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Early Ethereum Backers Cyber.Fund to Invest $100M in 'Cybernetic Economy'

Cyber.Fund, which also backed Cosmos, Solana and Polkadot, is focused growing the "cybernetic economy," in which blockchain is the bedrock

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Jesse Pollak Reflects on Coinbase's Layer 2 Blockchain 'Base' Launch This Year

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 recognizes 50 people who defined the year in the digital assets space, which includes Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase's layer 2 blockchain "Base." Pollak discusses building on layer 2s and the benefits of bringing assets and customers on-chain. Plus, insights on how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can accelerate on-chain developments.

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Tech

Elon Musk-Backed X.AI Files With SEC to Raise Up to $1B in Equity Offering

The filing says the company has already sold $134.7 million of the securities.

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Shavonne Wong: Not Even Sam Altman 'Is Exempt From Surveillance'

The artist made an NFT of the Worldcoin co-founder and OpenAI CEO for our Most Influential package.

Shavonne Wong, the artist behind the NFT.

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AI-Linked Tokens Surpass $2B in Weekly Trade Volume For First Time Since March

According to Kaiko data, AI-linked tokens surged past $2 billion in weekly trade volume for the first time since March. Gains were led by WLD and RNDR. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Tech

Artificial Intelligence Technology Brings Benefits, Risks to Banking: Bank of America

AI has the potential to improve productivity and enhance bank returns, the report said.

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Opinion

Does Worldcoin Need a Reevaluation? Understanding Sam Altman’s Crypto-AI-UBI Experiment

There’s lots to admire about the ex-OpenAI CEO’s crypto startup, despite relentless “techlash” criticism.

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Finance

Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Appointed as New OpenAI Chief

OpenAI ousted Sam Altman as its chief last week after the board said it no longer had confidence in his ability to lead the company

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