Author: American Coins & Gold

Three Decentralized Platforms to Merge AI Tokens, Create AI Alliance
The three firms are seeking to create an AI collective to provide a decentralized alternative to existing projects that are controlled by Big Tech.

Layer-1 Blockchain Peaq Raises M to Expand Its DePIN Ecosystem
Crypto market data provider Messari estimates that decentralized physical infrastructure networks could have a market value of $3.5 trillion by 2028.

How Sam Bankman-Fried's Sentencing Hearing May Play Out
Sam Bankman-Fried will find out this week if he is potentially facing decades in prison. Judge Lewis Kaplan is set to sentence him for his conviction last year on two fraud charges and five conspiracy charges tied to the operation and collapse of FTX.

OKX Quietly Settled Regulatory 'Failings' With Malta Financial Services Authority
The $322,000 “goodwill” settlement with MFSA related to OKX’s Okcoin Europe subsidiary.

Galaxy Digital Has Several Positive Catalysts in Play This Year: Canaccord
The crypto firm’s fourth quarter was solid, and commentary about the performance through the end of February was even better, the report said.

Hong Kong-Based Asset Manager VSFG and Value Partners Apply for Spot Bitcoin ETF
Asset Manager VSFG, together with its partners, Value Partners, have applied for a spot-bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), its Head of Investment & Products Brian Chan told CoinDesk on Wednesday.

Vitalik Buterin Takes a Dig at the Metaverse, Calls it a Branding Ploy
Metaverse tokens have a $18 billion market cap, but we’re not quite at Ready Player One yet.

HSBC’s Gold Token Goes Live for Retail Investors in Hong Kong
The bank is claiming bragging rights for being the first bank to create a blockchain-based real world asset aimed at retail investors.

Munchables Exploited for M, North Korea-Linked Exploiter Returns Private Keys to Web 3 Firm
The broader crypto community is calling for a controversial chain rollback in a bid to recover funds.

Munchables Exploited for M, Hack Linked to Rogue North Korean Team Member
The broader crypto community is calling for a controversial chain rollback in a bid to recover funds.