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Crypto bills could be delayed as many prepare for US gov’t shutdown

[ad_1] The United States government could be shut down in the next 7 days with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy facing political pressure from members of his own party on how to handle spending plans — a decision that could adversely affect how lawmakers move forward with crypto bills awaiting a vote.In July, U.S. lawmakers with the House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of the Financial Innovation and Technology for
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MetaMask ‘glitch’ caused opBNB recommended fees to be too high: Report

[ad_1] A "glitch" in MetaMask that caused it to overestimate opBNB gas fees has now been fixed, according to a social media post from BNB Chain. Many users pay the default recommended fee displayed in their wallets, so a misestimation can cause users to overpay.Together with our friends at @MetaMask, we've resolved a glitch that made it seem like opBNB's gas fees were unusually high. Now, you can enjoy the
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NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain

[ad_1] NASA and its partners Lonestar, a computing startup based in Florida, and the Isle of Man, will send a payload to the Moon containing “data cubes” in February of 2024. The data secured in these cubes will be verified back on Earth using blockchain technology.If all goes to plan, when NASA launches its second crewed mission, Artemis 3, in 2025, the same blockchain technology will verify once-and-for-all and immutably
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NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain

[ad_1] NASA and its partners Lonestar, a computing startup based in Florida, and the Isle of Man, will send a payload to the Moon containing “data cubes” in February of 2024. The data secured in these cubes will be verified back on Earth using blockchain technology.If all goes to plan, when NASA launches its second crewed mission, Artemis 3, in 2025, the same blockchain technology will verify once-and-for-all and immutably
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mBridge CBDC project preparing for new members, launch of minimum viable product

[ad_1] Project mBridge may soon see significant expansion, according to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) CEO Eddie Yue. He outlined the plans for the central bank digital currency (CBDC) project in a speech in Shanghai.Yue said tests have shown mBridge to provide faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments. The project was initiated in 2021 with the participation of the HKMA, and the central banks of China, Thailand and the
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Hong Kong to tighten crypto regulation, Thailand to tax crypto overseas: Law Decoded

[ad_1] Hong Kong regulators are looking to tighten the noose around the crypto market after arresting six individuals following allegations of fraud around an unlicensed crypto exchange, JPEX. The government intends to increase its efforts to inform investors and remind them only to utilize platforms granted Securities and Futures Commission licenses. Meanwhile, Thailand’s Revenue Department plans to impose personal income tax on foreign revenues, including those from crypto trading, of any
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SEC raises concerns over Coinbase in objection to Celsius restructuring plan

[ad_1] The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an objection to Celsius Network’s reorganization plan based in part on the regulator’s own ongoing lawsuit with crypto exchange Coinbase.In a Sept. 22 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the SEC filed a limited objection and reservation of rights over Celsius’ most recently proposed restructuring plan. The fourth revision of the bankruptcy plan,
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ChatGPT can speak, listen, and see images now

[ad_1] The generative artificial intelligence (AI) space continues to heat up as OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4V, a vision-capable model, and multimodal conversational modes for its ChatGPT system. With the new upgrades, announced on Sep. 25, ChatGPT users will be able to engage ChatGPT in conversations. The models powering ChatGPT, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, can now understand plain language spoken queries and respond in one of five different voices.ChatGPT can now see, hear,
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$200M Mixin Network hack draws controversy

[ad_1] Hong Kong-based decentralized cross-chain transfer protocol Mixin Network is drawing controversy over the disclosure of a $200 million hack on Sept. 25.In a post on Sept. 25, Zhuoer Jiang, CEO of Bitcoin mining pool BTC.TOP, claimed that BTC stored in the Mixin protocol "should have never been stolen in the first place." Jiang claims that, normally, Mixin's Bitcoin (BTC) would have been "kept in cold storage" and remained unaffected by