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The stablecoin issuer led a $50 million funding round for Eight Sleep as the companies explore AI-driven health monitoring and sleep optimization. Stablecoin firm Tether has led a $50 million strategic investment round in sleep technology startup Eight Sleep, to help the company integrate artificial intelligence agents into its sleep tech products.     The latest funding round was announced on Tuesday, with Eight Sleep raising $50 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. It follows a $100 million raise last August. The firm specializes in sleep health products, primarily across bedding and supplements. In an announcement on Tuesday, Tether expressed its strong conviction in health technology to support “longevity, performance, and disease prevention,” and will collaborate with Eight Sleep to bring artificial intelligence-based health technology products to market. Read more

Analyst EGRAG says only a weekly close above a certain level would flip XRP’s long-running descending channel bullish.

Police say scammers used RCMP branding to target a Nanaimo victim in a crypto recovery scheme after an earlier fraud.

LeakBase followed RaidForums, a cybercrime marketplace seized by authorities in 2022 that once hosted leaked data from Ledger users. An international law enforcement operation involving the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol and other agencies has taken down one of the internet’s most notorious cybercrime forums, LeakBase.  The forum was a place for hackers to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools, amassing more than 142,000 members and over 215,000 messages. “The FBI, Europol, and law enforcement agencies from around the world executed a takedown of LeakBase, one of the largest online cybercriminal platforms, seizing users’ accounts, posts, credit details, private messages, and IP logs for evidentiary purposes,” the FBI cyber division assistant director Brett Leatherman said in a statement on Wednesday. Read more

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI agreed to fund electricity supply and grid upgrades as AI energy demands spike.

Screenshots shared by movie star William Shatner offered some hints into how Elon Musk's X Money would work. Elon Musk’s new payment app X Money has rolled out limited external beta testing this week, with early screenshots showing that users would be entitled to cashbacks and yield on deposits. One of the beta testers included Hollywood actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series, and was invited to participate in the beta. Several screenshots shared by Shatner show that X Money users will be able to earn cashback on certain card purchases and earn 6% annual percentage yield on deposits.  Read more

Fresh ETF inflows, policy momentum and a deeper integration with the financial system are beginning to shift sentiment, analysts say.

An investigation into Meta’s smart glasses has ignited concerns from regulators and privacy advocates over the use of sensitive footage.

The World Liberty Financial co-founder and presidential son posted about the ongoing negotiations on stablecoin yield on Wednesday.

Experts push back on billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio's warning of bitcoin lacking gold’s qualities and risks from surveillance, quantum computing and lack of central bank buying.

The price of Bitcoin is soaring near $71,500 despite war between the U.S. and Iran, signaling that crypto markets may have priced it in already.At the same time, traders are expecting the eventual passage of the U.S. CLARITY Act to trigger the next wave of growth across digital assets.When that happens, the three biggest cryptocurrencies […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 4 March – XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Vitalik Buterin frames “sanctuary tech” as digital islands that are resilient to political and corporate pressure.

Security concerns rarely grab headlines until something breaks. That almost happened on the XRP Ledger and got some bearish price predictions floating around.After a recently discovered bug involving batch transaction handling raised concerns about potential network disruption, Ripple engineers moved quickly to prevent similar risks from emerging again. The incident highlighted how even mature blockchain […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Just Turned to AI to Protect the XRP Ledger — Is This a Security Game-Changer? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The "QuitGPT" movement has passed 2.5 million pledges. But before you delete ChatGPT, here is every step to take so your data doesn't stay behind.

Crypto asset management firm and ETF issuer Bitwise donated $233,000 to open-source Bitcoin developers in its latest annual contribution.

Bitcoin’s rally is accelerating, but 43% of holders are still at a loss, leading traders to favor put options. Will this week’s gains hold? Key takeaways: Derivatives and onchain data show a lack of bullish conviction, as 43% of Bitcoin holders remain at a loss despite recent price gains. Surging AI energy demand is squeezing miner profits to record lows, forcing major listed firms to offload BTC and pivot to computing. Read more

The infrastructure provider will support the planned launch of Western Union’s USDPT stablecoin on Solana, linking blockchain payments to its global payout network. Crossmint has partnered with Western Union to support the launch of the remittance company’s USDPT stablecoin and its new Digital Asset Network on the Solana blockchain.  Wednesday’s announcement said the collaboration will integrate Crossmint’s wallet and payment APIs with Western Union’s infrastructure, allowing fintech platforms to move funds using the stablecoin and connect to Western Union’s global payout network. That Digital Asset Network is intended to link stablecoins with the company’s existing payout infrastructure, enabling users to convert digital dollars into local currency through its network of more than 360,000 cash pickup locations worldwide. Read more

Several technical indicators for Bitcoin have reached levels not seen since the market chaos of 2022

The US President makes it official after previously announcing his pick of Kevin Warsh to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell in a Jan. 30 social media post. The US Senate will soon vote on Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Federal Reserve after the president picked Kevin Warsh, who has previously expressed pro-Bitcoin views, to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell. In a Wednesday notice, the White House said that Trump had sent Warsh’s nomination to the Senate to be chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve for a term of four years, and as a Fed governor for 14 years. The president had previously taken to social media to announce Warsh was his pick to replace Powell, whose term as chair ends in May but may stay on as a Fed governor until 2028. Warsh served as a Fed governor under former US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2011. He went on to become a Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.  Read more

Korea's tech-heavy Kospi has plunged 20% in the last two trading sessions, potentially pushing that country's fast-money chasing traders back into crypto.