Tag: Data

Binance, Coinbase and Gemini staff are among the least happy, data suggests

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Crypto exchanges including Gemini, Binance and Coinbase are home to some of the least happy employees in the industry, according to data derived from Glassdoor — though some argue the results may be skewed. A quadrant chart by tech recruitment firm TrueUp — understood to have collated data from job review platform Glassdoor — mapped out how crypto firms stack up when it comes to employee happiness versus growth. 27 of the most valuable cryptocurrency firms were placed on TrueUp’s quadrant chart. A chart depicting the happiest, least happy workers…

The Digital Euro Isn’t a Threat to Data Privacy

As such, the ECB is looking to replicate some cash-like features, like paying offline or not needing a bank account. But in designing these experiences there will be a choice on what are the limit above which identify verifications are needed. And, to advance anti-money laundering goals, the limits are likely to end up lower than those that we de facto have with cash. If the digital euro gradually replaces cash payments, some of the privacy of cash will be sacrificed. Original Source dataDigitalEuroIsntPrivacyThreat CryptoX Portal

Bitcoin outperformed popular assets in H1 2023, data shows 

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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Bitcoin (BTC) outperformed other popular financial instruments and markets, including NASDAQ and the S&P 500, during the first half of 2023. Amidst regulatory uncertainties across various jurisdictions, gloomy market conditions brought about by the FTX scandal of 2022, and other high-profile bankruptcies, the latest research data show that bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading cryptocurrency outperformed other financial vehicles during the first half of 2023. Data shows that in the first half of 2023, Bitcoin increased by…

Bitcoin’s BRC-69 standard eliminates data limit for Ordinals

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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Bitcoin Ordinals, often called bitcoin’s (BTC) version of NFTs, are experiencing a significant surge as a new token standard, BRC-69, was launched on July 3. The latest standard brings an innovative solution to reduce the time and cost of making inscriptions on the bitcoin blockchain. Until now, Ordinals had a 4-megabyte limit on what could be inscribed on bitcoin. However, the introduction of BRC-69 aims to overcome this limitation through a mechanism called “recursive inscriptions.” This…

Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training

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Google has made updates to its privacy policy which now allows it to take any publicly available data and use it for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes. The update to the company’s privacy policy came on July 1 and can be compared to previous versions of the policy via a link published on the site’s update page. In the latest version, changes can be seen that include the addition of Google’s AI models, Bard and Cloud AI capabilities to the services it may train by using “information that’s publicly available…

NFT thefts decreased in June, data shows 

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied PeckShieldAlert data shows that approximately $2.27 million worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were stolen by bad actors in June, representing a 23% decrease compared to May. Blur, the world’s number-one NFT marketplace, was the preferred dumping ground for 86% of the stolen digital collectibles, followed by OpenSea with 13.76%. #PeckShieldAlert In June 2023, ~$2.27M worth of #NFTs were stolen, marking a 23% decrease compared to the previous month. Within a span of 160 minutes, half of…

EU finalizes Data Act with a kill switch for smart contracts: Law Decoded, June 27–July 3

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European Union lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn criticism from the crypto community. European Union (EU) lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn criticism from the crypto community. The act, aimed at encouraging greater use of data resources to train algorithms, would update the EU’s rules on smart contracts to include a kill switch option that would allow them to be safely terminated. Obviously, this contradicts the fundamental idea of trust…