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Bots Sending BTC — Lightning Labs Releases New Tools for AI-Bitcoin Integration
11.7.2023
On July 6, Lightning Labs released new developer tools to enhance the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin. The layer two (L2) startup introduced a new specification known as L402 and tools that enable AI systems to conduct transactions over the Lightning Network. The Fusion...
Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai, on AI, Machine Learning, Autonomous Agents, and Blockchains | Ep. 243
30.6.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Humayun Sheikh, Founder and CEO of Fetch.ai, talks about building the infrastructure required for autonomous software agent, connecting smart agents to automate web3 systems, and the intersection of AI and Crypto....
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peaq to provide multi-chain Machine IDs with Fetch’s AI agents
14.6.2023
Based on its past association with Fetch.ai, peaq will be coming out with multi-chain Machine identities that utilize Fetch’s AI agents for carrying out data transfers between Polkadot and the Cosmos ecosystems. Through this, it will be possible for the enormous number of robots and vehicles on...
Report: US Revenue Collector IRS to Send Four Crypto Crime Investigation Agents Abroad
24.4.2023
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to send investigators to four countries where they are expected to tackle the use of crypto and decentralized finance products in global financial and tax crimes. According to the tax collector’s spokesperson, the IRS will be able to determine...
Russian Agents Are Trying To 'Penetrate' Gaming Communities
13.4.2023
In a chat on stage at at Semafor’s World Economy Summit, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said the company is currently dealing with attempts by various types of Russian agents to “penetrate” online gaming communities, with particular emphasis on those associated with Minecraft.Read more
AI bots mingled at a bar and had a party when researchers gave them a town
11.4.2023
25 AI "agents" were given a virtual town and were observed going to a bar for lunch, planning a party and expressing other human-like behavior
EU Lawmakers Vote to Impose €1,000 Limit on Unidentified Crypto Transactions
30.3.2023
EU lawmakers have voted in favor of imposing a €1,000 limit on crypto transactions where the customer cannot be identified. “Entities, such as banks, assets and crypto assets managers, real and virtual estate agents, and high-level professional football clubs, will be required to verify their...
US Central Bank’s Fednow Payment Service to Launch in July, Economist Calls Timing ‘Suspicious’
22.3.2023
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, the central bank’s Fednow payment service will start operating in July, and participants will be certified in April to leverage the Fednow Pilot Program. Ken Montgomery, the Fednow program executive, is urging American financial institutions to make...
Nigeria Extends Deadline for Returning Soon-to-Be Demonetized Naira Banknotes
1.2.2023
After initially ignoring pleas to extend the period for returning old naira banknotes, the Nigerian central bank recently said it has shifted the deadline for returning old banknotes to Feb. 10. The bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, said some 30,000 so-called super agents have been deployed...
Bluechip NFT project Moonbirds signs with Hollywood talent agents UTA
7.1.2023
PROOF Co-founder Kevin Rose announced the deal via Twitter on Jan. 6, noting that the aim is to get the Moonbirds brand recognized on a global scale and not just in the Web3 space
Chinese agents used Bitcoin transactions through Wasabi to allegedly bribe US government employee
25.10.2022
According to an analysis by crypto risk management firm Elliptic, two Chinese intelligence agents used Wasabi Wallet to conceal BTC transactions allegedly used for bribes
OSCE Trains Uzbekistan Law Enforcement to Track and Seize Crypto, Search Dark Web
22.10.2022
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has set out to teach law enforcement officers in Uzbekistan how to conduct crypto and dark web investigations. The regional body recently organized a training course for employees of the country’s security agencies in Tashkent....
Brazilian Federal Police Launch Operation Colossus, 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Involved
23.9.2022
The Brazilian Federal Police and the Brazilian tax authority have launched the final stage of “Operation Colossus,” a movement that has executed hundreds of court orders against cryptocurrency exchanges, arbitrage agents, and fake companies in four states of the country....
Biden is hiring 87,000 new IRS agents — and they're coming for you
19.8.2022
The Internal Revenue Service is hiring a fleet of new agents. And they’re probably coming for you — regardless of your income level
UAE Now Requires Agents to Report Real Estate Transactions Where Virtual Currency Is Used as Payment
12.8.2022
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it now requires real estate agents, brokers, and law firms to report to the Financial Intelligence Unit real estate transactions in which virtual currency is used as payment. Similarly, real estate purchases or sales where “the funds used in...
South African Court Releases Former Monero Developer Riccardo Spagni From Custody
18.7.2022
A South African regional court recently ruled to release former Monero lead maintainer, Riccardo Spagni, from custody. The ruling came just a few days after his arrest by local law enforcement agents, a report has said. Prior to his release, Spagni aka Fluffypony told the court he had returned...
Organizer of Binance-Sponsored Crypto Tour Says Campaign Was Successful, Denies Reports of Arrest
17.6.2022
A crypto enthusiast and organizer of the Binance-sponsored Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Awareness Tour (BCAT) recently held in Nigeria, has rejected reports he was arrested by security agents reportedly spooked by large crowds that were following the campaign. The enthusiast said the high number...
Here’s What Agents Say They Photographed in ‘Bitfinex Hack’ Couple’s Apartment
11.2.2022
The mysterious case of the duo charged with attempting to launder a vast bitcoin (BTC) haul allegedly looted from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in a hack in 2016 just got a lot more bizarre – with the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issuing a 34-page legal document detailing...
DAOs: Where humans may fail, AI could succeed
6.2.2022
Without robots, DAOs may never be more than a pipe dream, as fully automated DAOs eliminate the barriers related to human bias
IRS Special Agent on Crypto: ‘We See Mountains of Fraud in This Area’
28.1.2022
A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says the tax agency is “seeing mountains and mountains of fraud” in the cryptocurrency space. The IRS criminal investigation unit is trying to train all of its agents on crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) issues because...