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Coinbase 'Extensively Prepared' for Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval

Crypto exchange Coinbase says that it has “extensively prepared” for spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Most spot bitcoin ETF applicants have named the Nasdaq-listed crypto platform as the custodian for their bitcoin. Coinbase Gets Ready for Spot Bitcoin ETF Launches As the deadline approaches for the U.S. Securities and…
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Crypto Crossroads — Contrasting 2024 Predictions Signal a Year of Defining Shifts

Throughout the past year, enthusiasm and speculation around bitcoin and other crypto assets have surged, particularly as the year drew to a conclusion. The Motley Fool’s forecasts for 2024 strike a pessimistic tone, anticipating a “buy the rumor, sell the news” scenario related to the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and further projecting that the crypto market will not decouple from…
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Cryptocurrency Miner Kidnapped for Ransom in Russia

In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($166,000). 23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of events, it was reported that…
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Google Gemini is not even as good as GPT-3.5 Turbo, researchers find

Oh, Google. Will you ever get an AI product release right on the first try? Less than a month after Google unveiled its long-rumored ChatGPT competitor Gemini to the world in a glossy demo video — only for the company to face criticism for what appeared and was ultimately confirmed to be staged interactions between the presenter and the AI — new research finds that the most powerful version of…
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Here are the only Tesla vehicles that now have access to the $7,500 EV incentive

Tesla has officially revealed its electric vehicles that still retain access to the $7,500 federal incentive following the rule changes in 2024. Over the last few months, Tesla has released a bunch of new statements about changes to the eligibility of its electric vehicles to the federal tax credit in 2024. We are still calling it a “tax credit”, but it is effectively a point-of-sale…
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