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A Yearn contributor said the value lost came from “strictly protocol owned liquidity” in the protocol’s treasury and that customer funds weren’t impacted.

#artificial intelligence

Readers get better summaries, and LLMs get more training data—could AI enhance journalism while disrupting it?

Raini Studios is now part of a joint venture, and the firms have already begun development on a new unannounced combat game.

BONK bounces back, jumping 21% on the day after top exchange Coinbase said it would list the Solana token on Thursday.

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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is arguably the most important lawmaker currently standing in the way of a crypto regulation bill, and industry interests have paid for a new campaign in his own back yard to nudge him.

Japanese messaging firm Line is advancing its NFT plans with a raise led by Crescendo, with Line Friends crypto games in the works.

#ethereum #gaming

Eliminating transaction fees will make blockchain games more accessible and appealing to mainstream gamers, Immutable believes.

Immutable’s blockchain protocol will allow the game studio to cut out gas fees for users, which is widely cited as a significant barrier to Web3 gaming adoption.

He says he’s just a humble dogsitter for porn stars, who had no idea what he was getting into when he got a call from Rubi Rose's agents.

#bitcoin price

Bitcoin proves its value as an inflation hedge and store of value by hitting repeat all-time highs in multiple currencies.

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The commission had until Dec. 23 to decide or punt on approval or disapproval for the spot crypto investment vehicle.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted crypto derivatives company Bitnomial approval to register as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S., letting it settle margined futures and options contracts.

Every account was just one click away from a takeover, but the person who reported it has been dropped from the bug bounty program.

#concordium #hitachi #biometric wallet

The new project may eventually allow users to restore their accounts using a simple fingerprint or facial scan, developers stated.

NFT platform Enjin migrated 200 million NFTs from Ethereum and a sidechain to its blockchain network.

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Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.

#ethereum #news #technology #airdrop #the protocol #worldcoin #newsletter #protocols #bitcoin wallet #airdrops #data availability

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're covering Worldcoin's latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey's company and the "data availability" network Celestia's market-moving plan to plug into Polygon's blockchain development kit.

The FOMC "decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%."

#long reads

Shadowy producer Ghostwriter's AI-augmented song "Heart on My Sleeve" upended the music industry, AI discourse, and American politics. How?

The U.S central bank Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds at a range of 5.25%-5.50%.

The U.S. FASB has decided that crypto assets will be represented at their fair value in accounting beginning late next year.

A free mint is coming soon for Ubisoft’s first original NFT game. Here's a look at Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles and its NFT plans.

#ethereum #business

Rainbow's new points program aims to lure away MetaMask users with rewards based on Ethereum wallet activity.

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Bitcoin and altcoins are trying to find support at lower levels, indicating that the sentiment remains positive, and that traders are buying the dips.

Memecoins are a gamble — and they're almost always scams. What motivates crypto buyers to continue losing their money for bad reasons?

#coins #bonk

A week after BONK set a new all-time high and flipped the Elon Musk-themed coin FLOKI, it's looking sluggish after yesterday's Coinbase announcement.

#artificial intelligence

While some scribes are scared of artificial intelligence, tools like Grammarly and Hemingway are helping many with grammar, creativity, and productivity.