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Top Stories This Week Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations United States officials pressed charges against the co-founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting…

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From sitting in his car crying before work every morning to becoming a successful digital artist, the story of Australian-based VR painter and sculptor Giant Swan is one of persistence, timing and pushing boundaries. In a world where a digital artist can now monetize their work through NFTs as opposed to cheap likes and comments on…

Read More “Giant Swan’s gothic VR dreamscapes… royalty nightmare on OpenSea – Cointelegraph Magazine” »

Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. HashKey Hong Kong to commence retail trading Crypto exchange HashKey, the first licensed virtual asset provider in Hong Kong, will open its doors to residents for retail trading on Aug. 28. According to local news reports, investors will only be allowed…

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Twitter polls and Reddit forums suggest that around 70% of people find it difficult to be rude to ChatGPT, while around 16% are fine treating the chatbot like an AI slave.The overall feeling seems to be that if you treat an AI that behaves like a human badly, you’ll be more likely to fall into…

Read More “Get better results being nice to ChatGPT, AI fake child porn debate, Amazon’s AI reviews – Cointelegraph Magazine” »

Earlier this year, Ordinals — a unique inscription on the smallest unit of a Bitcoin, called a Satoshi — emerged as a controversial new development. Dismissed by some as spam and embraced by others as a way to bring BRC-20 tokens and NFTs to Bitcoin, the technology stimulated a flurry of developments. Now there is…

Read More “Bitcoin ‘supercomputer’ and BTC DeFi coming soon – Cointelegraph Magazine” »

Ran Neuner is the CEO of Onchain Capital, founder of Crypto Banter, and a vocal crypto commentator on X. Crypto Banter’s Ran Neuner has a “problem with the structure of XRP and Ripple.” While he appreciates Ripple sticking it to the SEC, he is hung up on the “moral and ethical” side of things with…

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Top Stories This Week Judge grants SEC request to file motion for appeal in Ripple case Judge Analisa Torres has granted a request from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to file a motion for leave to file an interlocutory appeal in its case against Ripple Labs. The decision allowed the SEC to…

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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen to its lowest in over two months on news that SpaceX has written down its BTC holdings. BTC price volatility finally returned to the market on Aug. 17 after an extended period of sideways trading in a narrow range, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirms. BTC/USD…

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Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. On Aug. 11, a Chinese individual known only as Mr. Chen was sentenced to nine months in prison after helping his friend, Mr. Lin, purchase 94,988 Chinese yuan ($13,104) worth of Tether (USDT) and earning a commission of 147.1 Yuan ($20.24)….

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Blockchain gaming needs its own ‘EVO Moment 37’? While the Web3 gaming ecosystem is still trying to find its footing in the mainstream gaming world, a key element missing from almost all the Web3 titles is inspiration. To achieve a broader audience, Web3 gaming needs a “wow” moment to go viral and into the records…

Read More “Crypto games need viral moment, Nitro Nation review, Axie’s project Greenlight – Cointelegraph Magazine” »