Elon Musk tells advertisers trying to ‘blackmail’ X — ‘Go fuck yourself’

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is making the headlines again, this time for an expletive-laden outburst on live TV at an annual conference hosted by The New York Times.Speaking at the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Nov. 29, Elon Musk, the owner of micro-blogging platform X (former ...

Why is Dogecoin price down today?

The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) is down today, mirroring trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrency market.Why is Dogecoin price down today?On Nov. 28, DOGE's price dropped over 3.5% to $0.076, underperforming the crypto market, which fell by around 1.25% in the same period. The memecoin's price ...

Elon slings AI-generated insults at GPT-4 after OpenAI’s CEO mocks Grok

The launch of Elon Musk’s new “Grok” artificial intelligence (AI) system may not have made waves throughout the machine learning community or directly threatened the status quo, but it’s certainly drawn the attention of Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.  ...

NFT sales jump to $129M, OpenSea layoffs and Elon Musk slams NFTs: Nifty Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter, we dive into the dynamic world of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and their impact on the digital landscape, as NFT sales have skyrocketed to an impressive $129 million in November, according to data from Nansen. Despite the surge in sales, OpenSea has laid off a substantial ...

Elon Musk launches AI chatbot ‘Grok’ — says it can outperform ChatGPT

Elon Musk and his artificial intelligence startup xAI have released “Grok” — an AI chatbot which can supposedly outperform OpenAI’s first iteration of ChatGPT in several academic tests.The motivation behind building Gruk is to create AI tools equipped to assist huma ...

DeepMind co-founder chides Elon over UK AI summit comments: ‘He’s not an AI scientist’

Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Inflection AI and co-founder of Google’s DeepMind, had some strong words for Elon Musk during a post-event interview with the BBC after the recent United Kingdom artificial intelligence (AI) summit concluded on Nov. 2.As Cointelegraph reported, Musk leane ...

UK AI Safety Summit: Musk likens AI to ‘magic genie,’ says no jobs needed in future

The United Kingdom’s global summit on artificial intelligence safety, the AI Safety Summit, concluded on Nov. 2 with a one-on-one chat between U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and billionaire Elon Musk. Musk was one of the many big names to attend the summit, including heads of O ...

Elon Musk slams NFTs but ends up arguing the case for Bitcoin Ordinals

While publicly mocking non-fungible token (NFTs) during a podcast, Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk appears to have inadvertently highlighted the case for Bitcoin Ordinals, also known as Bitcoin NFTs. “The funny thing is the NFT is not even on the blockchain — it’s jus ...

UK AI Safety Summit begins with global leaders in attendance, remarks from China and Musk

The United Kingdom’s global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, “AI Safety Summit” began on Nov. 1 and will carry on through Nov. 2 with government officials and leading AI companies from the world in attendance, including from the United States and China. U.K. Prime Minist ...

Twitter is now worth half of the $44B Elon Musk paid for it: Report

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), is worth less than half of what the tech billionaire bought it for in October last year, an internal memo has reportedly revealed.According to an Oct. 30 report from Bloomberg, the internal memo and sources familiar with the ma ...

Elon Musk says posts busted by Community Notes won’t earn revenue share

Posts corrected by X’s community-driven fact-checking feature will be “ineligible for revenue share,” to stem the flow of misinformation and sensationalism, says Elon Musk. In an Oct. 29 X post, the executive chairman said misleading or inaccurate posts “corrected&r ...

Elon Musk’s X aims to revolutionize finance as a central hub

Elon Musk’s venture, X (formerly known as Twitter), aims to position itself as a central financial hub, encouraging individuals to consider using X as their primary financial solution instead of traditional bank accounts for various financial requirements.According to reports, during ...

Crypto speculations simmer after cryptic posts on X

The crypto community on X (formerly known as Twitter) has been thrown into a series of guessing games by a couple of cryptic posts made by prominent individuals.One of these posts was made by David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technical officer (CTO). He published a  picture of ...

Elon Musk, Mark Cuban team up to contest SEC trial strategies

Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, with others, have collaboratively submitted a shared amicus brief to the Supreme Court, wherein they raise concerns about the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approach to conducting internal proceedings without the inclusion of juries.Mark Cuban, ...

Gamers can now explore Mars in Tesla-inspired Cybertrucks — Here’s how

The Web3 game Mars4, which allows players to explore the surface of Mars, has unveiled two new exclusive rovers inspired by Tesla's Cybertrucks.For decades, space enthusiasts have had a fascination with Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover is giving us regular insight on what life is lik ...

TikTok Battling Influx of Elon Musk Crypto Scams

TikTok is currently grappling with a surge in fake cryptocurrency giveaway scams, with many of them impersonating figures like Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX, according to a recent report by Bleeping Computer. These scams typically involve tricking users into creating accounts on fraudulent cryptocurre ...

Why is Stellar (XLM) price up this week?

The Stellar token experienced a notable 11.5% increase in value between Sept. 2 and Sept. 8, a novelty given that Bitcoin and most altcoins are down for the week. The surge came after Stellar (XLM) tested the $0.113 support level, which marked its lowest point in the past eight weeks. T ...

Why is Dogecoin price up today?

Dogecoin (DOGE) price is up roughly 5% in the last 24 hours, mirroring trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrency market.Grayscale news pumps DogecoinDespite DOGE price being down 2.4% on Aug. 30, it's still up 5% from yesterday's lows, while the total crypto market capitalization has g ...

Elon Musk’s X moves closer to crypto payments with new state license

Rhode Island’s regulators have granted X (Twitter) a currency transmitter license marking a step forward for the company’s foray into the financial services sector. The license is legally required for companies conducting financial activities on behalf of users related to sending and ...

Weekend Wrap: Uniswap dev sacked for alleged rug, Steadefi hacker goes mixing and more

Uniswap dev loses job, was it worth it? A Uniswap developer known as “AzFlin” has been sacked by the founder of Uniswap Labs, Hayden Adams, for allegedly creating a memecoin and rug pulling it a few hours later for 14 wrapped-Ether (wETH), worth $25,800. It is understood ...

Weekend Wrap: Celsius’ Mashinsky fraud suit is on, Tether class suit dismissed and more

Celsius' Mashinsky motion to dismiss deniedThe former chief executive of crypto lending platform Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, is back on track to face a civil fraud lawsuit after a New Yor judge denied his motion to dismiss the case.A court order issued on Aug. 4 by New York Cou ...

No crypto plans for X: Elon Musk debunks scam token claims

Elon Musk has stated that his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has no plans to launch crypto tokens in response to a post regarding questionable X and Twitter-based digital currencies on Saturday, Aug. 5.In response to a post by DogeDesigner, Musk addressed the issue of scam toke ...

Agence France-Presse sues Elon Musk and X/Twitter over compensation for news

Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced a lawsuit against X, the company formerly known as Twitter, on Aug. 2, citing Europe’s “neighboring rights” legislation.According to a press release, AFP is asking the courts to force X — which the press release refers to as &ldq ...

Elon Musk tweets and Twitter bot spam influences altcoin prices: Study

Crypto-spouting Twitter bots could be playing a much larger role in artificially inflating the price of altcoins than previously understood, a new study has suggested.Using a sample of various FTX-listed cryptocurrencies in a study published Aug. 2, the Network Contagion Research ...

Crypto Biz: Elon Musk’s X targets financial services, PacWest emergency rescue and more

Social media platform X — formerly known as Twitter — may soon advance plans to add financial services to its users, hoping to become the American equivalent of the Chinese super-app WeChat.The concept of super-apps isn’t new. Tech giant Tencent, the company behind WeChat ...

Elon’s ‘not afraid of blowing things up’ — ex-Twitter exec on working under Musk

A former product director at Twitter, now X, has shed new light into the once inner workings of the social media firm, along with some of the peculiarities that come with working under entrepreneur Elon Musk. In a lengthy 2,400-word tweet and accompanying video, Crawford described the ...

Elon Musk to rebrand Twitter to X, but Crypto Twitter has other ideas

Twitter users, along with the avid crypto community, may soon see a very different version of the social media app — which is set to ditch its iconic blue bird logo for an “X” as part of a major rebrand. Crypto Twitter hasn’t been particularly thrilled with some of ...

Twitter to impose daily limits on DMs for unverified accounts, citing an effort to ‘reduce spam’

More controversial changes are coming to Twitter, with the social media platform set to introduce daily direct message (DM) limits for unverified users. In a July 21 tweet, Twitter Support stated that the platform will “soon be implementing some changes in our effort to reduce spam i ...

Tesla’s diamond hands: EV maker’s Bitcoin holdings see no change in Q2

For the fourth quarter in a row, Tesla hasn’t sold or added to its digital asset holdings, with the electric vehicle manufacturer continuing to hold $184 million worth of its remaining Bitcoin (BTC).In Q2 2023 earnings released on July 19, the net value of Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings stood at ...

Threads copies Twitter again, introduces ‘rate limits’ to combat bots

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots.Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the introduction of rate limits in a July 17 post on the Th ...

Elon Musk’s new AI startup is as ambitious as it is doomed

Almost nothing is known about Elon Musk’s latest endeavor, an artificial intelligence startup named xAI. But “almost nothing” is still something. And we can glean a lot from what little we do know.As Cointelegraph recently reported, Musk announced xAI on July 12 in a statement compris ...

Elon Musk kickstarts new AI company to ‘understand the universe’

American business magnate Elon Musk has launched a novel company dubbed “xAI” with the goal of understanding “the true nature of the universe."According to the July 12 announcement, xAI will work closely with Twitter, Tesla and other companies owned by Musk to “make ...

Crypto Biz: Winklevoss slams Silbert, Twitter’s double-edged sword and more

Twitter’s plans to roll out a payment platform took a major step forward this week as its subsidiary, Twitter Payments, received its first money transmitter licenses in the United States states of Michigan, New Hampshire and Missouri. The company — reportedly building a so ...

Elon Musk’s lawyers respond to motion to kick Tesla team off Dogecoin case: ‘Waste of this court’s time’

Lawyers representing billionaire Elon Musk and Tesla asked a United States district court judge to toss out a motion to have them sanctioned over alleged conflicts of interest in a $258 billion lawsuit alleging Musk participated in an illegal racketeering scheme related to the Dogecoin (DOGE) cry ...

Elon Musk calls for AI regulatory oversight: Report

Twitter's executive chairman Elon Musk continues to push for more regulatory oversight of artificial intelligence, claiming it may be "smarter than all humans at everything" in the future.In a video keynote address at a Chinese government-backed AI conference on July 5, Musk reportedly not ...

Twitter rival Mastodon’s active user base increases by 100K+

A day after Twitter imposed new limits on the number of posts users can see (based on their verification status), rival social media company Mastodon reported a significant increase in traffic. According to a July 2 post from Mastodon creator and CEO Eugen Rochko, the platform’s ...

Elon Musk imposes ‘rate limit’ on Twitter citing extreme ‘system manipulation’

Social media platform Twitter is temporarily limiting the number of posts that users will be allowed to read per day, after seeing “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” according to executive chairman Elon Musk. In a July 1 post, Musk said the temporary lim ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s jiu-jitsu or Elon Musk’s street-fight ‘walrus’ — Who will win?

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emerged as a clear favorite among betters in a proposed “cage match” with Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In the 48 hours since the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) challenge was issued by Musk, sports betting firms and odds providers hav ...

Twitter suspends memecoin-linked AI bot after Elon Musk’s ‘scam crypto’ claim

Twitter has suspended the account of the popular memecoin-linked artificial intelligence-powered bot “Explain This Bob” after Elon Musk alleged it was a “scam crypto account.”Musk alleged the account was a scam in a tweet on June 18 in a reply to the bot; the accoun ...

Dogecoin investors accuse Elon Musk of insider trading in amended class-action lawsuit

A group of Dogecoin (DOGE) investors has requested leave to amend a class-action lawsuit against soon-to-be former CEO of Twitter Elon Musk, alleging he manipulated the price of the meme token.In a May 31 filing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the ...

Dogecoin Surpasses Bitcoin and Ethereum with Over 2 Million Daily Transactions

According to Blockchair platform, the number of transactions in the Dogecoin network increased to 2 million per day, outperforming Bitcoin and Etherium. On Saturday, May 27, Dogecoin broke all previous records with more than 2 million transactions in 24 hours. In compa ...

Elon Musk’s Warning on Dogecoin: High Risks and Legal Battles

He warned investors against investing in this asset And while the token "holds a special place" in the billionaire's heart, it remains extremely volatile The WSJ board met yesterday, May 23. Among those present was Elon Musk, who unexpectedly warned investors abo ...

Elon Musk Advises Caution on Dogecoin Investment Despite Favoritism

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk warned investors not to bet everything on Dogecoin, stating that DOGE is his favorite coin. At a London conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk urged investors not to get their hopes too high for the memetic cryptocurrency DOGE ...

New Jersey Officials Take Action to Block Fraudulent TruthGPT Coin Scam

The New Jersey State's Attorney's Office and other officials have joined the efforts of their colleagues to block a fraudulent scam related to the TruthGPT Coin crypto-asset offering. Attorney General Matthew Platkin (Matthew J.. Platkin) ...

The Surprising Longevity of Dogecoin: Elon Musk’s Role and Community Support

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was surprised by the long existence of the meme cryptocurrency DOGE, which was made possible thanks to the support of Ilon Musk. In a recent Ask Me Anything (AMA) Twitter session, Changpeng Zhao said that the la ...

Elon Musk’s Support Extends the Life of Dogecoin, Surprising Binance CEO

CZ expected DOGE to disappear But Elon Musk took on the token Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, is surprised that Dogecoin has not yet disappeared and Elon Musk has extended the memcoin's life. "One memcoin that really surprised ...

Dogecoin Network Sets Record with Surge in Transactions After DRC-20 Introduction

The daily number of transactions in the Dogecoin network reached an all-time high after the introduction of the new DRC-20 standard, which allows the creation of NFT and other tokens in the meme cryptocurrency blockchain. According to BitInfoCharts, there were more than 1 ...

Elon Musk’s NFT Tweet Enriches Milady Meme Coin Owners by $20 Million

After Ilon Musk posted a picture of the NFT Milady collection on his Twitter page, the owners of the meme coin got rich by $20 million. These funds went mainly to the top 10 largest holders of the cryptocurrency Milady Meme Coin (LADYS), ...

Elon Musk Criticizes OpenAI’s Move to Commercial Model and Expresses Concerns over Control and Risks

He criticized the creator of ChatGPT And the project's plans to move to a commercial model Ion Musk harshly criticized OpenAI for its plans to abandon the nonprofit model. He emphasized his significant role in the creation of the startup. And he believes the o ...

Elon Musk’s Tweet Featuring Pepe the Frog Meme Causes Surge in PEPE Token Value

Billionaire Elon Musk used the image of Pepe the frog from memes in a tweet about constitutional amendments, and the value of the Pepe meme token immediately skyrocketed by 50%. PEPE's price hit a new all-time high of $0.00000431 per token on the day. The coin's market ca ...

Matrixport Research Head Warns Against Investing in Memetic Cryptocurrencies

Markus Thielen, head of research at Matrixport, compared investing in memetic cryptocurrencies with a passion for lottery games. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Markus Thielen noted that meme tokens have experienced a huge surge in recent weeks. Earlier this month, t ...

Elon Musk’s Tweet Boosts Sales of NFT Milady Collection by Over 2,000%

Ilon Musk posted a meme on his Twitter page with an image from the NFT Milady collection. Since the tweet was published, NFT Milady's sales are up more than 2,000%. "No meme.. I love you," Elon Musk captioned the picture. After that, the minimum price of the NFT Milady ...

Elon Musk Announces New Features Coming to Twitter, Including Message Encryption and Voice/Video Calls

And this night will launch message encryption Users will communicate without giving their phone number Ilon Musk announced new features that will soon be coming to Twitter. First, the app will be updated this night to introduce the option to encrypt messages. ...

Texas Securities Commission warns of fraudulent scheme promoting TruthGPT Coin using AI model

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to respond within ten days to a petition from a major U.S. crypto exchange to clarify rules governing the crypto industry. Coinbase legal chief Paul Gruel said the court r ...

Texas Securities Commission warns of fraudulent scheme promoting TruthGPT Coin using AI model

The Texas Securities Commission has warned of a fraudulent scheme promoting the crypto-asset TruthGPT Coin and allegedly using an artificial intelligence model called Elon Musk AI. According to a statement from commissioner Travis J. H. Hughes, a member of the Texas State ...

Binance CEO suggests using crypto to fight Twitter bots

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has proposed a solution to combat bots on Twitter using a special cryptocurrency commission. He suggested implementing the option for users to pay $0.x per comment made by those they don't follow. According to Zhao, this will make it too expensive for bots t ...

Dogecoin On-Chain Metrics Show Signs of Increase Despite Fading Twitter Hype

Despite the extinction of the hype around the topic of "Twitter", some on-chain metrics of the Dogecoin network show an increase. This may support the DOGE course The popular DOGE meme coin, created by the Dogecoin project, recently gained significantly and broke the $0.08 mark amid news that the ...

PleasrDAO and Own the Doge NFT Community Announce Kabosu Documentary

PleasrDAO and Own the Doge NFT community have revealed their plans to create a documentary about the beloved Shiba Inu dog, Kabosu, who inspired the popular Dogecoin cryptocurrency and became an icon of the meme world. The feature-length film will detail Kabosu's life journey, from being a neglec ...

Twitter’s Removal of Dogecoin Meme Symbol Causes 9.5% Drop in Value

The value of Dogecoin, the popular cryptocurrency that has taken the internet by storm, has experienced a significant drop of up to 9.5% following Twitter's removal of the Dogecoin meme symbol from its homepage. As of Friday, April 7, CoinGecko reports that Doge is trading at $0.082. The sudde ...

Founder of CryptoLaw explains reasons for delay in SEC lawsuit against Ripple

John Deaton, the founder of CryptoLaw, who is representing the interests of XRP holders, has shared his thoughts on the delay in the ruling of the US SEC lawsuit against Ripple. The XRP community has been actively discussing the SEC lawsuit against Ripple on Twitter, with many supporters hoping t ...

Musk Changes Twitter Logo to Dogecoin, DOGE Rate Rises Sharply

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has caused a stir by changing the social media platform's logo to that of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. As a result, the value of DOGE has soared to $0.10, thanks in no small part to Musk's well-known fondness for the meme-inspired currency, which he has previously ...

Technical Analysis of Dogecoin: Potential Bullish Breakout from Descending Channel

Dogecoin is trading near the resistance line of the descending parallel channel. A bullish break out of it could trigger a rapid rise in DOGE Earlier this week, the popular meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) was in the spotlight amid news that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk asked a US court to dismiss ...

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Seek Dismissal of $258 Billion DOGE Lawsuit

Lawyers representing Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, are seeking the dismissal of a $258 billion lawsuit filed against him in 2022 by a Dogecoin investor. Keith Johnson, the investor, accused Musk of engaging in a fraudulent scheme involving Dogecoin and falsely representing the cryp ...

Meta* joins the race to create a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot

Meta* has recently announced its plan to develop a new chatbot based on artificial intelligence (AI), joining the growing list of technology companies that are inspired by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The CEO of Meta*, Mark Zuckerberg, shared the news on Facebook* that the company wou ...

Elon Musk Admits to Boosting Dogecoin’s Value with a Tweet

On February 22, the CEO of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, Elon Musk, made a short post on Twitter about a dog that significantly increased the value of the meme cryptocurrency, Dogecoin. Within half an hour of Musk's tweet, the value of DOGE rose by 7%, and there was a weekly increase of almost 2%. ...