FTX Plans to Reboot, Ethereum Fork Goes Live, and OpenAI News: Hodler's Digest, April 9-15
Top stories this week Hard fork Shapella of Ethereum executed on mainnet
The Ethereum blockchain mainnet, also known as Beacon Chain, . The upgrade made fund withdrawals possible for those who staked the network's Ether (ETH) asset. In the first hour of the hard fork, a total of 12,859 Ether was unlocked in 4,333 withdrawals, according to Ethereum block explorer beaconchai.in. Almost a day after the upgrade, ETH .
FTX recovered $7.3 billion in assets and will consider restarting the exchangeA comeback for FTX is on the table, according to the bankrupt crypto exchange's legal team. In a hearing on April 12, lawyers for FTX said the company had already recovered about $7.3 billion in liquid assets and was in the second quarter of 2024, suggesting a restart as soon as April. After the news broke, the FTX (FTT) token jumped over 112%. Meanwhile in Europe, a Swiss court of the company's European operations.
OpenAI finds new support from Japan amid global nationwide bansJapan is owned by artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI — the creator of the ChatGPT chatbot — based on solving cybersecurity and privacy issues. Interest was expressed by Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, aims to work with Japan to develop the technology for the country. OpenAI, however, faced opposition from several countries. The race for artificial intelligence also accelerated this week with Amazon, Alibaba and Twitter.
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Mastercard Launches NFT-gated Musician Accelerator ProgramMastercard is one of many traditional financial companies that have ventured into the Web3 arena in recent years. Most recently, on April 12, the company with a Web3 twist: the program is NFT-gate and, therefore, only available to holders of its Mastercard Music Pass NFT. The NFT is limited edition and free until the end of the month for musicians and fans, while the program was created in partnership with Polygon.
At the end of the week, Bitcoin (
The Ethereum blockchain mainnet, also known as Beacon Chain, . The upgrade made fund withdrawals possible for those who staked the network's Ether (ETH) asset. In the first hour of the hard fork, a total of 12,859 Ether was unlocked in 4,333 withdrawals, according to Ethereum block explorer beaconchai.in. Almost a day after the upgrade, ETH .
FTX recovered $7.3 billion in assets and will consider restarting the exchangeA comeback for FTX is on the table, according to the bankrupt crypto exchange's legal team. In a hearing on April 12, lawyers for FTX said the company had already recovered about $7.3 billion in liquid assets and was in the second quarter of 2024, suggesting a restart as soon as April. After the news broke, the FTX (FTT) token jumped over 112%. Meanwhile in Europe, a Swiss court of the company's European operations.
OpenAI finds new support from Japan amid global nationwide bansJapan is owned by artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI — the creator of the ChatGPT chatbot — based on solving cybersecurity and privacy issues. Interest was expressed by Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, aims to work with Japan to develop the technology for the country. OpenAI, however, faced opposition from several countries. The race for artificial intelligence also accelerated this week with Amazon, Alibaba and Twitter.
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Twitter reportedly allowed users to trade cryptocurrencies and stocks. The feature will allow users to browse market charts for a wider variety of financial instruments, as well as buy or sell cryptos and other assets through Twitter's partner fintech company, eToro. Musk previously floated the idea of making Twitter a "super app," giving users access to multiple online services in one place.
Mastercard Launches NFT-gated Musician Accelerator ProgramMastercard is one of many traditional financial companies that have ventured into the Web3 arena in recent years. Most recently, on April 12, the company with a Web3 twist: the program is NFT-gate and, therefore, only available to holders of its Mastercard Music Pass NFT. The NFT is limited edition and free until the end of the month for musicians and fans, while the program was created in partnership with Polygon.
At the end of the week, Bitcoin (
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