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New Ethereum Testnet “Holesky” Set to Launch in September
With the Goerli testnet set to retire next year, a new Ethereum testing network dubbed “Holesky” will launch next month.
Following the Ethereum tradition of naming testnets after train stations, the name Holesky is derived from Nádraží…
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Creating Chatbots in African Languages
The field of natural language processing (NLP) has advanced the furthest in the most widely-used languages like English and Russian. But an emerging body of research is focused on training AI models using African languages.
Thanks to…
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Ranks Third for Transfer Activity
Less than a week since its launch, Base has emerged as one of the top Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains for NFT transfers.
For both the ERC-721 and ERC-1155 NFT standards, Base is now the third most popular EVM by transfer volume.…
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Law Enforcement Battles Cyber Threats
The United States Department of Homeland Security has published the results of its investigation into the teenage hacker group known as Lapsus$.
The report by the cyber safety review board (CSRB) found that a lack of government funding…
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13 banks to participate in Russia’s CBDC pilot program
The pilot program will start on August 15, 2023.
13 Russian banks will participate in the pilot program being conducted…
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Alchemix and JPEG’d Recoup Losses After Stolen Funds Returned
A crypto wallet labeled “Alchemix/CurveFinance Exploiter” has returned funds that were stolen from Alchemex earlier in the week. The NFT staking platform JPEG’d has also seen the return of stolen assets.
The moves add an unexpected…
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PayPal launches a US Dollar stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain
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PayPal joins the stablecoin train
Silicon Valley-based payments firm PayPal announced on Monday, August…
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What is Base? 5 Key Features of Coinbase’s New L2 Blockchain
With the Base Mainnet set to launch on August 9, excitement is building around Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) blockchain.
Having launched the testnet in February, Base is described by Coinbase as a “secure, low-cost,…
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Was Hal Finney the Real Satoshi Nakamoto?
The real identity of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto is a favorite topic of debate in the world of crypto, and Hal Finney’s name often comes up as a likely candidate.
Although he denied the claims before his death in 2014, Finney…
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Bank of Italy leverage Polygon to help institutions experiment with DeFi
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The Bank of Italy will use the Polygon blockchain to help institutions experiment with DeFi and asset…
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