average price of

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Crypto

Users Have Direct Access to Buy and Sell Cryptocurrency with the Integration of Ledger and Coinbase Pay

Ledger, a manufacturer of hardware wallets, said that Coinbase and Ledger are integrating so that Ledger customers can purchase digital assets using Coinbase Pay, the cryptocurrency exchange’s on-ramp.According to a press release obtained by CoinDesk, integrating Coinbase Pay inside the Ledger Live app would help Ledger customers by simplifying the process of receiving cryptocurrency purchases from Coinbase straight into their Ledger hardware wallet, free of further costs. Although self-custodial ownership of one’s cryptocurrency assets is often asserted by crypto purists, this integration shows that centralized exchanges continue to have influence in an industry that encourages consumers to store their own keys.According to Ian Rogers, chief experience officer at Ledger, this is not the company’s first collaboration with an exchange or cryptocurrency marketplace.In an interview, Rogers mentioned Moonpay, Ramp, and Trasank as other integrations. “There are 5.3 billion internet users, 5 billion social media users, 500 million crypto owners, and there are on the order

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Crypto

Hotter-than-Expected U.S. Inflation Causes Bitcoin to Drop 2%

Tuesday saw a drop in Bitcoin (BTC) below $49,000 as expectations for interest rate cuts were dampened by a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation estimate.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization shed 2.4%, while the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) broad-market crypto index fell by almost 2% to $48,700 from just over $50,000 earlier in the day. The decline occurred after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for January revealed 3.1% annual inflation, which was higher than the 2.9% projection made by analysts.According to the CME FedWatch Tool, market participants now anticipate only a 34% possibility of the Federal Reserve reducing interest rates in May, down from 52% a day earlier. For traditional markets, there was also less likelihood of an impending rate cut. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index and the S&P 500 equities index both saw declines of up to 2%, but the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds increased by 12 basis points.

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Crypto

With 100,000 presales, Solana’s Second Phone Raises $45M for Development

Solana took over a year to sell out of its first cryptocurrency phone, which had 20,000 units.However, in less than a month, the second phone had reached 100,000 pre-orders.Monday marked the crossing of a significant milestone for Solana Mobile’s “chapter 2″ smartphone; the company had earlier established the 100,000 preorder milestone as a prerequisite to building a second handset.The company intends to move forward and perhaps deliver units to customers in early 2025 with a $45 million warchest. According to Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, “there’s a minimum cost to get a new line going,” in an interview with CoinDesk.The economics for selling an inexpensive second device are more plausible than the “brutal” numbers that supported Solana’s experimental first phone, which originally retailed for $1,000, he claimed, with at least 100,000 subscribers for chapter 2 having already paid $450. This significant achievement for Solana Mobile, the only cryptocurrency-enabled phone provider to date with a paying clientele that keeps coming back, assures the company’s future.Its future was uncertain as recently as the previous year.However, when cryptocurrency traders saw that every phone included free tokens, the Saga saw a selling run.Similar to the first phone, the second will also have unique features built in to allow purchasing, selling, storing, and utilizing cryptocurrencies, particularly those on the Solana blockchain, as part of its normal operations. “It’s really tough to beat Apple and Google on camera and the other” tech specs their leading smartphones boast, Yakovenko

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EtherRock and BAYC dominate sales as Ethereum NFTs rise.

After rising NFT sales figures this week, Ethereum-native nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are beginning to make a comeback.NFT data aggregator CryptoSlam reports that Wrapped Ether Rock #46 sold for $496,658 on Monday, four days after Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) #1726 sold for $668,297.After the $1.53 million purchases of CryptoPunk #5363 on January 31, they are the second and third-largest sales of the month.Wrapped Ether Rock and BAYC NFTs aren’t simply NFTs; they’re a status symbol that gives the holder reputation in the NFT community, according to Anndy Lian, an intergovernmental blockchain specialist and the author of the book “NFT: From Zero to Hero”. “The crypto market is anticipated to be more bullish. This brings the degen narrative back to the scene where this is a

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Technology

Google announces a 25 million euro AI skill boost for Europe

Google has revealed intentions to establish a 25 million euro ($26.9 million) support fund to assist in providing skill training in the artificial intelligence (AI) area for Europeans.The goal of the AI Opportunity Initiative for Europe is to assist in training individuals so they can “seize the opportunity of AI” at a time when Europe is well-positioned to “lead the way” in the commercial application of AI. “We want to play our part in empowering Europe’s workforce, supporting people through change so that everyone can benefit.” According to the tech developer, local companies will receive advanced AI training from this project, which collaborates with governments, corporations, academic institutions, and civil society organizations in the European Union, with a special emphasis on vulnerable populations.The goal of providing workers with the skills they need to prevent “being left behind” will get about 10 million euros.The Italian government launched a similar program in the middle of 2023, providing millions of euros in subsidies to help workers who might be laid off as a result of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) acquire digital skills. Google said

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Crypto

6-digit price of Bitcoin in 2024? $55K is currently the “worst case,” according to a bitcoin expert.

With the surge of institutional money flooding the market, Bitcoin has set a new six-figure price objective for 2024. The CEO of analytics

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Crypto

Forecast for Bitcoin Prices as BTC ETFs Pass the $10 Billion Mark: Will Bitcoin Achieve $100,000 in the Next Two Months?

With exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recently hitting an astounding $10 billion in assets under management in just 20 sessions, the outlook for the price

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Crypto

Cryptocurrency regulation is proposed in Nigeria to combat financial crimes.

In order to prevent financial crimes, particularly money laundering, the Nigerian government must control cryptocurrency activities, according to Adedeji Owonibi, co-founder of A&D

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Crypto

Scam-as-a-service: Solana drainers have been discovered

According to a Feb. 9 research posted on X (previously Twitter), Web3 security firm Blowfish has discovered two new Solana drainers that are capable of bit-flip attacks.Even after a user’s private key was used to sign a transaction, the drainers known as “Aqua” and “Vanish” were detected altering a conditional within on-chain data.The drainers’ script, according to Blowfish, may be purchased on marketplaces that provide scam-as-a-service tools.The drainers’ strategy for data flipping and money theft was exposed by the Blowfish team.An dApp on Solana may be granted permission to submit a transaction.“A drainer could flip that conditional at any time if the dApp’s onchain program contains a conditional that permits it to send the user SOL or drain their account,” the text states. Users don’t initially see the drainers.A transaction that seems legitimate is signed by the victim.But the drainer momentarily withholds the transaction after getting the signature.“They then reverse the dApp’s conditional; it appears to send SOL but actually takes it,” according to a different transaction. “There’s a completely new breed of scams on the loose, and they’re not like anything we’ve seen before! Imagine: a transaction

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Crypto

Prediction for Bitcoin Price as it Approaches January’s ETF Highs: $50,000 This Week?

The price of Bitcoin rises on Saturday, over 3.25% higher and approaching $47,450. This momentum coincides with a notable ascent beyond the $46,000

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Crypto Tech Technology

The European Commission wants feedback on its recommendations regarding AI disinformation during elections.

To prevent false information from spreading ahead of the forthcoming European elections, the European Commission is requiring tech platforms including as Facebook, X,

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Article

How to safeguard digital assets on Web3

For the majority of users back then, cybersecurity meant protecting important data and folders because money wasn’t saved on our computers. As long

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Defi

Sportsmen should “take the time” to comprehend how Dwight Howard NFTs operate.f

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have the potential to revolutionize the sports industry, but athletes who wish to participate face obstacles and time commitments when they enter the Web3 space.According to Tom Fleetham, head of business development at Zilliqa for sports and gaming, many of the sports groups he dealt with had to enhance the experience and revenue stream for foreign fans who were unable to visit stadiums.Furthermore, the behaviors of younger audiences, such as Gen Z, differ from those of earlier generations, indicating that a contemporary strategy could be needed to reach this market.According to the executive, NFTs can help overcome these obstacles. Fleetham gave an explanation. “I believe that NFTs can play a big role in overcoming both of these challenges. International fans want to feel closer

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Tech Tech Africa Technology

Kenya is facing criticism over a new robotics and AI law.

Kenyan IT experts have pointed out a number of issues with the 2023 Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Society Bill and have encouraged the country’s government to reject it.Local media reported that the National Assembly’s Communication, Information, and Innovation Committee was informed by robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders that they were not involved in any stage of the bill drafting process during a session held to commemorate International Safer Internet Day in 2024.If an entity has not registered their robotics and AI endeavors with the Robotics Society of Kenya (RSK), the bill defines them as unlicensed. If unlicensed firms operating robotic and AI businesses fail to register with the RSK, they may face penalties from the proposed legislation, which may include fines of up to one million Kenyan shillings ($6,269), a potential two-year prison sentence, or both. The RSK is intended to be a regulatory organization whose job it is to monitor and support the growth of the robotics and artificial intelligence industries.It seeks to work with other authorities to set policies and procedures that will guarantee corporate compliance.The RSK will also counsel the government on new developments in robotics and artificial intelligence.During the meeting, Alex Gakuru, the director of the Center for Law in Information Technology and the leader of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya, reportedly said that the bill should be withdrawn for further stakeholder consultation. He emphasized that if the bill is enacted in its current form, it will cause a national disaster. Gakuru claims that the law mainly focuses on regulating the robotics industry rather than sufficiently addressing AI-related issues.He warned that if the badly written bill wasn’t changed, it might be challenged in court.Kenya is the fifth-most prepared country in Africa to use AI to provide services to the general people.Kenya’s total score of 40.36% in the 2022 edition of Oxford Insights’ annual Government AI Readiness Index puts it below Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, and Morocco.Kenya has invested an estimated 13 billion shillings ($81.5 million) in artificial intelligence over the past ten years, significantly less than South Africa’s $1 billion and Nigeria’s $378 million, according to Microsoft’s “Artificial Intelligence in the Middle East and Africa Outlook Report.”

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Crypto

As Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record One of Their Best Days, Bitcoin Rises to $47K.

After seeing one of the biggest net inflows since its launch on Thursday, U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw Friday’s price of bitcoin (BTC) soar beyond $47,000.Prior to collapsing to $46,700 in a precipitous sell-off, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization surged as high as $47,699, the highest since the day the bitcoin ETF was introduced.Prices swiftly increased to little over $47,000 shortly after.As of the time of writing, Bitcoin had gained 4.5% on the previous day, outpacing the 3.8% gain made by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), which tracks the largest cryptocurrencies. Based on the issuers’ website, CoinDesk calculated that spot ETFs boosted their net bitcoin holdings by 9,260 BTC, which caused the price rise.According to BitMex Research data, that equated to inflows of nearly $400 million, the biggest amount since January 17. “This is the 3rd biggest inflow day for the group since their launch,” James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, said

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Tech Technology

US AI safety consortium disclosed with the leading tech companies

The establishment of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which has a long list of members from every sector of the tech industry, was announced by the US Department of Commerce on February 8.The consortium seeks to “unite AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations” in order to promote an atmosphere that produces artificial intelligence (AI) that is reliable and safe, according to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “The U.S. government has a significant role to play in setting the standards and developing the tools we need to mitigate the

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Crypto

Institutions Will Be Able to Issue Stablecoins Backed by US Treasury Securities Through Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0

The website, white paper, and other protocol information have been made public for M^0, or “M Zero,” a protocol that enables international institutions to issue stablecoins backed by fungible T-bills.Last year, the team—which includes formidable stablecoin pioneers from MakerDAO and Circle—came out of stealth thanks to a sizable $22.5 million seed investment headed by Pantera Capital.With the present tokenization trend, everyone from start-ups to Wall Street banks is building blockchain-based Treasuries and other unique products, such yield-bearing stablecoins. However, according to M^0 Labs CEO Luca Prosperi, these companies are just producing an increasing amount of their goods that are sent on-chain. Prosperi feels that a centralized entity shouldn’t mint stablecoins or keep fractionalizing liquidity.As a result, M^0 adopts some of the original concepts from MakerDAO, a community hub led by Prosperi, but institutionalizes that vision. “We’re trying to recreate networks, with rules and smart contracts for people to interact and produce digital assets,” Prosperi said in

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Crypto

Institutions Will Be Able to Issue Stablecoins Backed by US Treasury Securities Through Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0

The website, white paper, and other protocol information have been made public for M^0, or “M Zero,” a protocol that enables international institutions to issue stablecoins backed by fungible T-bills.Last year, the team—which includes formidable stablecoin pioneers from MakerDAO and Circle—came out of stealth thanks to a sizable $22.5 million seed investment headed by Pantera Capital.With the present tokenization trend, everyone from start-ups to Wall Street banks is building blockchain-based Treasuries and other unique products, such yield-bearing stablecoins. However, according to M^0 Labs CEO Luca Prosperi, these companies are just producing an increasing amount of their goods that are sent on-chain. Prosperi feels that a centralized entity shouldn’t mint stablecoins or keep fractionalizing liquidity.As a result, M^0 adopts some of the original concepts from MakerDAO, a community hub led by Prosperi, but institutionalizes that vision. “We’re trying to recreate networks, with rules and smart contracts for people to interact and produce digital assets,” Prosperi said in

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Crypto

Robinhood and MetaMask Partnership Expands Crypto Access

Developer Consensys of MetaMask, a self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, announced in a news release on Tuesday that users can now purchase cryptocurrencies using the well-known online trading platform Robinhood.Through the integration, holders of Robinhood accounts can fund and move their cryptocurrency holdings to their MetaMask wallets, while MetaMask users can buy digital assets utilizing Robinhood’s order flow. The offering is a result of MetaMask integrating the trading platform’s fiat-crypto on-ramp called Robinhood Connect as a service provider in its

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Blockchain

Blockchain Carbon Credits Exchange Gets BaFin Approval in Germany

Project for Tokenized Trading A blockchain-backed carbon credit market has been established by Neutral and DLT Finance, a German brokerage company. Carbon credits are financial instruments that corporations may use to offset their carbon impact; they represent forests and renewable energy sources.It is not the first effort to wager that blockchain technology can boost the multibillion-dollar carbon credit market—that is, the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) project.It is the first, nevertheless, to have obtained regulatory authority to run the exchange, notably from Germany’s financial regulator BaFin. “We didn’t see anyone building the market infrastructure that would allow for traditional traders to interact with these assets,” Neutral CEO

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Crypto

An Outage Lasts Five Hours for Solana Blockchain

On Tuesday, there was a five-hour downtime on Solana, the low-latency blockchain that has witnessed a tremendous increase in activity in recent months.As long as the issue persisted, Solana’s SOL token fell from roughly $96 before it started to less than $94 now.More than the 1% decline in the CoinDesk 20 Index, which serves as a benchmark for the biggest cryptocurrencies, it was down 2.5% as of late. According to blockchain statistics, transaction processing started up again approximately 15:00 UTC.According to statistics, they had halted at 09:52 UTC.After the Solana network went down for about two days in April 2023, the halt occurred over a year later. “Solana Mainnet-Beta is experiencing a performance degradation, block progression is currently halted, core engineers & validators are actively investigating,” Laine, a

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Article

How to ensure management, security and privacy of Blockchain transaction.

Decentralised and secure transactions have become possible because to the development of blockchain technology. Transactions can be securely and transparently recorded using the

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Blockchain Crypto

The U.S. Treasury Token from Hashnote is Now Accessible Via Crypto Custodian Copper

Offering its yield-bearing USYC token through Copper, the cryptocurrency custody firm chaired by former UK Chancellor Philip Hammond, is Hashnote, a decentralized finance (DeFi) startup catering to compliance-conscious institutions. With Chicago-based trading firm Cumberland as a market maker, Hashnote is the first cryptocurrency startup to come out of Web3 incubator Cumberland Labs.Hashnote’s USYC is now available to the 300+ major institutions and cryptocurrency trading platforms that the custody service serves thanks to an interface with Copper. As the movement toward institution-friendly tokenization in the cryptocurrency space picks up steam, blockchain-based renditions of US Treasury bonds as well as products like yield-bearing tokens and stablecoins have gained popularity.But according to Hashnote CEO Leo Mizuhara, not every tokenized Treasury-type offering on the market is made equal. “People are treating these on-chain treasuries as if they were as safe as something you’d see in normal finance, like

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Blockchain Crypto

Linking Domain Names With Crypto Wallets: GoDaddy, Ethereum Name Service, and Web Registry

Through a partnership with GoDaddy, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a domain name system built on top of Ethereum, will enable users to link internet domains to their ENS addresses at no cost.During the weak market, mainstream corporations’ adoption of Web3 decreased; however, the agreement between ENS and GoDaddy, the biggest internet domain registration, may indicate that interest in integrating blockchain technology with conventional platforms has resumed. “Beyonce owns Beyonce.xyz, and now she can set up a wallet just by going into the GoDaddy page and entering your address,”

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Crypto

Tether Leads $25 Million Series A Funding Round for Crypto Payments App Oobit

In a Series A fundraising round, the mobile payments service Oobit raised $25 million, the business announced on Monday.The Titan Fund of CMCC Global, 468 Capital, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, and Tether’s investment division led the financing.A representative for the Singapore-based business declined to disclose the amount the investment was worth. While businesses get fiat money, customers can use the Oobit app to pay using cryptocurrency.With the ability to pay with funds from their Oobit wallet at any point of sale that takes Visa (V) or MasterCard (MA), the tap-and-pay feature helps make cryptocurrency payments more widely available.According to the company, it intends to enable third-party wallets, turning Oobit into a non-custodial cryptocurrency payments platform. “With the backing of industry leaders, this funding round marks a pivotal moment for Oobit, propelling us forward in our mission

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Business

As the market plummets, the Chinese transform the American embassy into a “Wailing Wall.”

February 4, Beijing (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Beijing’s social media account is an unusual venue for many Chinese to vent their

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Tech Technology

Entertainment job losses are an issue highlighted in the Gen AI research.

Film and animation industries would lose more jobs as a result of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) than other industries, predicts consulting firm

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Blockchain

The Next Big Thing: Apple Vision Pro’s Blockchain-Based Metaverse Game Launches?

Future metaverse application from a blockchain-related business. Victoria VR is a crypto-meets-virtual-reality (VR) developer that hopes to enhance the cutting-edge technology of the

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Crypto

Steve Christie’s Arrival at Binance Indicates a Vigorous Drive for Compliance

Steve Christie, a former senior vice president of compliance at Binance, has been brought back to the position of deputy chief compliance officer.

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