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Exclusive: Antix CEO On Creating Hyper-Realistic Digital AI Avatars (UPDATED)

Antix believes avatars may be the future for virtual, hosts, influencers, community interaction, and virtual twins for celebrities.

LendSwap Founder Says AI Tech Can Fill Lending Gaps In Emerging Markets

Recently, the World Bank estimated that there were 1.4 billion unbanked and many more underbanked people globally.

How DePin Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks Continue To Grow

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePin) are tipped to become one of blockchain's paths to changing the world for the better for users in and out of the Web3 world.

HitBit Pro Interview: Crypto Payments Rise In Ukraine Despite Transfer Limits

Interview with the co-founder of HitBit Pro, a Ukraine-based paytech company using blockchain as a better payment alternative.

Exclusive Insights: Founders Of Polygon, SkyBridge, Custodia, WonderFi & Cardone Bullish On BTC in 2025

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) started the year with an impressive All-Time High (ATH) of greater than $77,000 in March after the approval of Bitcoin ETFs by the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, BTC has a penchant for exceeding expectations.

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin To Reach $120K By End Of 2024, $250K In 2025

Tim Draper, a prominent venture capitalist and cryptocurrency enthusiast, has made Bitcoin price predictions since 2014. That year, Draper predicted Bitcoin to be $10,000 by the end of 2017. Despite skepticism, his forecast proved accurate, as Bitcoin hit $10,000 in November 2017 during its dramatic bull run.

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin To Reach $120K By End Of 2024, $250K In 2025

Tim Draper, a prominent venture capitalist and cryptocurrency enthusiast, has made Bitcoin price predictions since 2014. That year, Draper predicted Bitcoin to be $10,000 by the end of 2017. Despite skepticism, his forecast proved accurate, as Bitcoin hit $10,000 in November 2017 during its dramatic bull run.

Can Blockchain Disrupt Digital Ads? Alkimi's Decentralized Exchange Aims To Transform $600 Billion Industry

Advertising will reach approximately $667 billion globally in 2024, including the spike in advertising accompanying a U.S. Presidential election.

V3V Ventures Invests $5 Million In Premium Telegram Usernames, Seizing 'Unique Advantages' To Build Crypto Channels

V3V Ventures, a $20 million VC fund that invests in start-ups and cutting-edge technologies in crypto, NFTs, and Web2 and Web3, has invested in a number of prominent Telegram usernames.

How AI, Blockchain Impact The 2024 Presidential Race

Late September at a Wall Street Fundraiser, Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris made an appeal directly to crypto and AI technology industries with a tech forward statement

Bitget Predicts Solana To Hit Up To $180 In October, Meme Coin Boom To Continue

Bitget Research, the institutional analysis side of Bitget (CRYPTO: BGB) crypto exchange, has released a statement predicting the price of Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) to reach or exceed $160 to $180 in October and largely credits the bullish sentiment

Trump Blames Democrats For Food Inflation, But Experts Suggest Blockchain Could Solve Underlying Factors

If you live in the United States and you’ve been feeling an extra pinch at the grocery store, you are not alone and it's not your imagination.

EXCLUSIVE: Mantra Aims To Bring Real-World Assets Onchain, CEO Says 'Proven Tech Is Secure And Scalable'

Blackrock and Grayscale are bullish on a huge market for RWAs on chain -- but interoperability is a challenge for making new markets available to investors.

Meme Coin GME On Solana Skyrockets Following Keith Gill's Return To Social Media: Interview

Financial analyst and investor Keith Gill earned a lasting reputation by posting his analysis of GameStop (GME:NYSE) stock on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets under the username DeepFuckingValue (DFV) and as RoaringKitty on X and YouTube.

$RFKJ Re-Launches As $BOBBY Token, Supports RFK Jr.'s Causes

In light of the third-party candidate’s fringe popularity, particularly with crypto audiences,$RFJK token has relaunched as $Bobby Politifi Meme Token (BOBBY), trading on Uniswap. The announcement was made at Consensus 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: Gmoney Secures $1 Million Loan With CryptoPunk, Previews NFT Paris Collection

A pseudonymous NFT entrepreneur known as Gmoney borrowed $1 million as a 180-day loan in tokenized U.S. dollars (USDC) using his prized Ape Punk #8219 as collateral on the Gondi lending platform.

EXCLUSIVE: GSU Protocol Founder Believes That SEC Delays & Litigation Are An Effort To Protect USD Dominance

As of Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally given crypto investors what it has been waiting for by approving 11 issuers that applied for the long-sought spot Bitcoin ETFs. Parties approved included businesses such

Global POW System Could Make Hacking 'Too Expensive To Execute': Bitcoin's Model As A Blueprint

Tracing the evolution of cyber warfare reveals a transition from abstract notions to concrete challenges, reshaping the intersection of global security and technological advancements.

Tim Draper Says Yes to Bitcoin For The Holidays, Anticipates $250,000 BTC In 2024

Are we in for a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Christmas?

FTX Case Is Failure Of Centralization, Not Of Crypto, Says Tim Draper

After a five-week trial, disgraced former head of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy, for which he faces a maximum sentence