Kraken Australia operator Bit Trade must pay $5 million plus the cost of court proceedings after the Federal Court sided with the country’s corporate watchdog. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-australia-5-million-fine-corporate-regulator-lawsuit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Vancouver passes motion to become a ‘Bitcoin-friendly city’
Six councilors supported the motion, while two opposed it over concerns about the potential use of digital assets in illicit activities and the environmental impacts of mining. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/vancouver-passes-motion-become-bitcoin-friendly-city?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw committee vote postponed: Report
SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw has had her renomination vote postponed, leaving her role at the agency up in the air. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-commissioner-caroline-crenshaw-committee-vote-postponed-report?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
RMIT to make Blockchain Hub a part-time gig, hints at resource crunch
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s Blockchain Innovation Hub will no longer exist in its current dedicated form starting in 2025. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/rmit-blockchain-hub-goes-part-time-after-shutdown-rumor?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
OpenAI apologizes for outage after Apple update combines Siri and ChatGPT
ChatGPT went down globally around 11:07 pm UTC on Dec. 11 but has started coming back online in some regions of the world. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/openai-apologizes-after-apple-integration-of-chatgpt-causes-outage?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Google touts ‘new agentic era’ with AI agents powered by Gemini 2.0
Google has several experimental AI assistant projects that all have a different function in mind, such as helping users with video games and in depth research. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-touts-new-agentic-era-ai-agents-on-gemini-2-0?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
IcomTech execs set to pay over $5M for fake Bitcoin trading scheme
At least four of IcomTech’s operators are now behind bars after receiving prison sentences of up to 10 years this year. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/icomtech-operators-ordered-pay-millions-fines-restitution-cftc?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
US Supreme Court bucks Nvidia’s appeal to dismiss crypto class suit
Nvidia has lost a Supreme Court challenge to try stop an investor-led lawsuit that says it understated its GPU sales to crypto miners. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/supreme-court-drops-nvidia-appeal-crypto-mining-suit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Major scientific journal Nature features DeSci project ResearchHub
ResearhHub is backed by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong who has strongly advocated for science peer reviewers to get paid. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/desci-project-researchhub-featured-on-major-scientifc-journal?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Dogecoin rally to $0.50 imminent after DOGE’s ‘overbought’ conditions cool down
Dogecoin’s next possible stop is $0.50 and above. Especially if a historical price fractal fails to play out. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/dogecoin-rally-to-0-50-imminent-after-doge-s-overbought-conditions-cool-down?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound