USDC Stablecoin Wallets Soars 59% in 2023
According to stablecoin issuer Circle, on January 15, 2023, the number of wallets holding at least $10 worth of USD Coin increased by 59%. This expansion occurred notwithstanding the UDC’s circulating supply suffering a $20 billion loss, suggesting that the coin may have attracted consumers despite declining market capitalization. With its title, “State of the […]
Sony Develops AI System to Create Fantasy NPC Personas
Sony researchers have developed An artificial intelligence (AI) system that can transform dialogue fragments into fantasy personas” that may be implemented as non-player characters (NPC) in video games and other media. AI personas are characteristics or personas that AI models, including large language models, adopt. Training and refining a natural language model via a combination […]
Fox Corp Launches Polygon-based Blockchain Platform Verify
The Fox Corporation and other well-known brands have introduced Verify, a platform that enables businesses to monitor the online usage of their content on the Polygon blockchain. Polygon Labs announced on January 9 that Fox had released the Verify platform, which is utilized by artificial intelligence (AI) companies to “establish the history and origin of […]
BNB Developers to Merge BEP2, BEP20 Beacon Chain Tokens
The developers of Binance’s BNB Chain aim to consolidate the dual-chain structure of the BNB Beacon Chain (BEP2) and BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) into a single blockchain. Users are “strongly recommended” to transfer their BEP2 and BEP8 (mini BEP2 tokens) to the BEP20 chain, which will preserve assets in a 1:1 ratio, per the January […]
Forbes Impersonator Hacks CertiK’s X Account in Phishing Scam
According to an X post from CertiK on January 5, a phishing scammer impersonating a Forbes reporter temporarily accessed the X (previously Twitter) account of the blockchain security platform CertiK and used it to promote a malicious Web3 application. One of our employees received communication from a verified account affiliated with a reputable media organization. […]