The US Treasury is exploring whether identity checks should be built directly into decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts, a move critics warn could rewrite the very foundations of permissionless finance.Last…
Layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain Concordium launched a mobile app that allows users to verify their age without disclosing their identity.According to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the new solution —…
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Former CNN host Jim Acosta interviewed an AI-generated avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver as part of a gun reform campaign.
The segment, released on what would have been Oliver’s…
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Eros International will release an AI-modified version of its 2013 film Raanjhanaa in Tamil with a new ending, claiming it's more culturally sensitive for Tamil audiences.
Original director Aanand L.…
The Tony Blair Institute helped form a plan that proposed selling land in Gaza via blockchain tokens, the Financial Times reported Monday, after paying Palestinians to leave their land. The…
This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.Frustrated owners of Ledger’s Nano S hardware wallet aren’t happy the company will no longer provide updates for…
Anchorage Digital, a crypto custodian and federally chartered bank, said it will start phasing out and direct institutional clients to convert USDC and other stablecoins into rival token Global…
YouTube's biggest individual creator, Jimmy Donaldson, known by his moniker MrBeast, faced community backlash after launching an AI thumbnail generator that could replicate the styles of other creators, forcing his…
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Centralized exchange Coinbase was announced as a sponsor for Saturday's U.S. Army parade.
Some crypto users are upset over the connection, believing it goes against what crypto stands for.
Bitcoin, the…
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Bitcoin held firm above $104,000 despite nearly $1 billion in crypto liquidations and $430 million in ETF outflows triggered by renewed U.S.-China tariff tensions.
Trump accused China of violating a…