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US Spy Agency Plans to Launch Generative AI Tool to Amplify Intelligence Gathering

29.9.2023
Reports indicate that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is poised to unveil a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, akin to Openai’s Chatgpt, to significantly enhance investigative efforts. Randy Nixon, the head of the CIA’s Open-Source Enterprise division, explained that this...

Venezuela extends reorganization shutdown of crypto agency to March 2024

26.9.2023
The government will spend six additional months to ‘reorganize” the entity, which de-facto stopped its work in March 2023

Former SEC Official Urges DOJ Action Against Crypto Industry — Says Crypto Grifters Need Threat of Prison Time

26.9.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s former head of internet enforcement has called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute more crypto firms. “The stark reality is that the SEC is merely a civil enforcement agency. And until crypto-grifters face the threat of...

Did the NSA Invent Bitcoin? A 1996 Research Paper Reignites the Debate

22.9.2023
A recent buzz within crypto circles revolves around a 1996 research paper from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). There’s burgeoning speculation: did the NSA lay the groundwork for Bitcoin? Indeed, there are striking similarities between the NSA document and the Bitcoin white paper....

Regulator Sues Crypto Exchange Kraken Provider in Australia

22.9.2023
Australia’s securities regulator has initiated civil proceedings against Bit Trade Pty Ltd, an entity providing Kraken services to Australian users. According to the government agency, the company failed to comply with regulatory obligations meant to ensure proper consumer protection. Australian...

South Koreans Report Over $98 Billion in Overseas Crypto Assets

21.9.2023
South Korean tax payers have declared some 131 trillion won (more than $98 billion) of crypto holdings in overseas accounts this year. The amount was announced by the country’s tax agency and it comes after the authorities in Seoul imposed a mandatory reporting requirement for financial assets held...

More SEC Enforcement Action is Coming With DeFi in Firing Line, Warns Key Agency Official

20.9.2023
The head of the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit David Hirsch just sent a chilling warning to the crypto industry, which has already found itself heavily in the agency’s crossfire in recent months.... Read More: More SEC Enforcement Action is Coming With DeFi...

Kazakhstan establishes regulatory agency to implement CBDC

18.9.2023
The National Payment Corporation will be responsible for the development of “digital financial infrastructure”, including the implementation of the digital tenge

E3 More Dead Than Ever As Organizers Work On 'Complete Reinvention' Of The Gaming Showcase

7.9.2023
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which controls E3, and ReedPop, which organizes events like PAX, announced they’re no longer working together after failing to put on the biggest gaming showcase of the year back in June. The once-annual, once-dominant trade event hasn’t been held...

Lawyers Push SEC to Approve Grayscale Bitcoin ETF ‘Expeditiously’

6.9.2023
Lawyers representing crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “expeditiously” approve a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in a letter sent to the agency. Grayscale’s letter follows a unanimous ruling by a panel of the U.S. Court...

Computer science experts say US should create new fed agency for AI: Survey

5.9.2023
According to the 215 computer science professors surveyed, AI might not be as big of a displacer as the C-suite claims

France’s Data Watchdog Conducts Checks at Worldcoin Office in Paris

3.9.2023
The French body overseeing the protection of personal data has carried out “checks” at the Paris office of Worldcoin. The news of the French inspections comes amid heightened regulatory pressure on the cryptocurrency project co-founded by the current chief executive of Chatgpt developer Openai....

Arkham Intelligence Reveals Grayscale’s Ethereum Holdings Across 500 Addresses

2.9.2023
On September 1, Arkham Intelligence, a crypto analytics and data tracking agency, reportedly pinpointed the ethereum (ETH) holdings of Grayscale for its Ethereum Trust. Arkham reveals that Grayscale’s ether stash is spread across 500 distinct addresses. Grayscale’s Ethereum Holdings...

‘Infamous Chisel’ Malware Targets Crypto Wallets and Exchanges: A Joint Warning by FBI and GCHQ

1.9.2023
The “Infamous Chisel,” a new sophisticated malware, has been targeting crypto wallets and exchanges, as revealed in a joint report by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Multi-Agency Alert Over...

SEC’s Grayscale Court Rout Puts Agency in Will-They, Won’t-They Role Starring Gensler

29.8.2023
The crypto industry’s campaign to set up exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has now pushed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against a wall with Grayscale Investments’ consequential court win, but it’s still up to the agency to decide whether to retreat or keep fighting

SEC Commissioners Dissent Against Agency's First NFT Enforcement Action

29.8.2023
In a display of dissent within the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark T. Uyeda have expressed their reservations regarding the agency's first NFT enforcement action against the media firm Impact Theory. The move marks the SEC's first foray...

DEA Duped: How a Crafty Crypto Scammer Outwitted the Agency and Made Off With $55K

26.8.2023
In a revealing report published on August 24, 2023, a significant oversight by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was brought to light. In their endeavor to manage assets confiscated from a nefarious enterprise, the DEA mistakenly funneled funds to an unrelated scammer, falling prey to a notorious...