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Crypto hackers are getting smarter and more ruthless every day. The best way to protect your project is to get a professional audit from Coinspect [4], the security experts for blockchain and smart contracts.
The London Stock Exchange is launching Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes at the end of May, available to professional investors only. It will start accepting applications for trades from April 8. The move follows approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for Recognized Investment Exchanges to create listed market segments for ETNs. It is part of wider efforts to position the UK as a crypto-friendly hub.
The SEC is seeking $2 billion in penalties from Ripple Labs. This is part of an ongoing conflict where the SEC accused Ripple of selling an unregistered security by raising $1.3 billion from the sale of XRP. Ripple's CEO critiqued the SEC's unjust behavior, citing court decisions in favor of Ripple.
Metaplex has launched a new standard for NFTs on Solana named Core. Designed to reduce complexity and minting costs, Core enables data to be stored in a single on-chain account. It also introduces a plugin system that allows users to extend Core asset functionality. The launch coincides with the announcement that 50% of all protocol fees will be used to purchase MPLX to decentralize the Metaplex protocol further.
1intro, Solana’s first Liquidity Bootstrapping Platform, aims to alleviate current problems faced by Solana users, specifically addressing unfair launches, token liquidity issues, and the prevalence of scams. Designed for fair token distribution and price discovery, 1intro plans to evolve into a comprehensive DEX platform, offering trading functionalities and tools with a community-focused strategy. It has introduced features like "Refer and Earn" to boost user engagement.
This article discusses the evolution and growing complexity of generative pre-trained transformer models. It touches upon how AI development and use are influenced by the regulatory landscape, with examples stretching from cryptographic software to AI-specific executive orders. The piece highlights several steps in AI model creation, from data collection to inference. It also highlights the potential of utilizing crypto and decentralized technology to make AI more user-aligned, verifiable, and privacy-conscious. Despite the progress, AI democratization remains a challenge.
Companies are leveraging memecoins, or tokens associated with internet memes, in their go-to-market strategies. These companies are taking advantage of memecoins' established communities by integrating popular memecoins into new products or projects. Examples include the BONKbot trading bot using the $BONK token and $SHIB incorporating its token into an Ethereum L2 called Shibarium. This approach can tap into the established userbase and liquidity of memecoin communities, providing a potential solution to getting initial momentum in a project.
This author discusses what they view as the rise and negative evolution of crypto, expressing concern over the increasing prevalence of scams and harmful communities emerging in the space. They criticize the crypto community for defending these issues, saying the community shows a lack of morality.
Bittensor is building a decentralized blockchain-based AI ecosystem through subnet creators, miners, and validators, all rewarded through a native currency, $TAO. Validators, who check AI outputs, seem to receive the biggest rewards, leading to concerns of potential misaligned incentives. Bittensor's services could be sold to external customers to increase use.
Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum L2, has doubled its TVL in the past 25 days to over $2 billion driven partly by increased memecoin activity on the chain.
This proposal from Arbitrum lays out a plan for a memecoin fund to boost the ecosystem by drawing liquidity, attention, and new users through the support and cultivation of memecoin projects separate from Arbitrum DAO.
Telegram is planning to introduce revenue sharing for channel owners using ads, paying out these rewards with its TON coin.
This post provides an interesting perspective from someone who worked at Uniswap and articulates the different feelings and thoughts they have had about the space since entering it.
A new beta update for WhatsApp for Android features Meta AI integrated directly into the app's search bar. The new feature lets users ask questions through prompts within the search interface, making it easier to interact with Meta AI. WhatsApp is building an AI-powered tool for users to edit their photos, including adjusting the background, restyling, and expansion.
While app icons will likely remain locked to an invisible grid system on the Home Screen to ensure uniformity, users may be able to arrange icons more freely on iOS 18. The update will reportedly introduce the ability to create blank spaces, rows, and columns between app icons.
RealityMAX is a cloud-based 3D collaboration tool that lets users create, compose, and present work in 3D. It allows users to add multiple 3D models to their workspace, arrange them, adjust their properties, and transform them to create 3D scenes. RealityMAX immerses users into an environment that changes how 3D is perceived, improves collaboration, and speeds up review and approval.
Not every tool in a designer’s toolbox is suited for every challenge — a part of being a good designer is knowing which tool is the most appropriate for the specific problem. Instead of focusing on tools alone, designers should visualize and validate visions, continuously cultivate consistency, demonstrate value, and rationalize design decisions.
Rikyu is an ancient Japanese tea ceremony that goes beyond preparing tea - it is about creating a harmonious, meaningful experience. A compelling brand experience follows similar principles, balancing intention and harmony and attracting valuable attention from those invited into our brand spaces. Using Rikyu's wisdom as an inspiration, this article outlines the principles of building long-lasting customer relationships.
Brad Frost, author of Atomic Design, shares his thoughts on why we should build a universal design system, how he uses AI to elevate design systems, how design systems designers can succeed in an AI world, the highest leverage activities for DS designers to do, and how designers can communicate better with engineers.
This growing library will help you understand the emerging patterns of interaction, affordances, and heuristics in AI.
Unsection streamlines inspiration processes with an extensive focused collection of website section designs.
Simulate user behavior and pinpoint potential usability problems more efficiently.
The taste gap is the difference between what you think is good and what you create. If you realize your work could be better, it means you have the potential to do better. You must live with the gap until your true potential is realized. Fortunately, there are a few ways to make this process less frustrating: keep a positive mindset, surround yourself with creatives, eliminate everything inhibiting your progress, and always be shipping work.
Users with visual impairments rely on screen readers to tell them what is on the screen. Generally, this works well for regular text, but other types of content can be harder to predict — until now. This deep dive explains how screen readers output special characters and offers best practices for using them more effectively.
This September, Hungaria's capital will become home to the country’s first design conference — POV Budapest. Among the studios and designers set to give attendees a peek into their practices are Pentagram, Porto Rocha, Kurppa Hosk, Snøhetta, Koto, Bleed, and Anna Kulachek.
Direct interaction between humans and machines creates experiences outside the constrained pathways we have become accustomed to providing - to navigate that new landscape, designers must master AI strategy, AI interaction design, and AI model design.
Find inspiration for naming your design tokens with this comprehensive exploration of widespread and well-known naming conventions and their pros and cons.
Inspired by things “made for or by children,” Klara Graah, a Copenhagen-based illustrator, boils scenes down to their essential parts.
Google’s AI-powered SGE, initially available through manual opt-in, has now started appearing for users who haven’t signed up. The company is currently testing this feature on a small percentage of search traffic in the US, including users not logged into Google accounts. It’s aiming to gather more feedback before potential wider implementation.
Small businesses are worried about losing a vital marketing channel if TikTok faces a ban. Bigger brands appear less concerned, but some have started planning alternative promotional strategies. Marketing agencies are advising clients to diversify their influencer spending across platforms like Instagram and YouTube.
Salud, a vitamin drink brand, leverages quizzes to capture valuable zero-party data and personalize its product recommendations and marketing efforts. The quizzes are designed to be concise and visually appealing to maintain a high completion rate. The quiz results page shows optimized product recommendations and also kicks off personalized post-quiz email flows. The first-party data from these quizzes enables the brand to produce highly targeted marketing campaigns, personalized product recommendations, and tailored content.
Closing calls represent the culmination of a potentially long sales process. Strategic communication and techniques play a vital role in securing commitments from prospects during these calls. This article shares best practices, such as following a structured approach, addressing objections, and building rapport, for confidently guiding prospects towards making purchasing decisions.
Google recently announced new changes to streamline conversion data between GA4 and Google Ads. Conversion tracking between these tools never exactly matched, and the new updates don’t fully solve this problem. “Conversions” in GA4 are being renamed to “Key Events”. If you have a Google Ads account linked to GA4, you’ll see “Conversions” synced between the two platforms.
LinkedIn’s new dynamic UTMs allow marketers to include custom tracking elements in their ad campaign URLs. For each campaign, marketers can add a dynamic UTM parameter that will automatically be added to the destination URL alongside the account, campaign, and/or creative name. Dynamic UTMs will be available globally by the end of this month.
This article shares a robust system to help small businesses adapt to inflation. Before increasing prices, delve into detailed financial analyses and use tools like QuickBooks to identify inefficiencies and cut unprofitable products and processes. Strategic price adjustments, particularly on ancillary services, help offset rising expenses while maintaining the integrity of the core product line. If a price increase is still a must, communicate transparently with customers about changes to ensure loyalty and understanding.
B2B brands’ motivations for large-event sponsorship are the same as consumer brands — emotional resonance, broader audience reach, fast awareness, and reputation growth. B2B brands are seeing the need for brand-building and experimentation with cultural spaces. Leveraging platforms like connected TV and live sports allows B2B companies to locate new and often younger customers in a digital world.
When interviewing for content marketers, ask candidates to dissect a piece of content you admire - this will reveal how well they see details, what their strengths are, and how effectively they can explain themselves.
Meta is prioritizing entertainment-based content and offering users the option to opt-in for political posts.
This post outlines how to do a retrospective for yourself as a marketer to gain self-insight without self-blame.
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Product wants to move fast and increase conversions. Compliance wants to add controls and protect the business. An inevitable clash?
The U.S. suing Apple over alleged illegal monopoly practices marks the beginning of a lengthy legal process. The lawsuit primarily focuses on Apple's control over app distribution and APIs. The company has been accused of suppressing super apps and cloud streaming game apps, restricting third-party smartwatch functionality, hindering cross-platform messaging, and blocking third-party digital wallets, among other allegations.
This article discusses an alternative to a one-size-fits-all strategy framework: a nuanced approach that involves answering ten critical questions. The method ensures a strategy that is adaptable, focused, and aligned with the company's goals, market opportunities, and resources.
The empowered product team model often places undue emphasis on the product manager as either the problem or solution rather than addressing the systemic issues many PMs encounter through accountability at the higher management level. It's crucial for upper management to deeply engage with the operational aspects of their companies and gain hands-on experience to foster greater empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by their teams.
Successfully scaling a product requires continuous effort. Five key strategies for PMs facing the dynamic challenges of growth: gain a thorough understanding of your target market, maintain a focus on user experience throughout the scaling process, develop a scalable infrastructure, create an effective marketing strategy, and promote a culture that values experimentation and innovation.
This discussion explores the unit economics of Text to Video generation, highlighting the uncertainties and potential advantages over traditional Hollywood production costs while suggesting that the real value lies in improving Hollywood productivity or leveraging Generative AI for personalized entertainment within the context of social media platforms.
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