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Net Bitcoin ATMs record an increase after 4 months of global downtrend

Net Bitcoin ATMs record an increase after 4 months of global downtrend

In the first four months of 2023, the net crypto ATMs worldwide declined by 5,850. In May, however, 1,397 machines were added back to the global crypto ATM network. Breaking the year-long trend of declining Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto ATMs across the globe, May recorded...

AI trends at all-time high on Google but Bitcoin still did it better

AI trends at all-time high on Google but Bitcoin still did it better

Google Trends data reveals that even though AI is the talk of the town, it still pales in comparison to Bitcoin in 2017. In China, it's a completely different story. Global search interest for the term “AI” has reached a new all-time high on Google, though it’s yet to...

Biden reaches ‘tentative’ U.S. debt ceiling deal: Report

Biden reaches ‘tentative’ U.S. debt ceiling deal: Report

United States President Joe Biden has urged both the United States House and Senate to "pass the agreement right away." Amid growing concerns of a potential default by early June, the United States President Joe Biden and Republican Kevin McCarthy have reportedly...

JPMorgan Chase enters generative AI race with IndexGPT trademark

JPMorgan Chase enters generative AI race with IndexGPT trademark

JPMorgan's ChatGPT rival, IndexGPT, will be used across various business units, including advertising, business consulting and various finance-focused software as a service (SAAS) services among others. Finserv giant JPMorgan Chase filed a trademark application for...

Attacker hijacks Tornado Cash governance via malicious proposal

Attacker hijacks Tornado Cash governance via malicious proposal

The total control over Tornado Cash governance allows the attacker to withdraw all of the locked votes, drain all of the tokens in the governance contract and brick the router. Adding to the existing roadblocks of the decentralized crypto mixer Tornado Cash, an...

Strike moves global headquarters to El Salvador, expands to 65 countries

Strike moves global headquarters to El Salvador, expands to 65 countries

According to Strike CEO Jack Mallers, the expansion drive aims to counter the “clouded world of crypto exchanges and hidden, unregistered licensing regimes and 1,000 different coins.” Strike, a Chicago-based Bitcoin (BTC) payment provider, expanded its services to 65...