OpenAI, the creator of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, is under investigation by Canada’s privacy commissioner for allecting collecting and using personal information without consent. On April 4, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) stated its investigation was brought about following a complaint from an unidentified person. Head Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne…
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The United States Treasury faces a renewed legal challenge that aims to overturn the decision to sanction the crypto mixer Tornado Cash from six individuals backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. A motion for a partial summary judgment was filed on April 5 in a Texas District Court, the Coinbase-backed plaintiffs moved for the U.S. Office…
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Satoshi Nakamoto’s original white paper laying out the Bitcoin (BTC) network is seemingly hiding within every modern version of the operating system for Apple’s Mac computers. An April 5 blog post from technologist Andy Baio revealed that a PDF of the Bitcoin white paper has “apparently shipped with every copy of macOS since Mojave in…
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Crypto miner US Bitcoin Corp has come to a tentative agreement with the City of Niagara Falls that will allow it to reopen its mining operation in that city, according to a local news report. A state supreme court judge ordered its plant closed in early March. The settlement still requires the approval of the…
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The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the entity that oversees crypto activities in Dubai, has asked Binance to provide more information about its business requirements in its efforts to tighten regulatory guardrails in the emirate, Bloomberg reported. Citing three anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported on April 5 that the regulator had asked Binance to submit more information…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is still on track to hit $180,000 in its next halving cycle, a longtime market participant says. In new analysis published March 3, Filbfilb, co-founder of trading suite Decentrader, doubled down on his bullish BTC price outlook for the years ahead. Filbfilb keeps faith in Bitcoin halving cycles With BTC/USD approaching $30,000, but…
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MicroStrategy, the American business intelligence firm, has just announced its latest acquisition of an additional 1,045 Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $29.3 million at an average price of $28,016 per BTC. This news was announced in a tweet by Microstrategy’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, on April 5. MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 1,045 #bitcoin for ~…
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On April 4, the U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback’s performance versus the basket of six leading foreign currencies, dropped by 0.5% after demand for workers in the world’s largest economy declined. BTC price eye breakout with dollar at 2-month lows Bitcoin (BTC) has grown 3.5% since to around $28,800, continuing its extremely…
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The shutdown of the peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has left its worldwide community searching for alternatives, but it appears to have significantly affected the Nigerian crypto community. On April 4th, Paxful declared that it would halt its operations. The reason for this decision, according to the founder and CEO Ray Youssef’s blog, was due…
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Bitcoin (BTC) headed back toward $29,000 into April 5 as data showed whale orders guiding price action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analysis: BTC price push still “bear market rally” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it hit $28,780 on Bitstamp. The pair continued a rebound from one-week lows…
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