Tag: Data

Arkon Energy Enters U.S. With Ohio Data Center Site Purchase, $26M in Fresh Funding

The company, which uses renewable electricity to mine bitcoin (BTC), also raised $26 million in fresh capital from Sandton Capital Partners, which it intends to use to fund an “aggressive expansion” into North America, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk on Tuesday. That’s on top of the $28 million it raised in November, when it bought Hydrokraft AS, a renewable energy-based data center in Norway. Source

Why ZK rollups need data availability

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Zero knowledge proofs have been hailed as a major advancement for blockchain technology but the efficacy of these protocols will require streamlined data availability solutions to unlock their full potential. Anurag Arjun, co-founder of Polygon and blockchain data availability protocol Avail, highlighted the importance of data availability for ZK rollups in an interview with Cointelegraph. ZK rollups are a layer 2 blockchain scaling solution for blockchain networks allowing transactions to be batched and submitted to a layer 1 blockchain with the provision of a cryptographic proof. ZK proofs aim to…

ICO urges organisations to harness the power of data safely by using privacy enhancing technologies

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is recommending organisations to start using privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) to share people’s personal information safely, securely and anonymously. These types of technologies open unprecedented opportunities for organisations to harness the power of personal data through innovative and trustworthy applications, by allowing them to share, link and analyse people’s personal information without having access to it. PETs can be used to share anonymised personal information to detect and prevent financial crimes and related harms such as fraud, money laundering, and cybercrimes. The ICO has launched…

On-chain data show crypto whales accumulating ethereum

On-chain data from Lookonchain, a blockchain analytics platform, reveals that in the past few trading days, crypto whales have been accumulating ethereum (ETH), buying millions worth of the coin. Whales accumulating ethereum Notably, some of the whale moves involved Hashkey. On-chain data shows that Hashkey made several strategic moves to capitalize on the market conditions. In one instance, the whale bought 1,747 ETH for $2.5 million at $1,431 during the de-pegging of USD Coin (USDC).  The whale then sold 3,540 ETH for $7.4 million at the highest price point of…

Think AI tools aren’t harvesting your data? Guess again

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The meteoric ascent of generative artificial intelligence has created a bonafide technology sensation thanks to user-focused products such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Dall-E and Lensa. But the boom in user-friendly AI has arrived in conjunction with users seemingly ignoring or being left in the dark about the privacy risks imposed by these projects. In the midst of all this hype, however, international governments and major tech figures are starting to sound the alarm. Citing privacy and security concerns, Italy just placed a temporary ban on ChatGPT, potentially inspiring a similar block…

Fed pauses interest rates, but Bitcoin options data still points to BTC price downside

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Bitcoin’s price has been pinned below $26,300 since June 10, reflecting a 14.8% correction in two months. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq tech stock market index gained 13.6% in the same period, indicating that investors are not exactly fleeing to the safety of cash and short-term debt. In fact, the demand for United States government bonds has been declining for the past six weeks. U.S. 2-year government bond yield. Source: TradingView The yield on two-year U.S. Treasurys, for example, increased from 3.80% on May 4 to 4.68% on June 14. Lower demand…

Bitcoin stays flat at $26K after PPL data as markets await Fed’s Powell

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Bitcoin (BTC) stuck to $26,000 on June 14 as fresh United States macroeconomic data prints failed to move cryptocurrency markets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView PPI offers Bitcoin bulls little fuel Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD staying stubborn as Producer Price Index (PPI) data showed U.S. inflation continuing to slow. US PPI just came in: -0.3% vs 0.2% previously-0.1% was predicted Just like yesterday, was lower than the predictions, furthering the likelihood of a pause at tomorrows #FOMC meeting. https://t.co/SymSTWwHSS — Decentrader (@decentrader)…

Bitcoin stays flat at $26K after PPL data as markets await Fed’s Powell

Bitcoin (BTC) stuck to $26,000 on June 14 as fresh United States macroeconomic data prints failed to move cryptocurrency markets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView PPI offers Bitcoin bulls little fuel Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD staying stubborn as Producer Price Index (PPI) data showed U.S. inflation continuing to slow. US PPI just came in: -0.3% vs 0.2% previously-0.1% was predicted Just like yesterday, was lower than the predictions, furthering the likelihood of a pause at tomorrows #FOMC meeting. https://t.co/SymSTWwHSS — Decentrader (@decentrader)…

AI-Backed Crypto Data Platform Mnemonic Raises $6M in Salesforce-Led Round

“We initially started with the idea of just enabling developers, enterprises and businesses to build with comprehensive, real-time, high-quality data that is derived from the blockchain because it’s very difficult to index and process that data.” Andrii Yasinetsky, Mnemonic co-founder and CEO, said in an interview with CoinDesk. Yasinetsky, a veteran of Google and Uber who holds several patents related to self-driving vehicle technology, co-founded Mnemonic with Chief AI Officer Elena Ikonomovska (a former Reddit data scientist) and Ben Metcalfe, who is not involved in the startup’s day-to-day operations. Source

Irish data watchdog blocks Google from launching Bard in the EU: Report

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has reportedly blocked the launch of Google’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) service, Bard, in the European Union over privacy concerns.  Google launched Bard in the United States, United Kingdom and 178 other countries earlier this year. However, it’s so far been unable to crack the EU. The Mountain View, California company reportedly intended to remedy that during the week of June 13, but as Politico reports, those plans have come to a halt. Per the report, DPC deputy commissioner Graham Doyle stated that Google…