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Israel attack could spark interest in gold, cryptocurrencies and safe-haven assets
The Israel-Hamas conflict is a long-running, deep-rooted dispute between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group, primarily centered in the Gaza Strip.
The ongoing geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Hamas, have inadvertently highlighted some potential positive impacts on cryptocurrencies. First, rising geopolitical tensions may fuel interest in digital assets as safe-haven investments.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are increasingly viewed as “digital gold” due to their limited supply and decentralization, making them an attractive option for investors seeking refuge in uncertain times.
As traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and the U.S. dollar face challenges, cryptocurrencies may emerge as alternative stores of value.
Second, the conflict highlights the utility of cryptocurrencies in facilitating cross-border transactions and providing financial services to individuals affected by political unrest.
In regions with strict capital controls or unstable financial systems, cryptocurrencies can provide a means to preserve wealth and conduct international trade outside of the traditional banking system.
The conflict underscores the need for borderless and censorship-resistant financial instruments, reinforcing the role of cryptocurrencies in financial inclusion and resilience in areas of geopolitical tension.
The conflict in the Middle East indirectly demonstrates how cryptocurrencies can facilitate global investment and financial empowerment in crisis-affected regions.
SkyBridge Capital founder: The Federal Reserve system has fundamentally collapsed, and Bitcoin’s market value may reach $15 trillion
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital, said in an interview that although the Fed is performing well, the system in which the Fed operates is fundamentally broken. He cited concerns about the devaluation of fiat currencies and said the U.S. government was spending more than it was taking in.
He explained that this situation is dangerous because the borrowed money must be repaid with more dollars, which could lead to a severe economic recession. Therefore, he concluded that the Fed would eventually find itself in trouble due to a system breakdown.
As a solution, he proposed an alternative, an immutable asset with clear scarcity that is essentially a transparent transaction ledger. He pointed out that no asset has such characteristics except Bitcoin, which he believes is evolving into a store of value that may be more valuable than gold.
He predicted that in the event of a collapse of the U.S. financial system, Bitcoin’s market capitalization would reach $15 trillion.
Bloomberg TV to launch SBF documentary on October 26
Bloomberg Television will launch the documentary “RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX” on FTX founder SBF and the trading platform at 7:00 on October 26, Beijing time.
Buy Taylor Swift Movie Tickets with Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and SHIB
People can now use cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu (SHIB) to purchase tickets to the long-awaited movie Taylor Swift: Journey Through Time, which releases today Premiering in theaters around the world.
The film, which has already grossed a staggering $100 million in pre-sales ahead of its premiere, chronicles Swift’s ongoing, record-breaking global tour and is expected to generate more than $5 billion worth of economic activity in North America alone.
The film’s cryptocurrency tie-in is provided by cryptocurrency payments provider BitPay, which formed a partnership with theater chain AMC early last year. Moviegoers can now simply visit AMC via the chain’s website or mobile app and select BitPay as the payment method at checkout. In addition to BTC, ETH, DOGE, and SHIB, users can purchase tickets using other cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and XRP.
New tattoo machine can imprint NFTs on arms, allowing artists to collect royalties
Tattoo robots capable of delivering computer-generated ink to humans have been around for years, but a new device goes a step further by offering designs that are also stored on the blockchain, allowing creators to collect royalties.
An Austin-based company called Blackdot launched a device of the same name and counts NFT pioneer Tyler Hobbs as one of its backers.
“When I started to understand what the Blackout device was capable of, the level of precision and detail it achieved was amazing,” Hobbs said. “It seemed like a natural fit, this fusion of the digital and the human, bringing the human and the machine together in some way, which is really a great passion of mine for art, so the opportunity to work with Blackdot came to me. It’s really exciting.”
Blackdot plans to offer custom designs from a number of different artists who will create the tattoos, which the recipient will also own as NFTs.
A mockup of a tattoo device offering NFT ink: Image: Blackdot.
The Museum of Modern Art’s first permanent collection of AI + blockchain artwork
New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has acquired “Unsupervised,” a generative artwork that uses artificial intelligence to create visual designs inspired by the museum’s archives, for its permanent collection.
The piece was created by Turkish digital artist Refik Anadol for MoMA last year. To do this, Anadol built a complex machine learning model designed to absorb more than 200 years of artworks from the museum’s catalog and then output an ever-changing series of audiovisual effects that reinterpret, alter and reinterpret these original works. repeat.
Changes in light, movement, acoustics and even weather constantly alter the look and sound of the work. The work is currently on display in MoMA’s lobby through October 29, after being extended to draw crowds to sit and watch the changing landscape.
Refik Anadol:Unsupervised
Huang Licheng bought 8 Winds of Yawanawa, and the NFT floor price rose by more than 70% in 24 hours
According to information on the chain, Huang Licheng’s address purchased a total of 8 art NFT Winds of Yawanawa on October 16, spending a total of 117.77 ETH. Blur data shows that the floor price of the NFT is currently 14.49 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 70.67%.
The Winds of Yawanawa is an NFT series launched by the famous Turkish-American new media artist Refik Anadol in collaboration with the Yawanawá community, the indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon forest.
OpenAI stated in its core values update that it is fully committed to building general artificial intelligence
Recently, OpenAI quietly changed its “core values” list to include artificial general intelligence (AGI), which was not explicitly listed before, and ranked it at the top, showing its strong pursuit of AGI. Previously, OpenAI’s recruitment page listed six core values for its employees to follow, namely boldness, thoughtfulness, humility, emphasis on impact, teamwork and focus on growth. However, these values have now been replaced with five new values, with “AGI focus” being the first.
The official website of OpenAI writes: We are committed to building safe and beneficial AGI, which will have a huge positive impact on the future of mankind. Anything that does not meet this goal is not considered. The remaining four values are fierce and tenacious, scale, creating things that users love, and teamwork.
“SpongeBob did 9/11”, Elmo holding a knife: artificial intelligence art becomes popular
Generative AI makes it easier for ordinary people to create art and other content. It also makes it easier to create something truly wild and controversial, like an AI-generated image of SpongeBob SquarePants or Nintendo’s Kirby flying a jetliner into the World Trade Center.
Social media platforms have been flooded with images of stickers purportedly created using Facebook’s AI-powered sticker generator. These include images of Elmo brandishing a knife, Mickey Mouse in a toilet, Wario and Luigi from the Super Mario series holding rifles, and even scantily clad Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau image.
Neurotech startup Prophetic hopes to use neuroscience and AI to interpret dreams
Prophetic AI is developing “Halo,” a non-invasive neural device to stabilize and induce lucid dreams. Source: Prophetic AI
The content of our dreams can reveal a lot about ourselves, what is going on in our lives, and our subconscious concerns. To tap into these insights, Prophetic is developing a “non-invasive” neural device to induce and stabilize lucid dreams, in which dreamers are aware that they are dreaming.
“If you look at the history of prophets, whether it’s Abraham, Muhammad or Buddha, they all received prophetic wisdom from dreams,” said Prophetic co-founder Eric Wollberg. “The goal here is to make anyone a prophet and give people access to prophetic knowledge, wisdom and interface.”
“We believe that lucid dreaming is a particle accelerator of consciousness: a state that allows objective observation of the neural basis of self-awareness, (meta)cognition and sensory perception,” Prophetic said.
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