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ACCRA, GHANA — Block CEO Jack Dorsey and his top brass descended on Accra for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference in December to talk about one of the most potentially disruptive and transformative alternatives to the continent’s existing financial system: bitcoin. Since its inception in 2008, this unfamiliar form of money has alternatively been disdained

ACCRA, GHANA – On the afternoon of Dec. 26, 2022, Chris Maurice finally capitulated and went to the emergency room at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, just west of the city’s gothic quarter. For roughly ten months, the 26-year-old CEO of the largest centralized crypto exchange in Africa had ignored many of the symptoms consistent with

In this article USDT.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s chief technology officer, said the company estimates that the excess reserve will increase by $700 million in the current quarter, which is not yet over. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Cryptocurrency firm Tether estimates it will make $700 million profit

In this article BNB.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Binance is the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, handling $490 billion of spot trading volumes in March 2022. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume and assets, processing $9.5 trillion worth of trades in 2021 alone. But

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of blockchain firm ConsenSys. Riccardo Savi | Getty Images for Concordia Summit The co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin, hit out at regulators likening the ether cryptocurrency to a security Wednesday, saying it was more akin to a commodity like oil. In an interview with CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal at

In this article BTC.BS=-USS BTC.CB= BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cryptocurrency industry insiders predict bitcoin could hit a new all-time high in 2023 and possibly reach $100,000. It comes after a noted investor bet that the digital currency could go to $1 million in 90 days. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images

In this article COIN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the company that it identified potential violations of U.S.

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Texas Rangers first baseman Derek Dietrich (32) tags San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges (18) out at during the MLB game between the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers on August 17, 2020 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. Andrew Dieb | Icon Sportswire

In this article XRP.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency, XRP. S3studio | Getty Images The XRP cryptocurrency soared on Wednesday as investors grew hopeful that Ripple, a company closely associated with the token, would win its prolonged legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. Fabrice COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that the success of its newly launched Bard

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT OpenAI displayed on screen with Microsoft Bing double photo exposure on mobile, seen in this photo illustration. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft on Tuesday added a new artificial intelligence-powered capability to its search slate: AI-generated visuals. The new tool, powered by OpenAI’s DALL-E,

In this article ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Wadhwani, president of Adobe’s Digital Media unit, speaks at Adobe’s Max conference in Los Angeles in October 2022. Adobe Adobe on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence tool called Firefly that will let users type commands to quickly modify images. The first Firefly model is

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images After months of public chatter about emerging chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, Google is opening its Bard AI platform to a limited number of users. The company is officially allowing people in the U.S. and U.K. to sign up for its generative AI product at bard.google.com. Google said

In this article MSFT AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The App Store logo displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Analysts at Morgan Stanley said Tuesday that a Microsoft app store on the iPhone would represent “the biggest potential threat” to Apple‘s App Store. Microsoft could

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Velib bicycles are parked in front of the the U.S. computer and micro-computing company headquarters Microsoft on January 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Microsoft‘s speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications on Monday announced Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, a clinical notes application

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Google-owned YouTube will allow former President Donald Trump’s account to post new videos as of Friday, lifting

In this article GOOG GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk near the Google offices on July 04, 2022 in New York City. John Smith | View Press | Getty Images Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has stacked its legal team with former Department of Justice employees as it fights two separate antitrust lawsuits

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Google office in New York on February 2, 2023. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Google is indicating to ex-staffers, who got laid off while on maternity and medical leave, that they won’t get paid for all of their remaining time off, according

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul on Nov. 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence, new tools like ChatGPT are wowing consumers with their ability to create compelling writing

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Google announced a price increase for its YouTube TV subscription on Thursday. It’s increasing from $65 per month to $73 per month starting