The AI language model by OpenAI says it has no news beyond its training data cutoff of September 2021 ChatGPT said it would benefit from Web3 rewards with access to “vast amounts of data.” Dr. Xinxin Fan says pulling real-time data, such as weather, stock prices, and breaking news, would revolutionize the AI language model….
Over 95% of tokens launched on Uniswap are scams – Research
About 97% of the crypto projects launched on Uniswap are rug pulls, according to a recent study titled “Do Not Rug On Me: Zero-Dimensional Scam Detection .” The study undertaken by Bruno Mazorra, Victor Adan, and Vanesa Daza suggests that the simplicity of Uniswap and its lack of regulation makes it easy for scammers to list…
Researchers say they discovered consensus level attack on Ethereum — miners cheating the system to earn more
A research paper published by The Hebrew University in Israel reports having discovered the “first evidence of a consensus-level attack on a major cryptocurrency.” The paper is currently awaiting peer review but utilizes publicly available on-chain data and Ethereum’s open source codebase to affirm its conclusions. At its core, the paper highlights an issue where…
Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin education classes for Marcy Houses residents
👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! American rapper Shawn Corey Carter — professionally known as Jay-Z — has teamed up with Block CEO Jack Dorsey to offer the residents of Marcy Houses in Brooklyn, New York, Bitcoin Education courses. Shout out to @Jack. #Bitcoin Academy, starting in…
Coinbase launches new global crypto think-tank
Leading cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase has launched a new Coinbase Institute to advance policy debate around crypto and the future of Web3. The institute is focused on providing research, analysis, and insights about the Web3 space. According to the official Coinbase website, the institute is designed to bring together leaders across a range of subjects to…
A response to the claim “dark tetrad” personality types are drawn to Bitcoin
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology recently published a study on the dark tetrad personality and cryptocurrency attitudes. They found dark tetrad personalities “like” Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Many, especially those holding anti-crypto sentiment, interpreted the results to mean Bitcoin investors are calculating psychopaths that lack humility. However, researchers were keen to stress that their…
Boston Fed and MIT release the first results of their CBDC research
Dubbed Project Hamilton, exploratory research between the Federal Reserve of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) released the first round of results in modeling a digital dollar. The results of the initial technological research into a central bank digital currency (CBDC) were published accompanied by an open-source code in github for contributions. The…
Harvard, MIT, Oxford, others tap $2.5 billion BitDAO to aid blockchain education
Eight world-famous universities, including UC Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and Oxford, have founded a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that will focus on addressing the “funding crisis and skills gap” in blockchain research and education. Dubbed Education DAO (EduDAO), the new organization will have access to a pool of $2.5 billion worth of assets provided by…
Kusama dApp Moonriver records 1 million transactions in just 3 weeks
Moonriver, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-compatible smart contract platform developed on Polkadot, is full steam ahead with some impressive figures since its launch just three weeks ago. A Polkadot – Kusama powerhouse As reported by Moonbeam, Moonriver has close to 100k wallet addresses on the network and over 650 ERC20 tokens have been created. In addition,…
Sanctor Turbo announces ‘Demo Day,’ revealing first cohort of blockchain projects to graduate from its mentorship program
Sanctor Capital a blockchain-focused investment firm that brings together missionary founders and successful entrepreneurs, announced today that it will be hosting its first Demo Day to showcase the inaugural cohort of projects graduating from its custom-tailored mentorship program, Sanctor Turbo. Project teams graduating as Sanctor Turbo’s Alpha Class were hand-selected by domain experts from industry-leading…