OpenAI Announces Second Cohort of ‘Converge 2’ AI Startup Fund
OpenAI has initiated the application process for Converge 2, the second cohort of its six-week program designed to foster artificial intelligence (AI) enterprises. Fifteen successful candidates will receive $1 million from OpenAI as part of the investment opportunity. Engineers, designers, researchers, and product developers who employ AI for innovative purposes are the target audience of […]
Iris Energy to Acquire $22M Bitmain T21 Mining Rig to Increase Hash Rate in 2024
By acquiring new Bitmain T21 mining rigs worth $22M, renewable Bitcoin mining company Iris Energy plans to increase its total hash rate to 10 exahash per second (EH/s) in 2024. Deliveries of an additional 1.6EH/s of Bitmain T21 miners are scheduled for the second quarter of 2024, the company disclosed. As of December 2023, the […]
First Trust Asset Manager Files for Bitcoin ‘Buffer ETF’ with SEC
First Trust, a financial services provider, is the most recent organization to file a Bitcoin buffer exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the SEC, aiming to help investors mitigate risks when dealing with Bitcoin. First Trust filed Form N1-A with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States on December 14 to introduce the First […]
Coti sets to Upgrade to Ethereum Privacy-centric Layer 2 in 2024
Coti, an enterprise-grade blockchain through a transition in 2024, will evolve into a layer-2 protocol on Ethereum that prioritizes privacy and scalability. Cointelegraph has obtained an announcement detailing the transition of Coti from a stand-alone protocol to an Ethereum layer 2 to extend the ecosystem’s access to its privacy functionalities. By utilizing a cryptographic technique […]
Worldcoin Integrates New Version With Shopify, 4 Others
Worldcoin has introduced “World ID 2.0,” an updated version of its World ID function, and has integrated it into apps including Shopify, Minecraft, Reddit, Mercado Libre, and Telegram. The announcement stated that the new app integrations, including Discord, Talent Protocol, and Okta’s Auth0, supplement those already in place. Additionally, the latest iteration grants application developers […]