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China AI chip market finds expansion paths despite US export restrictions

The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip market has been subject to ongoing export restrictions which imposed by the United States from October 2022, which prohibited the sale of certain U.S. products to China. The U.S. initially blocked the export of the highest level of chips produced by companies like Nvidia and

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Moody’s Analytics Finds over 600 Stablecoin Depegs YTD Triggered by High-Interest Rates

Moody’s Analytics launched its AI-enabled Digital Asset Monitor meant to track the volatility and risk in DeFi amid the mainstream adoption of stablecoins by institutional investors. The fast growth of fiat-backed stablecoins to over $120 billion by retail users in the past years has attracted major attention from institutional investors seeking

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Jury finds SBF guilty on all charges, sentencing set for March 2024: Law Decoded

Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s public trial in a New York court ended with the jury finding him guilty on all seven charges on Nov. 3, including two counts of wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of securities fraud, one count of commodities fraud conspiracy

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GAO finds controversial SEC guidance is subject to congressional oversight

United States Senator Cynthia Lummis has scored another one for crypto with a Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision issued on Oct. 31. The GAO found that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 should be subject to congressional review. That bulletin, issued in March 2022, has been a

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AI can drive new Bitcoin pricing model, study finds

A new study proposes a novel method for pricing options on Bitcoin using neural networks. The model incorporates Bitcoin (BTC) price dynamics and sentiment data to capture cryptocurrency markets’ frequent jumps and volatility clustering. Researchers developed a bivariate jump-diffusion model based on past prices and Google Trends sentiment to describe Bitcoin price

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International financial group finds gaps in digital euro legislative package

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) has published an assessment of the European Commission’s proposed legislation on the digital euro. It gave the bill middling marks.The IIF is a financial industry global advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C. with members in 60 countries. It rated the digital euro bill introduced

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US court finds South African firm guilty in major crypto scam

Mirror Trading International (MTI) is convicted by a U.S. court for deceiving victims in a Bitcoin scam, facing a restitution order of $1.7 billion. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed that Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited (MTI) has been convicted in a cryptocurrency fraud case. The complaint against the

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