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A fresh bout of tribal sparring over token valuations broke out on X after CoinRoutes founder Dave Weisberger asked why XRP trades at more than ten times the market value of Chainlink’s LINK despite Chainlink’s high-profile role in financial-market infrastructure. The exchange, which followed Swift’s announcement at Sibos that it will launch a blockchain-based ledger, quickly crystallized two very different theories of “value capture” in crypto: a native asset securing and settling an L1 network versus a utility token powering oracle middleware. Weisberger set the stage with a direct challenge to the XRP community: “Can someone from the XRP army…

Crypto will be necessary for artificial intelligence-powered agents to operate effectively in the financial market, as the infrastructure for the traditional finance system is outdated, says John D’Agostino, the head of institutional strategy at Coinbase. If AI agents are going to operate on behalf of people, then they need to operate on “true sources of information,” because it would be “disastrous if they didn’t,” D’Agostino told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday.“Artificial intelligence is infinitely scalable intelligence, and if you think of blockchain, which is the underlying technology for crypto, as an infinitely scalable source of truth, then those two things…

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon argues that AI will impact “literally every job,” explaining that his company plans to keep its global head count roughly flat while AI changes job composition, training needs, and day‑to‑day tasks across its massive operations. The Wall Street Journal reports that Walmart is bracing for an AI-driven transformation across its operations, with Chief Executive Doug McMillon warning that artificial intelligence will touch virtually every role. “It’s very clear that AI is going to change literally every job,” McMillon said this week at a workforce conference in Bentonville, Arkansas, signaling one of the most direct acknowledgments from a…

As artificial intelligence-powered fitness tools boom, a troubling pattern has emerged: motivation for some, obsession for others. ATN spoke with personal trainers to find out what they’re seeing AI fitness tools promise smarter workouts, but a new survey shows they may also be fueling harmful behaviors. Nearly half (46%) of personal trainers report seeing more clients skip meals, overtrain and struggle with anxiety tied to digital tracking. The survey, conducted by Levity, a digital health company, polled 900 fitness enthusiasts and 100 trainers on how calorie-tracking apps, wearables and AI-driven goal-setting programs are affecting mental health. The picture isn’t all…

Dogecoin has yet to deliver the kind of rally many expect in the current market cycle, but one analyst believes that is only a matter of time. Posting on the social platform X, the analyst with the handle @EtherNasyonaL described a parabolic run for Dogecoin as inevitable, pointing to recurring chart structures that preceded Dogecoin’s explosive rallies in 2017 and 2021.  Dogecoin’s price movement in this cycle has largely been characterized by short-lived bursts of momentum followed by lengthy stretches of sideways consolidation or gradual retracements. Yet, there is a strong conviction among the most bullish Dogecoin proponents that the…

Disney has demanded that Character.AI stop using its copyrighted characters. Axios reports that the entertainment juggernaut sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI, claiming that it has chatbots based on its franchises, including Pixar films, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to claiming copyright infringement, the letter questioned whether these protected characters were being used in problematic ways in conversations with underage users.”Character.ai’s infringing chatbots are known, in some cases, to be sexually exploitive and otherwise harmful and dangerous to children, offending Disney’s consumers and extraordinarily damaging Disney’s reputation and goodwill,” the letter said.Character.AI has been…

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger told Tucker Carlson during Monday’s episode of The Tucker Carlson Show that anyone can easily look up a list of Wikipedia’s blacklisted sources. Breitbart News features prominently on the list of media outlets that users are forbidden from citing when editing articles on the leftist “encyclopedia.” Sanger told Carlson that Wikipedia’s “fully approved sources” include “the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, The Nation, Mother Jones, [and] GLAAD.” Watch Below: “These are all fully greenlit,” Sanger continued, adding, “The blacklisted sources are Breitbart, Daily Caller, Epoch Times, Fox News, New York Post, [and] The Federalist. So, you can’t use those…

For several agonizing hours in August 2022, white hat hackers watched anxiously as evil-doers, known as “black hats,” stole $190 million from the Nomad bridge — the fourth biggest crypto hack just that year alone. While some white hats eventually took it upon themselves to steal the funds for temporary safekeeping, many more hesitated over fears that getting involved could land them in prison.This exact incident is what led crypto security nonprofit Security Alliance, or SEAL, to find a way to give white hats the freedom and, more importantly, legal safety, to fight against the bad guys. This later became the Safe…

For several agonizing hours in August 2022, white hat hackers watched anxiously as evil-doers, known as “black hats,” stole $190 million from the Nomad bridge — the fourth biggest crypto hack just that year alone. While some white hats eventually took it upon themselves to steal the funds for temporary safekeeping, many more hesitated over fears that getting involved could land them in prison.This exact incident is what led crypto security nonprofit Security Alliance, or SEAL, to find a way to give white hats the freedom and, more importantly, legal safety, to fight against the bad guys. This later became the Safe…

As the wearable company aims to add “One Billion Healthy Years” to people’s lives, its new bloodwork feature provides data and clinician-driven insights for members To keep up with the growing desire for in-depth personalized health data, Whoop has launched Advanced Labs, which combines blood testing with insights from its wearable. Users can either upload previous bloodwork or schedule a curated test through the company’s Advanced Labs panel, powered by Quest Diagnostics. With the launch, Whoop aims to give members a holistic, centralized picture of their health through the combined tools of bloodwork data and the continuous monitoring their devices…