Day: December 21, 2022

Key Sharks And Whales Group Hits All-Time High Holdings

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On-chain data shows a key XRP sharks and whales group has been accumulating recently, a sign that could be positive for the asset’s price. XRP Whales And Sharks With 1M-10M Tokens Now Hold All-Time High Supply As per data from the analytics firm Santiment, 7.23% of the total XRP supply is now held by this key investor group. The relevant indicator here is the “Supply Distribution,” which tells us how the total supply is distributed across the different wallet groups in the market right now. These “wallet groups” are bands…

Can blockchain solve the ownership debacle over AI generated art?

Web3 and emerging technologies have been pushing the boundaries of art distribution, ownership and engagement with fans. However, not all of the recent developments are welcomed by the art community, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). Recently, AI-generated art has sparked a major debate around ownership after a smartphone app went viral which created AI-generated portraits. The debate around ownership of intellectual property (IP) rights is similar to those seen in the film and music industries. However, developers in the emerging tech space say blockchain technology can provide…

Crypto platform Paxful removes ETH from its marketplace

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Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has removed Ether (ETH), Ethereum’s native token, from its marketplace, citing a number of concerns around the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Paxful CEO Ray Youssef announced the move in a message to some 11.6 million users of the platform, which he subsequently shared on Twitter. We finally kicked #ethereum off our marketplace. 11.6m humans safer. Integrity over revenue Who is next ? pic.twitter.com/JTJXa5RYJ8 — Ray Youssef (@raypaxful) December 21, 2022 Youssef highlighted three major concerns around the Ethereum ecosystem which led to the marketplace removing…

BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Files for Release on Bail Due to Trial Delay

The embattled former BTC-e operator has spent over 3 months in US custody and wants bail due to his trial delay. Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of the defunct Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, has requested bail due to the delay of his trial. The Russian computer expert’s defense team has also petitioned the federal court to submit all trial-related documents within 60 days. Vinnik’s lawyers argue that although he has been in US custody for over 3 months, prosecutors have not provided the documents required for his trial. Vinnik requested…

Blog: Commissioner responds to misdirected criticism of journalism code

A blog by John Edwards, Information Commissioner 21 December 2022 As a society we understand that a free press is an essential function of our democracy. The media hold people to account, bring issues to the forefront of national discussion and create social change. But we understand too that there must be checks and balances. Journalists are not above the law, and where that looks to have happened, for instance when newspapers involve themselves in phone hacking or paying public officials for stories, then society responds to ensure a sensible…

Wallet Developer SafePal Announces Support for The Open Network (TON)

This partnership with TON will allow SafePal’s hardware and software wallet users to store and send the $TON coins and interact directly with TON dApps. On Wednesday, December 21, Singapore-based wallet developer SafePal announced adding support for The Open Network (TON). The Telegram team had originally designed TON which is now an independent and entirely open community project. SafePal and TON This partnership with TON will allow SafePal’s hardware and software wallet users to store and send the $TON coins. The integration would also allow SafePal users to interact directly…

Top Bitcoin Newsletter Publishes Its Year-End Review

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Here’s where the controversy lies. According to some Bitcoin business owners, certain vendors are willing to accept riskier unconfirmed transactions because they deal with low value goods and services. Those vendors have strategically optimized their operations to minimize the risk from these zero confirmation (unconfirmed) transactions. The catch, though, is that optimization is only based on opt-in RBF and not full RBF. Original

Waves Blockchain Founder Asks Exchanges to Delist WAVES Token Derivative Trading

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