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Crypto miner Hive Digital drops ‘blockchain’ from name amid pivot to AI
Hive made the rebrand to reflect its “evolving focus” on revenue opportunities in AI, cloud commuting and GPUs. Crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain is now calling itself Hive Digital Technologies — after enacting a branding pivot that seeks to highlight its foray into...
Arkham CEO rebuts claims of ‘snitch-to-earn’ program, says it’s to find bad actors
Arkham CEO Miguel Morel said public blockchains are "probably the worst possible way of keeping one's private information private.” The chief of the startup blockchain intelligence platform Arkham has refuted claims by the crypto community that its new “Intel...
Brazil’s CBDC pilot contains code that can freeze or reduce funds, dev claims
Pedro Magalhães, a blockchain developer who claims to have reverse-engineered Brazil's pilot CBDC has found code that would allow accounts to be frozen or drained at will. A blockchain developer who claims to have reverse-engineered the source code of Brazil’s pilot...
Bitcoin on $3K discount at Binance.US, but there’s a catch
Bitcoin is selling for just over $27,500 on Binance.US, a nearly $3,000 discount from global spot prices. Bitcoin (BTC) is selling for a nearly $3,000 discount on Binance.US, providing a significantly better rate than global spot prices — but there’s just one...
Marathon Digital blames weather conditions for mining 21% less Bitcoin in June
The transition from spring to summer in Texas has been a major factor in Marathon Digital's 21% decline of Bitcoin's mined in June, according to a statement. Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital has linked the recent slump in its total amount of Bitcoin's (BTC)...
Over $765K worth of NFTs stolen after SIM swap attack on GutterCatGang
The bad actors utilized a fake GutterCatGang airdrop scam to drain people’s wallets, with at least $700,000 worth of NFTs being stolen from a single address. More than $765,000 worth of nonfungible tokens has been stolen as part of a reported SIM swap attack on the...
Lightning Labs releases tools letting AI transact and hold Bitcoin
AI models such as ChatGPT could soon get the ability to buy, sell, and use Bitcoin on the Lightning Network. Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network development firm Lightning Labs unveiled a new set of tools for artificial intelligence to send and receive BTC on the...
Crypto’s Indiana Jones? Coinbase exec helps recover $322K worth of once-lost crypto
Conor Grogan tracked down $322,000 worth of dormant ETC and returned it to its owner, who was unaware the money ever existed. It’s not every day that one discovers they've suddenly become $322,000 richer — but for one lucky crypto investor, this is exactly what...
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads to launch July 6, but will the crypto community budge?
Meta's microblogging platform is set for launch, with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey pointing out the apps centralization and data harvesting. Meta is planning to launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, on July 6, only days after Twitter’s “rate limit” debacle which...
Nifty News: Blue chip NFT prices wobble, Credit Suisse tries tokens and more
The floor prices for some of the largest NFT collections sunk to nearly two-year lows, but have started to edge up in the past 24 hours. ‘Blue chip’ floor prices near two-year lowsThe largest nonfungible token (NFT) collections by market capitalization are in a sea of...