Canadian Police Launch Cryptocurrency Investigations Center – Regulation Bitcoin News

The police service of the Canadian city of Calgary is launching a Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre in partnership with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help combat crypto crime. The center “will enable law enforcement to tackle crime that takes place using blockchain technology,” Chainalysis described. Canada’s Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre The police service of Calgary, the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area within the three Prairie Provinces region, announced last week that it is creating a “Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre.” The announcement explains: The Calgary…

Elon Musk to launch truth-seeking artificial intelligence platform TruthGPT

According to an Apr. 18 post by Fox News, Elon Musk told the media outlet’s anchor Tucker Carlson that he’s developing a ChatGPT rival in the form of “TruthGPT,” a large language model (LLM) that Musk says will be trained to explore the mysteries of the universe.  “I’m going to start something which I call TruthGPT, or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe,” said Musk.  This truth-seeking AI, as per Musk, will also push back against what he perceives as “left wing” bias…

SpaceX Set to Launch Starship Rocket System but Musk Lowers Expectations

Over the years, Musk has made multiple presentations about Starship, its design, and its aim. He also emphasized the rocket system’s ability to transport humans and cargo to Mars. Elon Musk-owned spacecraft engineering corporation SpaceX is ready for the first launch of its Starship rocket system to space. Starship is the most powerful rocket ever developed, with almost 120m (400ft) height, and designed to have nearly X2 thrust of any rocket ever. The uncrewed demonstration will lift off on Monday from Boca Chica in Texas. This is where SpaceX has…

While Musk Says AI Could Destroy Civilization, Reports Show that Billionaire Plans to Launch AI Firm 

Elon Musk is reportedly working on launching an AI startup to compete with OpenAI. Many prominent names, including Elon Musk, have weighed in on the matter of AI technology that recently exploded and is aggressively dominating. Opinions are in two directions: while many see AI as a game-changer for many industries, others like Musk are concerned about its associated risks and disadvantages. During a FOX interview, the Tesla chief compared AI’s potential danger to more than the risks of a mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance. Noting the low probability,…

Aave’s proposal to launch on zkEVM passes ‘temperature check’ vote

A “temperature check” proposal to deploy the decentralized exchange (DEX) Aave on the zkSync Era Mainnet has passed with overwhelming support from the Aave community.  When voting closed on April 16 more than 99% of Aave (AAVE) token holders voted in favor of launching the third version of the lending and borrowing protocol on the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). According to the proposal first pitched on March 26, the launch will be limited to USD Coin (USDC) and Ether (ETH). A [Temp Check] is currently running to deploy Aave…

Uniswap passes proposal to launch on Polygon zkEVM 

The Uniswap community has fully supported a proposal to deploy the exchange’s protocol to the Polygon Zero Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine rollup (zkEVM). All participating UNI token holders unanimously voted on the proposal to see a large list of projects built on the Uniswap v3. Uniswap is a top decentralized exchange; UNI is the portal’s native token. Uniswap v3 to feature Polygon’s zkEVM  All 191 UNI holders voted to pass the proposal to deploy Uniswap’s protocol on scaling solution provider Polygon’s ZkEVM rollup. The votes surpassed the 40m threshold, and over…

Canon USA to Launch NFT Marketplace Cadabra

While information about Cadabra is still scant, there are indications it will offer initial drops of photo collections, mintable on the Ethereum chain. Canon USA has announced the upcoming launch of Cadabra, a new Ethereum NFT marketplace dedicated to photography NFTs. Canon USA previously filed a trademark application for the brand in 2022. Upon launch, the platform will offer photos in varying categories including sports, lifestyle, wildlife, and more Canon’s launch of a marketplace will not be its first foray into the NFT space. Previously, the global imaging giant collaborated…

Uniswap proposal to launch on Polygon zkEVM is set to pass

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is seemingly set to launch on the new zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) roll-up solution from scaling solution provider Polygon. While Uniswap (UNI) tokenholders have until April 14 at 9:05 pm UTC to vote on the proposal to launch Uniswap v3 on the zkEVM, the 40 million vote threshold needed for the proposal to pass has already been reached — with over 42.4 million votes recorded in favor of the integration. All 191 Ethereum addresses voted in favor of the proposal with financial modeling platform Gauntlet…

Chainalysis and Calgary police launch cryptocurrency investigation center

A joint task force featuring investigators from the Calgary police department and analysis from blockchain data firm Chainalysis, dubbed the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, was officially launched on April 12.  In a blog post announcing the partnership, Chainalysis co-founder and chief strategy officer Jonathan Levin remarked that “this demonstration of public-private partnership to solve novel issues in financial services is a model that the rest of the world can learn from.” Together with @CalgaryPolice, today we’re launching the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, a partnership that will enable law…