New York Regulator Hiring Blockchain Analyst to Tackle Crypto Crimes

October 7, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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New York’s financial regulator has a job opening for a Virtual Currency Senior Blockchain Analytics Analyst. The permanent position focuses on preventing financial crimes such as money laundering and fraud by ensuring compliance in the growing virtual currency sector. The role involves using blockchain analytics to monitor risks. Applications are due by Oct. 14. New […]

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Epic wants Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox to become interoperable metaverse

October 7, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Unreal 6 is being designed as a platform for metaverse development.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently described a long-term plan for Unreal Games and Fortnite that could finally create the kind of game-agnostic digital assets marketplace Web3 gamers have been dreaming of since the advent of the metaverse.

In a recent interview with The Verge, Sweeney discussed the company’s upcoming Unreal Engine 6.

Unreal is among the most popular game engines in the world. It’s used by developers around the world to make titles such as Epic’s own Fortnite as well as the Mass Effect series and dozens of other AAA gaming franchises and titles.

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Crypto-friendly gaming giant Tencent considering Ubisoft buyout: Report

October 4, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The Guillemot family and Tencent would likely take the company private if the deal happens.

Chinese technology and gaming giant Tencent and the Guillemot family are reportedly in talks to purchase French games publisher and developer Ubisoft in a deal that would take the company private.

The report comes via Bloomberg citing “people familiar with the matter,” but follows months of speculation over Ubisoft’s future after the company was forced to lower its revenue expectations for its upcoming flagship gaming title, “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.”

Ubisoft is a publicly traded company whose primary shareholders are its founders, members of the Guillemot family, and Tencent.

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Meta shows off Web3-to-reality bridge with ‘Hyperscape’ metaverse demo

October 3, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The tech is still experimental, but its implications could change how users view reality.

Meta recently showed off a new “Hyperscape” tech that takes the idea of stitching photographs together to form a 3D environment — such as YouTube’s 360 videos — and turns it into a real-time rendering system that could potentially revolutionize telepresence and redefine the idea of working from home.

Meta’s still as bullish as ever when it comes to the metaverse. As Cointelegraph recently reported, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off the company’s new “Orion” smart glasses at the company’s “Connect” event on Sept. 25.

The Orion glasses purportedly give the user an effective heads-up display, allowing them to navigate the physical world with digital information seamlessly integrated into what they are seeing.

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

6 AI applications already in use in the healthcare industry

September 29, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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AI is accelerating scientific breakthroughs and improving research outcomes. Here are eight projects harnessing its power to improve human life quality.

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, released an essay on Sept. 23 proclaiming the arrival of the “Intelligence Age.”

In it, he claimed that humanity would see exponential advancement through artificial intelligence including “fixing the climate, establishing a space colony, and the discovery of all of physics – will eventually become commonplace.”

Many criticized his statements as the usual pie-in-the-sky ideas that have been coming out of Silicon Valley for years.

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

7 confusing crypto terms (almost) nobody understands

September 28, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The crypto world is full of technical terms, some of which are so difficult that almost no one understands them.

Getting to grips with cryptocurrency isn’t easy. Even after you’ve got your head around Bitcoin and Ethereum and the difference between proof-of-work and proof-of-stake, there’s still a whole new world of terminology to learn and understand.

But even among fairly hardened cryptonians, there are still terms that are difficult to understand. Here are the seven terms that almost nobody in blockchain understands as fully or as deeply as they’d like.

In the 1958 movie starring Steve McQueen, and its 1988 remake, The Blob is an amoeba-like jello monster that terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town, growing larger and redder as it consumes them.

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Kenyan Deputy President Urges Africa to Embrace AI

September 27, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is urging African leaders to tap into the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge their economies. Gachagua highlighted that tech-leading countries are already reaping the rewards of infusing AI into critical sectors like agriculture, health, trade, manufacturing, tourism, and education. Kenya to Establish Digital Hubs Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi […]

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Mark Cuban: Kamala Harris Opposes ‘Regulation Through Litigation’

September 27, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Billionaire Mark Cuban says that Vice President Kamala Harris’ team has told him “in no uncertain terms that they are against ‘regulation through litigation.'” He criticized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler’s regulation by enforcement approach, asserting: “Gary Gensler is a blight on the technology community.” Mark Cuban Slams SEC Chair Over Crypto […]

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Finance traders will be first to spot superintelligent AI — Wharton prof

September 24, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Ethan Mollick’s commentary sparked speculation from the cryptocurrency community.

Wharton professor and author of the book “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI,” Ethan Mollick, recently opined that if artificial intelligence were to become smarter than humans, the first group to notice would likely be financial traders.

Mollick’s comments were posted on the X social media platform on Sept. 24, and they immediately sparked replies from numerous accounts associated with the cryptocurrency community.

Mollick’s statement on AGI, posted on X. Source: Ethan Mollick

Ethereum, Solana and XRP Likely Forming Reversals, According to Crypto Analyst Jason Pizzino

Solana Labs partners with Google Cloud to launch Web3 API

September 24, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The new “Gameshift” service will serve as a Web2-to-Web3 bridge for developers.

Solana Labs and Google Cloud recently launched Gameshift, a gaming development API that aims to bridge traditional Web2 experiences with Web3 services such as blockchain technology and digital asset management.

The new suite of tools was announced at the 2024 Solana Breakpoint conference during the “Gamer Village” side stage events. Gameshift is the next stage of the two companies’ extended partnership and is currently available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.

According to a blog post from Google Cloud, Gameshift is an API that provides a full suite of foundational Web3 services to projects hosted within the cloud ecosystem.

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