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Story Protocol announces launch of public mainnet

Story Protocol has officially launched its public mainnet following a six month long testnet. Story Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain, has announced the launched its public mainnet, marking the first-ever global, programmable market for IP. The platform aims to transform the $61 trillion IP asset class by giving IP holders and AI-driven products the tools to

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Coinbase

Nayib Bukele tweet pumps Chill Guy memecoin amid creator’s legal threats

A Thursday evening tweet of the Chill Guy meme by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele pumped the price of a Solana memecoin by 65% in 90 minutes. Source link

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Tech & AI

Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City

Uber Eats customers in Jersey City can now have their orders delivered by one of Avride’s autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. The launch, which kicked off this week in New Jersey, is Uber’s latest foray into autonomous vehicles and represents an expanding relationship with Avride. The ride-hail and delivery giant deploys AVs on its app in

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Bitcoin

Goldman Sachs | Bitcoin ETF Exposure Now Over $2 Billion

According to its latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Goldman Sachs has significantly increased its bitcoin ETF investments and is now holding over $1.5 billion. It has also reported an additional $760 million exposure to bitcoin ETF options. The bank has been steadily buying more and more of the bitcoin ETFs and, showing

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Crypto

Trump-Putin deal frees Russian crypto founder tied to $4 billion Bitcoin laundering

Key Takeaways Alexander Vinnik was part of a prisoner exchange between the US and Russia, with Marc Fogel returning to US custody. Vinnik pleaded guilty to laundering $4 billion through Bitcoin via BTC-e, facing various extraditions and legal charges. Share this article Alexander Vinnik, the operator of defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, has been released as

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Coinbase

‘Solana killer’ Sui does Solana things — goes offline for 2 hours

The Sui blockchain, supposedly a viable rival to Solana, was down for over two hours today, causing its native SUI token to drop 5.6%. Source link

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Tech & AI

How Much Time Does it Take for Hackers to Crack My Password?

Security experts advise creating strong, complex passwords to protect our online accounts and data from savvy cybercriminals. And “complex” typically means using lowercase and uppercase characters, numbers, and even special symbols. But, complexity by itself can still open your password to cracking if it doesn’t contain enough characters, according to research by security firm Hive

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Crypto

Altcoins Lose Over $234 Billion in Two Weeks: Blame Meme Coins?

The crypto market had a scare yesterday when Bitcoin and altcoins fell minutes after January’s release of the United States CPI data. With the economy heating up and inflation rising, exceeding economists’ expectations, there is concern that the Federal Reserve might have to intervene once more to lower price pressures. The problem is, if the

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Solana

BNB Flips Solana in Market Capitalization After 22% Weekly Surge

Binance Coin (BNB) has overtaken Solana (SOL) in market capitalization, solidifying its position as the fifth-largest cryptocurrency in the market. This shift comes in the wake of a strong price rally for BNB, while Solana struggled with recent declines. BNB Up, Solana Down At the time of this writing, BNB’s market cap stood at $102.9

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Coinbase

Coinbase sets its sights on re-entering the Indian market

Coinbase disabled new user sign-ups in India in 2023 following regulatory roadblocks Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s CEO, said the platform faced “internal pressure” from India’s central bank Binance resumed its operations in India last August after registering with the FIU Crypto exchange Coinbase is looking at re-entering India after pausing its operations there more than a

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