A malformed transaction exploited a bug in Cardano node software program, inflicting the community to separate into two separate chains. The problem arose from a mismatch in node variations, the place newer variations accepted the “poisonous” transaction on account of a flaw in a cryptographic library, whereas older variations rejectedContinue Reading
In 2004, James Surowiecky, working at The New Yorker as a enterprise columnist, popularised the idea of ‘knowledge of crowds’ in his eponymously titled guide. Since then, a number of research explored the impact of getting a big crowd performing higher than both people or smaller teams. One research inContinue Reading
Blockchain expertise will finally grow to be invisible infrastructure throughout world finance, making the time period “crypto” out of date, Pomp says. Institutional traders favour steady, predictable property over risky ones, driving massive swimming pools of capital into Bitcoin as its volatility declines. Stablecoins have already assumed the transactional functionContinue Reading
WEF president Børge Brende cautioned that surging investments in synthetic intelligence and cryptocurrencies might create speculative bubbles regardless of driving international financial development. The world faces “geopolitical dysfunction”, but main economies like India, China and the USA show resilience partly because of technological innovation investments. Stablecoins and crypto-ETFs are gettingContinue Reading
Astra Nova, an AI-crypto project, reported that a compromised account at an external market maker triggered heavy selling of its native RVV token. The attacker swapped roughly 8.6% of the total supply for about US$10.2 million in USDT, causing the token price to drop by up to 75% before rebounding.Continue Reading
Google has launched an open-source payments protocol for AI applications, covering cards and stablecoins. Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, American Express, Salesforce, and over 60 firms contributed to the project. The initiative builds on Google’s Agent2Agent system, extending it to financial transactions. Google has announced the launch of a new open-sourceContinue Reading
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has slammed the US healthcare system, describing it as “fucked” and alleging it functions primarily to make profits at the expense of patient outcomes. Hoskinson is working to create an alternative system, plowing US$200 million (AU$303m) of his own money into a healthcare centreContinue Reading
Numerai secures US$500M (AU$765M) commitment from JPMorgan, doubling current AUM. Crowdsourced AI models staked with Numeraire tokens guide trading and investment strategies. JPMorgan’s involvement strengthens institutional legitimacy for crypto-integrated hedge fund operations. Crowdsourced hedge fund Numerai has secured a pledge worth US$500 million (AU$765 million) from JPMorgan Asset Management, moreContinue Reading
Chamath Palihapitiya has returned to the SPAC market with a new $250 million vehicle, American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp A (AEXA), which will focus on companies in the AI and decentralised finance (DeFi) sectors. The SEC filing for the new SPAC states that while Palihapitiya has been a long-time proponent ofContinue Reading
MARA Holdings is in advanced talks to purchase a 64% stake in France’s Exaion for US$168 million in cash. The acquisition marks a strategic pivot for MARA toward AI inference operations, a move that differentiates it from other Bitcoin miners focusing on hyperscale data-center services. MARA aims to leverage bothContinue Reading
