Bitmain’s Antminer T21 to Debut Shipping in January 2024
Bitmain, a leading global manufacturer of Bitcoin application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), has released the Antminer T21, a new air-cooled Bitcoin miner featuring a computing power of 190 TH/s, an energy efficiency ratio of 19 J/TH and is set to begin shipping in January 2024. Bitmain took to Twitter on October 26 to announce the global […]
Circle Launches ‘Points-to-crypto’ Program With Taiwanese FamilyMart
Stablecoin issuer Circle has partnered with FamilyMart, Taiwan’s second-largest convenience store chain, and BitoGroup, a local cryptocurrency exchange, to allow FamilyMart customers to exchange loyalty points for the Circle-issued USDC. According to the company’s press release from October 26, the FamilyMart app will feature a new “Points-to-Crypto” service. This will enable FamilyMart customers to exchange […]
Greece Launches AI Advisory Committee Led by MIT Professor
Greece has announced the formation of an AI advisory committee led by Constantinos Daskalakis, a professor of computer science at MIT. The committee will shape a national strategy for integrating AI in Greece, considering its impact on the economy and society. Greece is taking a bold step towards embracing artificial intelligence (AI) as a key […]
JPM Coin Processes Daily Transactions Worth Over $1B – Exec
Takis Georgakopoulos, the global director of payments at JPMorgan, disclosed that the company handles daily transactions over $1 billion using its digital asset, JPM Coin. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on October 26, Georgakopoulos identified three significant inefficiencies of the current payment systems: JPMorgan is attempting to address these three issues with its digital […]
FTX Probes $6.5M Payments to AI Safety Group in Clawback Effort
FTX wishes to investigate the millions it has donated to the Center for AI Safety, a non-profit that argued AI should be a global priority. FTX, a defunct cryptocurrency exchange, seeks information regarding payments totaling millions of dollars made to the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit artificial intelligence (AI) safety organization. In a […]