Biden administration launches AI cybersecurity challenge to ‘protect Americans’
In an Aug. 9 press release, the Biden administration revealed an opportunity for hackers to compete for substantial monetary rewards by applying artifi...
Zero transfer scammer steals $20M USDT, gets blacklisted by Tether
A scammer using zero transfer phishing attack managed to steal $20 million worth of Tether USDT on Aug. 1 before getting blacklisted by the stablecoin’...
India makes suggestions for G20 crypto roadmap
India, which currently holds the Group of Twenty (G20) presidency, has supported the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) recommendations for a global c...
Ether ETFs pending — Grayscale, VanEck and others file SEC applications
Six major asset managers, including Grayscale and VanEck, have filed fresh applications in a bid to launch Ether ETH futures exchange-traded funds (ETF...
Court reverses SEC ruling on SPIKES futures, calls it “arbitrary and capricious”
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suffered another setback on July 28 as the United States Court of Appeals for the District o...
GitHub, Hugging Face, urge EU to relax open-source AI rules
An open letter from GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons and other tech firms is calling on the European Union to ease upcoming rules for open-source...
Lawmakers probe Apple’s App Store policies on blockchain, NFTs
United States Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Jan Schakowsky penned a formal letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook about concerns related to the California-ba...
US banking advocacy group supports Sen. Warren’s reintroduced crypto bill
The United States banking advocacy group, the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), has backed the legislation of vocal crypto critic Senator Elizabeth Warren, ...
US Senate approves national defense bill that also targets crypto mixers
The United States Senate passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) worth $886 billion on July 27. The bill includes a provision targeti...
NFT-styled debit cards the future of Web3 — Animoca founder on $30M Hi investment
Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu sees significant potential in the personalization of Web3-based services as his firm earmarks ...
