FinTech

Despite the potential negative impacts of AI, Musk also believes that AI would be a force for good and could even serve as a great friend and companion to users.  During a recent AI Safety Summit in London, Elon Musk had a one-on-one discussion with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the future of artificial intelligence and its impacts on society. The tech billionaire warned that AI might eventually lead to a world where jobs become a thing of the past. He also painted a picture where...

Visa, a global leader in payments technology, has marked a significant milestone by completing a pilot test in collaboration with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank. The program, a part of the “Digital Hong Kong Dollar” pilot organized by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), opens new horizons for secure and efficient financial transactions. Transforming Interbank B2B Payments The Digital Hong Kong Dollar pilot program explored two crucial use cases, unveiling the vast potential of...

In addition to the Tangem Ring, Tangem will use the Cardano Summit 2023 as a platform to announce exciting details about Tangem Pay. The crypto industry is about to get a fashionable upgrade as Tangem, the pioneering blockchain hardware wallet manufacturer, unveils its latest creation, the Tangem Ring, at the annual Cardano Summit 2023 in Dubai. Tangem Ring: A Fusion of Fashion and Crypto The Tangem Ring represents a groundbreaking intersection between fashion and cryptocurrency, appealing...

The rise of TON began gaining momentum in September, coinciding with the introduction of the TON wallet within the Telegram messenger platform. The Open Network (TON) has taken the blockchain world by storm as it became the world’s fastest blockchain. With a remarkable achievement in speed during recent public testing, the TON development team reported that in a 12-minute experiment, an astounding 42 million transactions were conducted, setting a new record of 104,715 Transactions Per...

The AWS Blockchain Node Runners has so far integrated Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), thus making it a major step for the latter to become a Web 3.0 hub that supports scalable smart contracts. Solana (SOL), a leading smart contract blockchain with a smartphone in the market dubbed Saga mobile, has announced that infrastructure nodes are now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Blockchain Node Runners repository for easy access by Web 3.0 developers. The Solana team announced the...

Telegram chatbot Unibot has lost around $640,000 worth of digital assets after a hacker managed to exploit a vulnerability in the newly deployed contract. The team behind the protocol said that it is currently investigating the issue and will soon release a detailed response. PeckShield reported that the attacker transferred the pilfered cryptocurrency to Uniswap, after which it was subsequently routed to the controversial crypto mixer, Tornado Cash. Lookonchain advised...

Investors will be eyeing major announcements ahead this week such as jobs report, Federal Reserve rate decision, and Apple’s earnings.  On Monday, October 30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX: .DJI) gained by over 511 points or 1.58%, ending the trading at 32,928.96. This was the biggest single-day gain market by the index, after June 2023. The S&P 500 saw a robust 1.2% surge, reaching 4,166.82, marking its most substantial gain since late August. Simultaneously, the Nasdaq...

The deployment of the 24,000 chips should be completed by February 2024. Voltage Park, a nonprofit organization founded by billionaire Jed McCaleb, has acquired approximately 24,000 Nvidia H100 chips for approximately $500 million. According to The Business Time, the organization plans to lease AI computing power at a low cost to address the shortage of these chips. Eric Park, CEO of Voltage, stated: “The current ecosystem for machine learning is fundamentally flawed.” Therefore, the...

Visa stock is up by about 23% over the past 12 months and only slightly down from July 2021’s all-time high of $252.67. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) stock rose 1.35% in Tuesday’s regular session following the release of the company’s earnings results for its fiscal Q4 2023 on Tuesday. The shares rose to $234.65, trading between the 50-day and 200-day lines. The payments giant’s earnings results late Tuesday exceeded analyst predictions for the quarter as transaction volume increased due to an...

Apple is considering leveraging AI within Xcode to assist app developers in creating their applications. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is gearing up for a significant leap into the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to invest around $1 billion annually to develop its own AI solutions, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move comes as a strategic response to the escalating advancements in AI technology by other tech giants such as...