Category: Crypto Analysis

Smart contract audits & cybersecurity – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Every day this week we’re highlighting one genuine, no bullsh*t, hype free use case for AI in crypto. Today it’s the potential for using AI for smart contract auditing and cybersecurity, we’re so near and yet so far. AI artwork for the ChatGPT written TurboToad memecoin. (Twitter) One of the big use cases for AI and crypto in the future is in auditing smart contracts and identifying cybersecurity holes. There’s only one problem — at the moment, GPT-4 sucks at it. Coinbase tried out ChatGPT’s capabilities for automated token security…

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Substance abuse grows among crypto traders – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Although documented statistics about cryptocurrency trading and substance abuse are hard to come by, addiction experts are treating an increasing number of crypto traders. Abdullah Boulad, founder and CEO at The Balance Luxury Rehab, tells Magazine that a number of crypto traders struggle with substance abuse. “Our client base is diverse, but this is a unique demographic that we’ve seen an increase in over the recent years,” Boulad says. According to Boulad, the high intensity of cryptocurrency trading combined with 24/7 accessibility encourages some to use stimulants to keep up…

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NFT Creator – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Mark Wilson — the artist known as diewiththemostlikes — has a truly unique style to his art and a presence that could be described as grotesque, performative, thought-provoking and hilarious all in one packet of rolled-up ground beef. In a digital art market where supply can be infinite, the Indiana-based artist really stands out from the crowd with his ability to garner attention by often ridiculing the NFT space and eliciting both humor and sadness within his work. An author of five books, diewiththemostlikes has a passion for not only…

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Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 5-11  – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Top Stories This Week CME overtakes Binance to grab largest share of Bitcoin futures open interest Bitcoin’s futures market is showing an interesting shift as global derivatives marketplace the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has surpassed Binance in terms of Bitcoin futures open interest. This change occurred after Bitcoin exceeded the $37,000 mark for the first time in over 18 months. However, James Seyffart, a research analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence specializing in exchange-traded funds, questioned whether the increasing open interest in Bitcoin futures on CME would address historical concerns of the…

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AI Eye – Cointelegraph Magazine

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AI Arena AI Eye chatted with Framework Venture’s Vance Spencer recently and he raved about the possibilities offered by an upcoming game his fund invested in called AI Arena in which players train AI models how to battle each other in an arena. Framework Ventures was an early investor in Chainlink and Synthetix and three years ahead of NBA Top Shots with a similar NFL platform, so when they get excited about the future prospects, it’s worth looking into. Also backed by Paradigm, AI Arena is like a cross between…

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Asia Express – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Visa completes Hong Kong digital currency trial with HSBC and Hang Seng Hong Kong is one step closer to a central bank digital currency (CBDC) with the release of its successful phase 1 results in collaboration with Visa, HSBC and Hang Seng Bank. According to a Nov. 1 announcement, Visa said that it achieved “near real-time” finality with transfers involving tokenized deposits of the digital Hong Kong dollar (e-HKD). “Tokenized deposits were burned on the sending bank’s ledger, minted on the receiving bank’s ledger, and simultaneously settled interbank via the…

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6 Questions for Adelle Nazarian on crypto, journalism and Bitcoin

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Adelle Nazarian is the top staffer at the American Blockchain PAC, where she serves as its CEO. But she has a long story to tell about her life prior to her time in the crypto industry — from her Persian roots to her career in journalism. Nazarian, who worked as a freelance journalist after serving in positions with mainstream outlets that included Fox News and CNN, said her work contributed to her disillusionment with the media. “Working in journalism was really eye-opening for me because I witnessed how divisive and…

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Helsinki’s claim to crypto fame – Cointelegraph Magazine

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This “Crypto City” guide looks at Finland’s crypto culture: The most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto, and where you can find blockchain education courses. City: HelsinkiCountry: FinlandPopulation: 1.55 million Established: 1550Languages: Finnish and Swedish, with English widely spoken Jump to: Crypto culture, Where to spend crypto in Helsinki, Crypto projects and companies, Local crypto controversies, Crypto education and community, Notable crypto figures from Helsinki Situated on the Gulf of Finland, Helsinki is the capital of Finland and is arguably the world’s most northern metropolis, with…

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Asia Express – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Bitmain allegedly fired staff after salary complaints Bitcoin application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining manufacturer Bitmain has allegedly fired three of its employees for speaking to the media regarding the withholding of salary payments by their employer.  According to local news reports on Oct. 17, citing an alleged internal Bitmain memo, the company accused three staff members of breaching various clauses in their employment contracts for sharing their remuneration on social media platforms. The note reads:  “The EMT [Executive…

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Web3 Gamer – Cointelegraph Magazine

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Elon Musk is a streamer? The social media website X, formerly known as Twitter, hosted its first gaming stream — a 50-minute-long Diablo 4 gameplay — on October 6. The stream, which has over 42 million views at the time of writing, involved X owner Elon Musk playing Blizzard Entertainment’s latest title and answering questions from viewers. The stream happened as a test of X’s new streaming feature, as Musk wanted to see if the audio sounded normal, if the image looked reasonably good and whether the comments were working.…

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