Sam Altman’s Retina-Scanning Orb to Become More Useful with World ID 2.0
Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit will begin using World ID to identify certain kinds of users.
Financial
Blockstream Preps New Sale of Notes Designed to Profit From Rebounding BTC Mining-Rig Prices
Blockstream’s BASIC note is a bitcoin-denominated investment vehicle to accrue gains from the price of ASIC mining equipment, which Blockstream anticipates will rise post-halving.
HTX, Poloniex Assets are ‘100% Safe’ Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack
Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month.
Three Arrows Co-Founder Su Zhu Faces Questioning in Singapore Court in Hunt for Assets: Bloomberg
Zhu is expected to be released from jail this month for good behavior, Bloomberg reported.
ARK Invest Sells Coinbase Shares for Third Straight Day
The investment firm has sold the crypto exchange’s stock on all but two trading days this month.
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Is a Bitcoin Maxi and Tether Fan
Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the custodians for Tether’s $90 billion worth of treasuries.
SEC Hasn’t Met Legal Requirements to Sue, Binance Says in Latest Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit
Binance responded to an SEC filing, arguing that the regulator’s arguments weren’t applicable to the actual conduct it was analyzing.
Bitcoin Halts at $41K as Traders Eye Fed Rate Decision; AVAX Flips Dogecoin as Altcoins Jump
Investors will monitor Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference Wednesday for signs of potential rate cuts next year.
Donald Trump Unveils New ‘Mugshot’ NFTs, Stirring Up Prices for His Previous NFTs
Buy enough of them and you can get a piece of the suit the former U.S. president wore when he arrested in August.
DeFi Platform Conic Finance’s CNC Token Surges 50% as the Protocol Plots Comeback After Hack
Conic Finance was hacked in July draining roughly $3.6 million worth of ether from the protocol.