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Finance

OpenAI's Reported $340B Valuation Could Bode Well for AI-Linked Crypto

Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI is in talks to raise new $40 billion funding, at a valuation of $340 billion.

OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Tech

Cardano Will Transition to Full Decentralized Governance After Wednesday's Hard Fork, Cardano Foundation Says

A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain's programming.

BTC developers propose freezing of quantum-vulnerable coins. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

Czech Central Bank Governor to Propose Adding Bitcoin to Reserves: FT

The governor will present a BTC investment plan to the board Thursday, according to an interview published by the Financial Times.

Prague. (rainhard2/Pixabay)

Finance

Coinbase Receives Approval to Expand Services Into Argentina

Roughly 5 million Argentinians use crypto daily, according to Coinbase.

Flag of Argentina (Angelica Reyes/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin May Be 'Double Topping' for a Price Slide to $75K

BTC looks to be forming a double top bearish reversal pattern on the daily chart.

BTC has recently put in twin peaks above $122K. (lin2015/Pixabay)

Finance

Circle Unveils Paymaster to Allow USDC to Be Used for Transaction Fees

The product allows users to interact with decentralized applications using USDC only, ditching the need for native tokens.

Circle logo on a shop front (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Project Azuki's Animecoin Debuts at $1.2B FDV Amid Airdrop

Users reported that the claims website was down moments after launch.

Azuki release native token (Azuki)

Finance

Restaking Protocol Puffer Finance Reveals Upcoming Airdrop Details

The protocol has launched CARROT, a token that can be accrued via staking and governance activity.

Puffer fish (Stelio Puccinelli/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Phemex Investigating Hack Reports as $29M Drained From Hot Wallets

The company's CEO has confirmed that Phemex is "looking into reports" of the hot wallet withdrawals

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Markets

Ethereum Layer-2 Protocols Achieve Record Transaction Throughput

Layer 2 protocols are faster than ever in processing transactions, according to data source growthepie.xyz.

Layer 2s process transactions at a record speed. (Boskampi/Pixabay)