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Silicon Valley: The Mecca for Venture Capital May Be Cooling on Crypto

The storied birthplace of the U.S. tech industry is dripping with talent and money. But crypto founders who live in the No. 8 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 list say that Web3 is losing ground to artificial intelligence in the race to capture the Valley's wallets and minds.

Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

APLD Signs Artificial Intelligence Hosting Deal Worth Up to $460M

APLD shares surged on Nasdaq after the firm announced its second AI cloud hosting deal.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Finance

Startup Kaito Gets $87.5M Valuation in New Funding to Build AI Search Engine for Crypto

The search engine combines real-time data with large language models like ChatGPT.

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Opinion

Crypto and AI: Save Us From the Hype

The inflated promises being made about AI are reminiscent of the claims those pushing crypto and blockchain investment made a few years ago. We should be wary.

HYPE, BUZZ, FOMO

Tech

Polygon Introduces AI Interface Powered by ChatGPT to Aid App Developers

The artificial-intelligence interface, called Polygon Copilot, will help developers obtain analytics and insights for their applications on the Polygon blockchain.

Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)

Videos

Blockchain Developer Platform Alchemy Releases AI-Powered Tools for Web3 Builders

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy introduced AlchemyAI, which aims at leveraging AI to help web3 developers speed up the development of their products and gain quicker access to on-chain data. AlchemyAI will launch two new products – an in-app chatbot and a ChatGPT plugin. Alchemy Developer Experience Lead Elan Halpern joins "First Mover" to discuss the release and the role of AI in blockchain developments.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Revives High-Performance Computing Strategy Amid Booming Interest in AI

Miners are increasingly looking to fill data center space with AI and cloud computing.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Finance

Startup Arbol Unveils AI and Blockchain-Powered Climate Insurance Platform

The market for climate insurance is estimated to triple in the next decade.

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Tech

Ethereum Scanner Etherscan Adds OpenAI-Based Tool to Analyze Smart Contract Source Code

The tool is meant for informational purposes only, Etherscan said.

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Videos

AI, Metaverse Tokens Dip Amid SEC's Lawsuits

AI and metaverse tokens are taking hits despite the hype over artificial intelligence and Apple’s Vision Pro headset reveal. CoinDesk Executive Director of Global Content Emily Parker breaks down the underperformance of tokens affected by the SEC's lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.

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