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Crypto-based AI markets, and AI financial analysis – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] We’re rolling out genuine use cases for AI and crypto each day this week — including reasons why you shouldn’t necessarily believe the hype. Today get two for the price of one: Blockchain based AI marketplaces, and financial analysis.It may not seem like the most exciting use case blending AI and crypto, but both Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin and Framework Ventures founder Vance Spencer cite blockchain-based marketplaces that source
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AIs can run DAOs – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] For every genuine blockchain project harnessing artificial intelligence there are 100 coins trading off the hype. Magazine spoke with Near founder Illia Polosukhin, Framework Ventures founder Vance Spencer, MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen, Richard Ma from Quantstamp, Ralf Kubli from Casper and others to explore some of the key hype-free, genuine use cases for AI in crypto and blockchain. We’re rolling out one genuine use case for AI in crypto
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Dodging guards with inner-tubes, decoys and diplomats – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Disembarking the Liberty houseboat moored off the frontier of the European Union, we’re met by a pair of Serbian police officers, their lit squad car nearly blinding us in the dark forest. “How many people are staying on the boat?” one asks, holding a large dog at bay. “I really don’t recall,” says my colleague from Reuters. Fortunately, they let us go. We must run, using phone lights to
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SBF takes the stand, ‘buy Bitcoin’ searches soar and other news: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 22-28

[ad_1] Top Stories This Week Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand on FTX’s collapse Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried testified this week in his ongoing criminal trial in the Southern District of New York, denying any wrongdoing between FTX and Alameda Research while acknowledging making “big mistakes” during the companies’ explosive growth. Highlights of his testimony include denying directing his inner circle to make significant political donations in 2021, as well as claims
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Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards? – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some of the brightest minds worried about the potential ramifications.Restaking involves reusing staked or locked-up Ether tokens to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols.  Proponents believe restaking can squeeze additional security and rewards from already staked ETH and grow the crypto
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Did the NSA create Bitcoin? – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Over the 15 years since Bitcoin was created, there has been no shortage of crazy conspiracy theories about how it was made and where it came from.  Some believe Bitcoin was the work of “a bunch of engineers” in the Chinese Communist Party — presumably for world domination; others claim Bitcoin is the work of benevolent aliens to help humans evolve.But one theory with circumstantial evidence supporting it has
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Zuckerberg’s metaverse losses, NFT game on Discord, Gods Unchained hot take – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Let’s get business out of the way before getting to the fun part: Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, is heavily involved in virtual worlds through its metaverse unit, Reality Labs.  However, its investments have yet to pay off, with the metaverse company reporting collective losses of over $40 billion.  Despite the losses, investors are optimistic about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term bet on the metaverse,
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BlackRock bullish on Bitcoin, Gemini CEO’s ‘delusion,’ CEXs’ unhappy staff

[ad_1] Top Stories This Week Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, has recently delivered pro-crypto remarks, claiming “Bitcoin is an international asset” and suggesting U.S. regulators consider how an ETF directly linked to Bitcoin could democratize finance in the country. Under Fink, BlackRock has attempted to launch a spot BTC ETF with crypto exchange Coinbase acting as a surveillance partner. It’s unclear if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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3-point plan for success – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Back in 1984, a U.K. television advertisement for Kit Kat chocolate bars was set in a music label’s office where a keen young band played their demo for a bored music executive. Afterward, they were served the famous chocolate bars and the manager said: “You can’t sing, you can’t play, you look awful… you’ll go far.” This is as close as I can get to explaining the appeal of