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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Key Takeaways Reddit is launching a series of “Collectible Avatar” NFTs on Polygon. The NFTs will have a total supply in the “tens of thousands” and have utility on the Reddit site. Several other major […]
The pilot program will start on August 15, 2023. 13 Russian banks will participate in the pilot program being conducted by the Bank of Russia (BoR). During the test, users will be able to use […]
Key Takeaways Aave has put forward a governance proposal to launch a decentralized dollar-pegged stablecoin on the Aave Protocol. If accepted by the community, GHO would be available to borrowers who provide collateral and earn […]
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 […]
Key takeaways PayPal joins the stablecoin train Silicon Valley-based payments firm PayPal announced on Monday, August 7th, that it had launched a US Dollar stablecoin. In a press release earlier today, PayPal said the stablecoin was […]
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, […]
Key Takeaways The Lido development team has announced plans to expand the protocol across various Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions. It will initially aim make a wrapped, non-rebasing version of stETH available across the DeFi […]