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A person familiar with the matter revealed that UMG has been sending out requests “left and right” to take out songs generated by AI. As artificial intelligence (AI) content is on the rise, Universal Music Group (UMG) has ordered music streaming platforms to block AI-generated music. Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI-generated content has seen an unusual rise and adoption by many. As expected, the world is divided on accepting this new technology. While many see the AI chatbot as a...

Following the IPO, Rakuten Bank is billed to finally go public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 21. Rakuten Bank, the financial services offshoot of the Japanese conglomerate Rakuten Group is set to go live following a successful float of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). According to a report from The Business Times, Rakuten Bank priced its IPO at 1400 Yen, a point that coincided with the upper range of its revised pricing. In the months and weeks leading to the IPO, Rakuten Bank set...

Italy’s data protection agency Garanate has set out multiple conditions for OpenAI to implement and comply with the GDPR rules. In March 2023, the European Nation of Italy announced a ban on OpenAI’s newly released told ChatGPT, which has created a storm in the tech world. This happened on the charges of breaching data privacy rules in Italy. In the latest development, Italy’s data protection agency Garanate suggested certain actions that OpenAI must take in order to revoke the imposed...

Withdrawals will go live on April 19 and stakers will be allowed to redeem their coins. Binance has revealed its plans to allow the withdrawal of staked Ether (ETH) through its exchange platform.  The exchange made the announcement following the successful completion of Ethereum’s highly-anticipated Shanghai upgrade on Thursday. According to the announcement, withdrawals will go live on April 19 and stakers will be allowed to redeem coins with their BETH holdings on a 1:1 basis. The...

The Twitter-eToro stock-trading initiative is a milestone under Musk’s watch as the Tesla CEO strives to transform Twitter into a super-app.  Twitter is partnering with Israeli financial services facilitator eToro to bring stock trading to users of the social media giant. According to reports, starting today, Twitter users can buy and sell stocks and securities via eToro. The Twitter-eToro partnership is a rare deal for the microblogging platform’s owner Elon Musk since he assumed control...

The decision coincides with the announcement of stricter crypto regulation by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). As crypto regulation broadens in Canada, blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos has announced plans to shut down its operations in Canada. In a statement published on the company website, the firm advised its Canadian customers to begin withdrawing any funds from their accounts. “Beginning June 2nd, you will no longer be able to transact from your Paxos account,” it...

FTX’s lead attorney said that restarting the exchange would require significant capital and there was an internal debate about whether this money should come from FTX’s estate capital or through third-party capital. The legal team behind the debtors of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX recently suggested that the exchange could consider a reopening by mid-2023 which has a positive impact on FTT price. FTX’s attorneys from Sullivan & Cromwell made the announcement during a court hearing...

The Avalanche Evergreen Subnet will expand to onboard more third-party applications, assets, and processes. After Avalanche Blockchain launched Evergreen Subnet earlier in the month, financial institutions like T.Rowe Price have joined the ‘Spruce’ test net to participate in DeFi use cases. Wisdom Tree, Cumberland, and Wellington have also joined the Avalanche Layer 1 Evergreen subnet, Spruce. In addition to participating in DeFi use cases, the institutions will test FX and interest rate...

EOS price started a fresh increase from the $1.12 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $1.15 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $1.20 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move up if it clears the $1.24 and $1.25 resistance levels. EOS price is rising above $1.18 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. The price could...

Litecoin started a steady increase above $90 against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading above $90 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $91 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair remains supported for more gains unless there is a clear move below $87.20. Litecoin price is correcting gains from $98 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. LTC price could continue...