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Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 17, 2025
Former X Factor star Violetta Zironi, sold a song for 1 BTC and generated 340 ETH in sales but says OnlyFans performers get more respect. Violetta Zironi, a 30-year-old Italian singer-songwriter, might just be the poster child for Web3 music. Her path as a musician shot out of the gates at the age of 18, when she finished third on the popular reality TV show, X-Factor Italy in 2013. Since her TV stardom, Zironi ditched a music label deal with Sony Records that she felt took advantage of her and now mints her songs on the blockchain. In a little over three years, Zironi has built and cultivated a community of fans who see value in owning her music as NFTs. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, she recently sold a 1 of 1 song titled “n0 0rdinary kind” for 1 Bitcoin ($60,000 at the time) as an Ordinal, and has amassed over $2.5 million in revenue through her music NFTs, including her debut collection “Moonshot” on Ethereum where the artwork was done by her father, a renowned Disney visual artist. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 16, 2025
AI replicas trained on your digital footprint can take meetings, answer questions from clients and comfort loved ones after you die. If artificial intelligence could stand in for you, take your meetings, answer your emails, and even comfort your loved ones long after youre gone, would you let it? Thats no longer a hypothetical question. Around the world, a new class of startups is building digital twins AI replicas of real people that act, speak and remember just like their human counterparts. These arent just souped-up chatbots or gimmicky holograms; theyre serious attempts to capture human essence in machine form, with real-world use cases and profound cultural implications. The idea might sound like science fiction. In some cases, it already looks like an episode of Black Mirror. The Re;Memory project in South Korea helped pioneer the concept by allowing bereaved families speak to a hyper-realistic AI version of their deceased loved ones, complete with recorded memories and facial expressions. DeepBrain AI... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 15, 2025
Risk-to-earn game Cambria is so good pro-gamer Inhuman forgot to shower for two days. Plus, Pixels token goes “multi-game”: Web3 Gamer. Season 2 of Cambria the risk-to-earn game thats like if Hunger Games and crypto had a baby just launched and is capturing the attention of the crypto gaming community like no other game has in 2025. Inspired by classics like Runescape and Ultima, the game is based on Ronin and Abstract. Its set in a brutal medieval fantasy world and players stake crypto, NFTs and other in-game assets but if they lose a battle, they can lose everything theyve put on the line. This ones not for the faint-hearted. Popular gaming streamer Yellow Panther admitted he is addicted to the game. Gaming commentator Karina said the game has her hooked. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:31 Apr 12, 2025
Shaquille O’Neal cleared to settle Astrals NFT lawsuit, Bitcoin $100K target still in play, and more: Hodler’s Digest Former NBA star Shaquille ONeal has been granted final court approval to settle a class-action lawsuit for $11 million with Astrals non-fungible token (NFT) buyers. Florida federal court judge Federico Moreno granted approval of the settlement between ONeal and the class group led by Daniel Harper in an April 1 order made available on April 8. The deal created a fund of up to $11 million for eligible class members and awarded $2.9 million in attorney fees and costs. All those who purchased Astrals NFTs from May 2022 to Jan. 15 and those who purchased the projects native GLXY tokens up until mid-January are eligible. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:36 Apr 10, 2025
South Korean police bust illegal gaming arcade LARPing as a legit Bitcoin mine, fake soldiers rob women of crypto in China. Asia Express. In a scam that combined a fake relationship, fake crypto and real doorbells, a woman in Xuzhou, a city in eastern Chinas Jiangsu Province, lost over $55,000 to a man who pitched USDT investments and sent a cash collector to her home. Five suspects have been arrested and the investigation is ongoing. According to a notice published via the official WeChat account of the local police, the victim was first contacted by a man claiming to be an active-duty soldier. He gained her trust by invoking military rules that supposedly prohibited the use of WeChat, and directed her to download a separate app for private communication. As their conversations grew more frequent and familiar, the man shared a fabricated story about a friend who had joined the state-run Tobacco bureau after retiring from the military and had access to internal data. He claimed they had already earned substan... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 10, 2025
Secret UK government “Murder Prediction’ AI system revealed, deepfake lawyer struck off, Kawasaki’s bizarre rideable robot horse: AI Eye. Pressure group Statewatch has revealed the UKs Ministry of Justice has been working on a dystopian AI Murder Prediction program that uses algorithms to analyze large data sets and predict who is most likely to become a killer. Thats basically the plot of Minority Report. Documents outlining the scheme were uncovered in Freedom of Information requests. In them, the MoJ says the program aims to review offender characteristics that increase the risk of committing homicide and explore alternative and innovative data science techniques to risk assessment of homicide. Statewatch says data from ordinary citizens is being used as part of the project, although officials claim the data is only those with a criminal record. Researcher Sofia Lyall called the project chilling and dystopian and said it would likely end up targeting minority communities. Building an automated tool to prof... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 09, 2025
What if you could harness the power of memecoin degeneracy to solve the biggest problems humanity has ever faced: aging and death? Memecoins generate a lot of financial activity without creating much real-world impact. But what if you could harness the power of memecoin degeneracy to solve the biggest problems humanity has ever faced: aging and death? Thats the essential idea behind a raft of anti-aging crypto projects, including VitaDAO, CryoDAO, BiohackerDAO and others. But its Pump.science that takes the idea to its logical extreme. The fledgling platform has just started taking orders for its first-ever anti-aging or longevity supplement called Urolithin A. The compound is believed to increase mitophagy, which is the bodys clean-up and replacement system for the mitochondria that power your cells. Whats unusual is that research into its effects on longevity was funded by crypto degens buying up a related token. The platforms community decides what compounds to research and funds the experiments by buying ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 08, 2025
Former ETH maxi, Infinex’s Kain Warwick, revealed he has sold 90% of his Ethereum — but he’s not giving up on it just yet. X Hall of Flame Infinex founder Kain Warwick has a few ideas on how hype could return to the fading asset that is Ethereum but says theres no one easy narrative to breathe life back into it. Theres no fucking certainty in ETH land right now, Warwick tells Hall of Flame, but that doesnt mean a comeback is off the table. If theres demand for ETH the asset, demand for block space on the L1, that will drive things, he says. Warwick, who admits he sold off 90% of his ETH bag since late 2020, thinks Ethereum could regain momentum if layer-2 networks finally start paying their fair share for using the base layers security. Charging L2s more, capturing more of the value that L2s are generating and increasing that kind of margin on blockspace would be really bullish for the L1, Warwick says. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:23 Apr 05, 2025
Bitcoin heading to $70K soon? Crypto baller funds SpaceX flight: Hodler’s Digest, March 30 – April 5
A crypto analyst eyes Bitcoin’s potential retrace to $70K, a crypto investor funds a SpaceX flight, and more: Hodler’s Digest BitMEX co-founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes says US President Donald Trump’s tariffs may rattle the global economy in some ways, but that same disruption could be exactly what Bitcoin needs to rally. Global imbalances will be corrected, and the pain papered over with printed money, which is good for BTC, Hayes said in an April 3 X post. His comments come just a day after it was announced that the Trump administration will hit all countries with a 10% tariff starting April 5, with some countries facing even larger rates, such as China facing a 34% tariff, the European Union 20%, and Japan 24%. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:47 Apr 03, 2025
9GAG founder’s new “MemeStrategy” firm will buy Bitcoin for reserves, jailed Bithumb CEO paid $3.5M in salary and bonuses. Asia Express The creator of meme culture pioneer 9GAG is diving headfirst into Bitcoin and blockchain, acquiring a publicly listed Hong Kong company with plans to turn it into a crypto and AI venture. Ray Chan, co-founder of 9GAG, has acquired a controlling stake in Howkingtech International Holdings Limited and plans to convert the company into a Web3 outfit. Chan has proposed renaming the firm to MemeStrategy, a nod to MicroStrategy (now Strategy), which popularized the corporate Bitcoin accumulation playbook. He will serve as chairman and CEO, pending shareholder approval, and several members of the 9GAG team have joined the board. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 03, 2025
The SEC backed down in the Ripple case, but the industry remains in the dark on key legal questions with no precedent set. UPDATE: The headline has been updated to reflect Ripple’s clarification the “bad actor” designation was not applied as part of its settlement with the SEC. Ripple has emerged (mostly) victorious from its long-running battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but for legal experts, the cases conclusion feels like a missed opportunity. Since the case didnt advance to a higher court, Judge Analisa Torres original district court decision which famously differentiated between XRP sales to institutional investors and those on exchanges has not established a binding precedent. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 02, 2025
The crypto industry needs to believe in something again, says Joe Lubin, Kain Warwick, Paolo Ardoino and Scott Melker. For crypto fans who came of age during earlier eras back when Bitcoin was going to bank the unbanked and stop all wars, or even during the ICO boom when tokenizing carbon credits and disrupting dentistry were touted as the future of finance the last couple of years have been incredibly depressing. On the one side, some Bitcoiners who used to want to smash the unfair financial and banking system now cheer the worlds biggest banks and governments for gobbling up an increasing percentage of the supply. And on the other side, theres the financial nihilism of memecoin trading, where nothing of value is built or created just a production line designed to extract as much cash as possible from retail. The vast majority of Pump.fun users, 99.6%, havent even made $10,000 on the site. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has always believed crypto can make the world a better place but seemed to have a crisi... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Apr 01, 2025
Has Off The Grid fired the starting GUN for the gaming supercycle? Pudgy Penguins meet Monopoly on Ice in LOL Land, and more: Web3 Gamer. After five months of anticipation, the most exciting Web3 game of 2024 finally rolled out its cryptocurrency token this week. Third-person battle royale shooting game Off The Grids native token, GUNZ (GUN), launched on crypto exchange Binance on March 31, alongside the launch of the Avalanche-based GUNZ mainnet. Within hours of the launch, the token tapped a market cap of $69 million before retracing back near $44.39 million, according to CoinMarketCap data. Avalanche said it was a “major milestone for Web3 gaming and purpose-built Avalanche L1s.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:03 Mar 29, 2025
A crypto analyst is eyeing off a sooner timeframe for Bitcoin all-time highs, XRP may retrace up to 40%, and more: Hodler’s Digest Bitcoin will break past its $109,000 all-time high sooner than expected despite recent volatile US macroeconomic conditions, according to a crypto analyst. The market may be underestimating how quickly Bitcoin could surge potentially hitting new all-time highs before Q2 is out, Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts told Cointelegraph. He said this forecast stands regardless of whether or not there is more clarity on US President Donald Trumps tariffs and potential recession concerns. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:47 Mar 27, 2025
Chinese influencer denies links to honeytrap scam after promising sex to any Bitcoiner, BTS firm’s $350 blockchain revenue: Asia Express. A viral crypto influencers spend the night with BTC holders stunt has taken a dark turn after Chinese media linked her profile to a real-life extortion case. On March 25, Sina Finance reported that in 2024, a software engineer in Chengdu was ambushed and robbed of 6 BTC by a criminal gang posing as a female crypto trader named Bitcoin Conger. The group had allegedly lured the victim through an X profile that promised sexual favors after months of online communications. Once the victim agreed to meet at a high-end hotel in Chengdu, the perpetrators reportedly used fabricated evidence to threaten the victims reputation, ultimately extorting a 6 BTC transfer. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Mar 27, 2025
The sad story behind those Studio Ghibli memes, humans require a “modest death event” to understand AGI risk, robots in homes trials: AI Eye. Social media feeds were overrun this week with memes created using OpenAIs buzzy new GPT-4o image generator in the style of Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle). Theres Aussie breakdancer Raygun doing her signature kangaroo move, that image of Ben Affleck looking depressed and sucking on a ciggie, gangster mode Vitalik and thousands more images all captured in the admittedly adorable Studio Ghibli style. But theres a much darker side to the trend. The memes emerged as footage from 2016 resurfaced of studio founder Hayao Miyazaki reacting to an early demo of OpenAIs image generation capability. He said he was utterly disgusted by it and that he would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. Miyazaki added that a machine that draws pictures like people do was “an awful insult to life, and PC Mag reported at the time... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Mar 26, 2025
Arbitrum co-founder Steven Goldfeder has ruled out the L2 becoming a based rollup and was circumspect about becoming a native rollup too. Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeders crypto origin story is classic geek gold. As a student at Princeton, he first heard about Bitcoin in 2013 during a visit day at Princeton. Professor Ed Felten the future inventor of rollups on Ethereum, co-founder of Arbitrum and a White House science advisor gave a five-minute lightning talk about the cost of a government destroying Bitcoin. Goldfeders curiosity was instantly piqued, and that night, other students hosted a poker game with a half-BTC buy-in. As he says: That was back in the days when that was just ten bucks. If only Id held onto it… Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Mar 25, 2025
Early Solana proponent Armani Ferrante says FTX and Alameda are his guiding light for what not to do with Backpack Exchange. Former Alameda Research employee turned crypto exchange founder Armani Ferrante knows firsthand that Eminems lyrics “you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow” couldnt be more true in crypto. When you see Elon Musk standing next to his rocket, then it collapses and crashes, he feels bad about it. He loses a lot of money. Its horrible, but he gets to try again when the rocket crashes, Ferrante tells Hall of Flame. If an exchange collapses, you dont get to try again; it is game over, the 32-year-old US-born, Tokyo-based entrepreneur declares. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:44 Mar 22, 2025
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the SEC lawsuit is “over,” Donald Trump speaks at Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit: Hodler’s Digest The US Securities and Exchange Commissions multi-year enforcement action against Ripple is finally coming to an end, according to the companys CEO. This is it the moment weve been waiting for. The SEC will drop its appeal a resounding victory for Ripple, for crypto, every way you look at it, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse wrote on X on March 19. Im finally able to announce that the case has ended; its over, Garlinghouse said in the video attached to the X post. Read more
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