Do AI and Crypto Mix?
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- 🙈 Ledger service gets hit. Hackers phished a Ledger employee and inserted malicious code into the company's Connect Kit library, compromising DeFi protocols that had integrated it. Hackers made off with nearly $500K.
- 👀 Gary's new look. Talking to CNBC, Gary Gensler said the SEC's re-examination of crypto spot ETF applications was a 'new look' prompted by courts.
- 💵 JPM expecting ETH-heavy 2024. JPMorgan's CEO may want to kill crypto, but his firm still expects ETH to outperform BTC in 2024.
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📊 Memecoin season returns. Solana's ecosystem “culturecoin,” BONK, surged on its Coinbase debut, setting new all-time highs and pushing towards a $1.2 billion market cap. The doggy coin du jour is up 92% week-over-week, and its parent network's native token is also up over 9%, while ETH and BTC are still in the 7-day red after this weekend's slump.
Prices as of 6pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.63T | ↗ 1.1% | ↗ 1.9% |
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BTC $43,082 | ↗ 0.5% | ↘ 0.3% |
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ETH $2,324 | ↗ 3.0% | ↘ 1.1% |
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So-called "AI Coins" continue to court attention from investors eager to capitalize on their enthusiasm for crypto and AI-based technologies, but how much crossover potential is there? Today, we look at the four major opportunities in this sector.
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Kraken CEO Dave Ripley is gearing up for another fight with the SEC. In today's episode, he walks us through the company's regulatory skirmishes and the opportunities ahead as one of the two most important exchanges in the US right now.
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