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Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger is receiving major backlash from its online user base after releasing a controversial update that many fear exposes major security flaws with the manufacturer.  Ledger has claimed that the new functionality is both safe and entirely optional, but security experts and crypto holders are already distancing themselves from the company.  Ledger’s Controversial Recovery Service Concerns began to swell late on Monday after Reddit user...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Everyone keeps talking about crypto regulation as of late. It appears the topic has gained a lot of steam since crypto exchange FTX collapsed into a steaming pile of bankruptcy and fraud. Regulation Should Wait Until We Can Replace Those in Charge Under normal circumstances, a situation like this would indeed...

Optimism, a popular layer-2 blockchain, is set to release its long-awaited Bedrock upgrade on June 6th at 16:00 UTC. The Bedrock release – which is a complete rewrite of an entire rollup stack – is expected to be the largest upgrade ever released on OP Mainnet with a focus on reducing fees and improving Ethereum compatibility. Bedrock Upgrade According to the official announcement, the upgrade will require 2-4 hours of downtime for OP Mainnet, during which there will be...

Baidu is setting the pace in the AI scene for other tech giants in China. Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc (HKG: 9888) has seen a major uptick in its share price today following the release of better-than-expected revenue. Baidu impressed its investors as one of the top tech giants that saw a major uptick in profitability following the reopening of the Chinese economy after year-long Covid-19 restrictions. According to the data shared by the company, it said it recorded a 31.1 billion yuan...

Zepz, however, noted that it is hiring more than 200 new roles including software developers, managerial positions and marketing roles, among many others. In a bid to streamline its business structure for future growth prospects, Zepz,  a London-headquartered money transfer platform, has announced the reduction of its workforce by about 26 percent. In a report by CNBC, it is said that Zepz has sent home 420 of its employees but not due to macroeconomic pressure. As a result, Zepz has been...

Google Cloud’s AI-enabled ‘Target and Lead Identification’ and ‘Multiomics’ Suites are set to improve drug discovery and precision medicine.  Google Cloud has launched two AI-powered solutions to speed up drug discovery and advance precision medicine for relevant companies. On Tuesday, the tech giant’s cloud computing suite said its newly-launched AI-powered tools would immensely help biotech and pharmaceutical companies. One of the tools, the Target and Lead Identification Suite, can...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful has closed its doors, meaning the digital currency space is still not yet out of the woods when it comes to exterior, negative circumstances. Paxful Says Goodbye Paxful used to be one of the most prominent, well-known bitcoin marketplaces in the world. Employing 200...

Vodafone shares took a beating today amid company plans to layoff thousands of workers, and properly allocate resources. Vodafone (LON: VOD) shares fell 7% on Tuesday following a mass layoff announcement by the British multinational telecom company. In a statement, chief executive officer Margherita Della Valle said the company’s plan to ax a record 11,000 jobs is necessary to remain profitable. Vodafone forecasted flat profit growth and explained that the massive downsizing would take...

The American banking giant will be focusing on three key initiatives – distributed ledger technology, tokenization, and digital cash. Over the last few years, traditional banking players have been showing some affinity towards crypto assets and America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon is the latest to join the bandwagon. BNY Mellon is pushing for digital innovation while focusing on digital assets, not necessarily crypto. Roman Regelman, CEO of securities services and digital at BNY Mellon, said...

Many crypto naysayers are heard arguing that most of the existing projects won’t stand the test of time. And it’s true that a lot of them haven’t been existing for a long period. In the grand scheme of things, even Bitcoin is a baby. With that said, we took the opportunity to talk to no other but ChatGPT itself – the AI language model that took the world by storm in the past few months. We decided to ask which five cryptocurrencies will survive in the coming decade. The...