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Crypto Heist couple set for US plea deal over bitcoin laundering
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Crypto Heist couple set for US plea deal over bitcoin laundering

[ad_1] A social-media rapper, who dubbed herself the “Crocodile of Wall Street,” and her husband have reached a plea deal with prosecutors in a case that involved laundering billions of dollars of stolen Bitcoin, according to a court filing and a person familiar with the matter.Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein are scheduled to appear for a plea hearing on Aug. 3, more than a year after they were charged, according to a filing Friday in federal court in Washington. The couple were arrested in February 2022, but requested delays in their case to facilitate plea discussions, which could indicate they are cooperating with authorities. While the court filing didn't provide details about expected pleas, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the parties to provide paperwork for ...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: From AI hub, Gemini AI to crime in era of AI and much more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: From AI hub, Gemini AI to crime in era of AI and much more

[ad_1] The artificial intelligence race has just got more intense. Google has introduced Gemini, a project by DeepMind, aiming to surpass AI models like ChatGPT; the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) has declared Hyderabad as India's AI capital; this AI system, equipped with advanced image recognition, scrutinises waste processing and recycling facilities and AI-Generated images of Zomato's delivery agents go viral on social media - this and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.1. Google's New AI Venture, Gemini: A ChatGPT competitorGoogle introduces Gemini, a project by DeepMind, aiming to surpass AI models like ChatGPT. Gemini's versatility enables it to handle any data or task without specialised models, promising unique content beyond its training da...
Ledger has a message for NFT haters: Eventually you’ll be dead
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Ledger has a message for NFT haters: Eventually you’ll be dead

[ad_1] The chief experience officer at the crypto hardware wallet firm Ledger has a message for NFT haters: Eventually you’ll be dead. The chief experience officer at the crypto hardware wallet firm Ledger has a message for NFT haters: Eventually you'll be dead. Ian Rogers says that the concept of nonfungible tokens makes sense to a younger generation – those who spend hours glued to screens, live online, and attended school virtually at the height of the pandemic. “It's not a foreign concept,” he told us in the most recent episode of “Crypto IRL.” Emily Yang, the artist known as pplpleasr, sees NFTs as a reflection of society and that they will be collectibles the way vinyl albums once were. NFT skeptics, though, urge caution. John Reed Stark, a former SEC enforcement attorne...
CoinShares Develops Twitter Bot to Track ‘Fair’ NFT Prices
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CoinShares Develops Twitter Bot to Track ‘Fair’ NFT Prices

[ad_1] CoinShares has spurned its usual diet of exchange-traded and capital markets products for a new project: a Twitter bot. CoinShares International Ltd, Europe's largest digital asset trading house, has spurned its usual diet of exchange-traded and capital markets products for a new project: a Twitter bot that can tell users the true price for a nonfungible token. Pricing for NFTs, unique digital collectibles ranging from pixelated artwork to plots of land in video games, is usually driven by how much hype the collection's creator has generated. Popular collections include Yuga Labs Inc.'s Bored Ape Yacht Club, Larva Labs' CryptoPunks and Otherdeed, which represents digital land created for Yuga Labs' virtual world Otherside. CoinShares said that since demand for NFTs decline...