OpenAI is about to loosen its grip, unleashing its first “open-weight” language model since the GPT-2 days of 2019. CEO Sam Altman announced via X on March 31 that the company will drop a powerful, “reasoning” AI model into the wild soon. This move towards a more accessible model is a departure from OpenAI’s recent … Read more
Bitcoin mining money just funded a trip to space’s unexplored regions. Crypto mogul Chun Wang’s SpaceX “Fram2” mission launched from Cape Canaveral on April 1st, aiming for a polar orbit. Chun Wang, the man behind Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, isn’t your typical astronaut. Born in China, this Maltese entrepreneur bankrolled and is personally leading SpaceX’s … Read more
Gutter Cat Gang’s much-anticipated GANG token launch on ApeChain turned into more of a whimper than a roar on March 31, thanks to what the NFT project called “technical issues.” While the GCG team pointed fingers at a third-party glitch for the no-show, whispers of lukewarm interest in the token also surfaced. Despite initial plans … Read more
Web3 dreams can die hard, just ask the former marketing chief at Blade of God X (BOGX), who claims the crypto-funded game ditched its blockchain promises. Amber Bella, BOGX’s ex-CMO, publicly stated on April 1 that the game “completely abandoned” its Web3 roadmap and the team dedicated to its blockchain features, despite initial funding from … Read more
Someone just made off with a cool $70 million from open-source payment platform UPCX, and it wasn’t a planned heist. On April 1, blockchain security firm Cyvers detected funny business: 18.4 million UPC tokens moving suspiciously, which they valued at around $70 million. Turns out, an unauthorized individual waltzed into a UPCX address, fiddled with … Read more
For institutional investors looking to dive deeper into digital assets, GoMining has just dropped a $100 million Bitcoin mining fund called Alpha Blocks Fund. GoMining, known for democratizing Bitcoin mining through data centers, will have Bitgo act as custodian for the fund. The proposition includes annual distributions from mining yield, with a core strategy centered … Read more
Senator Tommy Tuberville is making another push for crypto-friendly retirement savings, announcing the return of his “Financial Freedoms Act” to seemingly bolster Donald Trump’s crypto credentials. In a Fox News interview aired March 31, the Alabama senator declared his plans to reintroduce the bill, after prior attempts stalled in 2022 and 2023, aiming to loosen … Read more
Attention former FTX users in Europe: crypto exchange Backpack just threw open the doors for claims processing, starting April 1. To get the ball rolling, users need to jump through a few hoops: create a Backpack account, complete the Know Your Customer (KYC) verification dance, and then link it all to their FTX EU claim … Read more
South Korea’s crypto craze is either peaking or just getting started, depending on who you ask, but the numbers are in: over 16 million South Koreans, roughly 30% of the population, now hold cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Data submitted to South Korean representative Cha Gyu-geun of the Rebuilding Korea Party revealed this milestone, drawing information from … Read more
Turns out, even cybercriminals aren’t immune to a good old-fashioned scam. The hacker responsible for February’s $9.6 million zkLend heist just got a taste of their own medicine, losing a chunk of their ill-gotten gains to a clever phishing scheme. In a twist worthy of a crypto crime drama, this anonymous thief clicked on a … Read more