Trust Wallet’s CEO Eowyn Chen responded to allegations about a vulnerability affecting the iOS app on February 15, reassuring users of the wallet’s ongoing security. This came after claims emerged on February 8 of an alleged iOS vulnerability, published to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) vulnerability database. Vulnerability Claims and Trust Wallet’s...
Source: PixabayMore than 60 countries around the world will hold national and regional elections this year, making 2024 the biggest election year in history. But there are growing concerns that misinformation and disinformation driven largely by artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the elections. An example of this recently occurred when an AI-enabled call using United...
Source: DALL·ELava Network has successfully secured $15 million in a seed funding round, introducing the next phase of the mainnet. According to a recent blog post by Lava Network, the seed funding round was co-led by Tribe Capital, Jump Capital, and Hashkey Capital. Alliance DAO, Node Capital, North Island Ventures, Finality Capital Partners, and other...
Source: Dalle-3Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In today’s crypto news: Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Among Top 25 Fastest ETFs to Reach $1 Billion in Assets KuCoin, Mocaverse, and Halo Wallet Forge Strategic Partnership Coinmint’s Exit Strategy Results in a $14M...
Source: Dalle-3Popular crowdfunding network GoFundMe has pulled down the legal aid fundraiser for Tornado Cash co-founder and developer, citing a breach. In a Feb 15 X (formerly Twitter) post, Ryan Adams, an investor in Bankless Ventures alerted the digital asset community of the recent developments in the campaign. He noted that GoFundMe shut down the...
Coinbase\'s New Ad Highlights Potential of Blockchain to Revitalize PenniesIn its quarterly report to shareholders, Coinbase posted a 64% jump in transaction revenue to take in $529.3 million in Q4, 2023. The increase in transactions was due to anticipation for the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Widely considered an important step in Bitcoin’s...
In the latest episode of the Cryptonews Podcast, host Matt Zahab sat down for a meaningful discussion with Jon Trask, the CEO of the blockchain-based, agriculture technology-focused Dimitra platform. In this exclusive interview, Jon Trask talked about: blockchain and Web3 technologies revolutionizing agriculture across Africa and the globe; how Dimitra utilizes AI, machine learning, IoT,...
Ethiopia is looking to welcome more minersEthiopia has inked a memorandum of understanding with Data Centre Service, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s West Data, to build a $250 million data mining infrastructure project in the country. Data centres provide the facilities to host large-scale Bitcoin mining operations. The East African nation’s latest move comes as...
XCAD Network founder Oliver Bell defended Youtuber KSI on February 15 after the content creator was accused of performing a pump-and-dump scam with several of his digital asset tokens, including XCAD. In an X post, Bell noted that KSI – whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – had been one of XCAD’s “biggest...
Image by Jimmy Aki, MidjourneyA scammer deceived several crypto media houses into running stories on a fictitious $10 million Uniswap airdrop on February 15. This comes as the automated market maker (AMM) blockchain protocol announces the timeline for its latest V4 platform. Crypto News Outlets Promote Fake Uniswap Airdrop The scammer sent a press release...