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Switzerland’s New Regulations for Blockchain And DLT Trading Facilities Usher In A New Era Of Clearer And Lighter Regulatory Regimes
A short article piece submitted by Christoph Besmer, Trade Commissioner, Investment Promotion Switzerland.
Hong Kong's Crypto Rise: Harbinger for China?
Hong Kong's rising status as a crypto hub amidst regulatory amicability sparks speculations on China's evolving stance towards digital assets. The significant crypto activity in Hong Kong, combined with its thriving Over-The-Counter market, reflects a conducive environment for both institutional and retail crypto engagements. As Hong Kong continues to bolster its crypto market, it might be hinting at China's exploratory approach towards understanding and possibly embracing digital assets in the long term.
Microsoft Takes Down COVID-19 Cyber Criminals to Eliminate "Business Email Compromise" Attacks
Scammers have been taking advantage of COVID-19 and the worldwide economic crisis revolving around it to retrieve personal information and phish data from Microsoft users.
Binance to Reward New Users with 15,000 USDT in Token Vouchers
Binance offers 15,000 USDT in token vouchers for new users via 'Buy Crypto' feature.
Binance Offers 1 BNB Reward for $100 Trades in Convert, Spot, and Futures
Binance announces a new promotion for traders to win 1 BNB by trading $100 on Convert, Spot, and Futures.
Binance Launches P2P Cash Trade Fiesta with 7,000 FDUSD Prize Pool
Binance introduces the P2P Cash Trade Fiesta, offering users a chance to win a share of 7,000 FDUSD through trading and referrals.
Binance P2P Launches Exclusive Promotion for African Users with 10,000 USDT Reward Pool
Binance P2P announces a promotion for African users, offering a 10,000 USDT reward pool in token vouchers for eligible participants.
Binance Launches VIP 'Rising Star' Program with $20,000 in Rewards
Binance introduces the 'Rising Star' Program, offering VIP+1 Vouchers and 20,000 USDT in fee rebate vouchers. Promotion runs from June 19 to July 18, 2024.
Binance Launches Promotion to Share 20,000 USDC in Token Vouchers
Binance introduces a new promotion where users can share 20,000 USDC in token vouchers by depositing and trading selected AI tokens.
Anthropic Introduces Enhanced Prompt Evaluation Tools for AI Developers
Anthropic has launched new features in its Console to help AI developers generate, test, and evaluate prompts, streamlining the development process.
Binance Launches PEPE Flexible Products With Up to 8% Bonus Tiered APR
Binance introduces a promotion for Pepe (PEPE) Simple Earn Flexible Products, offering up to 8% Bonus Tiered APR during the promotion period.
Binance Launches Ethereum (ETH) Promotion with $40,000 USDC Rewards
Binance introduces a new promotion for Ethereum users, offering $40,000 USDC in rewards for depositing, copying, or trading selected tokens.
Binance Futures Introduces Trailing Features Promotion with 30,000 USDT Reward Pool
Binance Futures launches a promotion for USDⓈ-M Futures Grid users, offering a 30,000 USDT prize pool for utilizing Trailing Up and Trailing Down features.
Binance Announces 50,000 FDUSD Rewards for Completing Deposit and Trading Tasks
Binance launches a promotion offering a share of 50,000 FDUSD to selected users who complete deposit and trading tasks during the specified period.
Enhancing LLM Tool-Calling Performance with Few-Shot Prompting
LangChain's experiments reveal how few-shot prompting significantly boosts LLM tool-calling accuracy, especially for complex tasks.
Binance Offers $100,000 USDC Rewards and Loss Protection for Spot Trading Participants
Binance announces a promotion for new and existing users, offering $100,000 USDC in rewards and loss protection for Spot trading activities.
Binance Pay Offers Up to 35 USDT in New Conversion Campaign
Binance Pay users can win up to 35 USDT by participating in a new conversion campaign running from August 1 to August 15, 2024.
Binance Launches Crypto Lemonade Summer Promotion with 500,000 USDC in Rewards
Binance announces its Crypto Lemonade Summer promotion, offering users a chance to win a share of 500,000 USDC by participating in the referral program.
Binance Pay Offers 20% Discount on First Mobile Top-Up for New Users
Binance Pay announces a 20% discount on the first mobile top-up for new users who spend at least 1.5 USDT equivalent. Promotion runs from August 15 to September 15, 2024.
Character.AI Introduces Prompt Poet to Revolutionize Prompt Design
Character.AI unveils Prompt Poet, a tool designed to streamline prompt design for developers and non-technical users, enhancing AI interactions.
Binance Square Extends 'Write to Earn' Promotion with Enhanced Rewards
Binance Square extends its 'Write to Earn' promotion, allowing creators to earn up to 30% trading fee commissions by posting content. New reward structure announced.
Binance Announces VIP ‘Supernova’ Program with $20,000 in Rewards
Binance introduces the VIP 'Supernova' Program, offering $20,000 in rewards through Binance Gift Packs and Trading Fee Rebate vouchers.
Binance Affiliates Can Earn Up to 95,000 USDC in New Content Challenge
Binance announces a content challenge campaign for affiliates with rewards up to 95,000 USDC. The campaign runs from August 27 to September 30, 2024.
Binance Margin Launches USDC Interest Fee Rebate Promotion
Binance Margin announces a promotion offering 130,000 USDC in interest fee rebates for eligible users who increase their margin trading volume.
Binance Pay Offers Users Up to 2,400,000 BONK in September Promotion
Binance Pay unveils a promotion offering users the chance to win up to 2,400,000 BONK for qualified purchases made this September.
Binance Launches Zero-Fee Promotion for EUR Deposits and Trading Pairs
Binance introduces a zero-fee promotion for EUR deposits and spot trading pairs, available to eligible users from August 16 to September 16, 2024.
Binance Unveils 50,000 FDUSD Reward Campaign with Task-Based Vault Unlocking
Binance announces a promotion offering 50,000 FDUSD in rewards. Complete tasks to collect icon cards and unlock the vault.
Binance Announces Promotion for Fixed Rate Loans with Prizes Up to 799 USDC
Binance launches a new promotion for its Fixed Rate Loans, offering users the chance to win up to 799 USDC. The campaign runs from September 19 to October 11, 2024.
Binance Offers Up to 104 USDC in Exclusive Promotion for New and Existing Users
Binance has launched a promotion allowing users to earn up to 104 USDC through deposits or crypto purchases. The promotion runs from September 19 to October 17, 2024.
Binance Launches VIP Beacon Program with Up to $1,200 in Rewards
Binance announces the VIP Beacon Program, offering qualified former VIP users the chance to win up to $1,200 in vouchers. Promotion runs from Sept 26 to Oct 9, 2024.
Binance Launches Exclusive P2P Merchant Program Promotion in South Asia
Binance announces a limited-time P2P Merchant Program promotion for South Asia, encouraging experienced users to join and benefit from versatile payment options and advanced security.
Binance Announces MENASA Promotions: Win 55,000 FDUSD in Rewards
Binance launches exclusive promotions for new Futures users in the MENASA region, offering 55,000 FDUSD in rewards through various trading competitions and tasks.
Binance Launches Futures Present Promotion with 12,000 USDT Rewards
Binance introduces the Futures Present Promotion, allowing users to share Futures positions and earn from a 12,000 USDT reward pool. The promotion runs from October 30 to November 12, 2024.
Binance Launches Diwali Promotion for South Asian P2P Merchants
Binance announces a Diwali promotion offering South Asian P2P merchants a chance to upgrade their VIP level and enjoy discounted maker fees.
xAI Unveils PromptIDE for Enhanced Prompt Engineering
xAI introduces PromptIDE, a new integrated development environment designed to advance prompt engineering and interpretability research, offering a rich feature set for developers.
LangChain Unveils Prompt Canvas to Enhance AI Prompt Development
LangChain introduces Prompt Canvas, a new tool for creating and optimizing AI prompts with the help of LLM agents, aimed at simplifying prompt engineering.
LangChain Introduces Promptim for Enhanced AI Prompt Optimization
LangChain launches Promptim, an experimental library aimed at automating prompt optimization for AI systems, offering a systematic approach to improve prompts with minimal manual intervention.
Twitch Offers Bitcoin Discount to 15 million Gaming and Livestreaming Subscribers
Twitch is now leveraging BitPay’s digital currency processing network to facilitate Bitcoin cryptocurrency payments and has announced a special 10% crypto discount promotion.
President Biden Amplifies AI Safety and Security Measures with Executive Order
President Biden has issued an Executive Order on October 30, 2023, aiming to improve AI safety, security, and trustworthiness. The order requires rigorous testing of critical AI systems, advocates for data privacy legislation, and promotes AI's positive impact on healthcare, education, and the labor market.
Binance Introduces New Margin Pairs for BAND, FLM, STMX, ADX, PROM, and PROS
Binance introduces new Cross Margin pairs, including BAND/USDT, FLM/USDT, and STMX/USDT, along with new Isolated Margin pairs, ADX/USDT, PROM/USDT, and PROS/USDT.
PwC Cybersecurity: CatchMe if you Kan
Felix Kan is a Partner in PwC’s Risk Assurance Cybersecurity Privacy practice with 10 years of extensive experience. Kan began his career as an ethical hacker and has committed his career to helping Hong Kong companies enhance their protections against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.
Binance Launches Referral Promotion for African Users with 17,500 USDT in Token Voucher Rewards
Binance is launching a new referral scheme targeting users in the Africa region, offering a reward pool of 17,500 USDT in token vouchers. The promotion runs from September 18 to October 2, 2023, and requires users to register and complete KYC within the promotion timeframe. The rewards will be distributed within 20 days post-promotion.
Singapore High Court Approves iSanctuary's Use of NFTs for Financial Investigations
In a legal first for Singapore, the High Court has granted permission to UK-based financial investigation firm Intelligent Sanctuary (iSanctuary) to use nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in tracking and freezing assets related to a hack. The NFTs, created in partnership with Mintable, will serve as a warning to counterparties and exchanges and enable real-time tracking of transactions from the compromised wallets.
Opera Browser Launches AI Prompt Feature
Opera One, the latest version of the Opera browser, now includes an AI integration known as AI Prompt, providing contextual prompts for web pages and highlighted text. The new version also includes access to other AI tools like ChatGPT and ChatSonic. The generative AI feature will enable shortened texts for accessible reads, explanations of complex ideas, and content creation. The updated browser is a Web3, "future proof" platform.
Scorpion Casino Launches Exciting Easter Promo with 40% Bonus Token Offer
Scorpion Casino kicks off an enticing Easter promotion, offering a staggering 40% additional tokens with purchases using the code EASTER40, amidst a successful pre-sale campaign.
Midjourney V6 Alpha Unveils Major Enhancements: A Leap in AI-Driven Image Generation
Midjourney's V6 alpha update, a significant advancement in AI-driven image generation, offers enhanced prompt interpretation, smarter generation, remixing, improved upscaling, and additional image manipulation options. Despite mixed user reactions, the update's detailed, realistic outputs have garnered praise.
UK Government Wants FCA Oversight on Crypto Investment Advertising
The UK Government has proposed that crypto asset promotions should fall under the scope of the Financial Conduct Authority’s existing oversight and does not require a whole new framework just for digital assets.
UK Regulator Cracks the Whip on Deceptive Cryptocurrency Ads
The United Kingdom regulator intends to bring crypto promotions into line with other financial advertisements, to make sure these advertisements are transparent and fair.
Google Unveils Batch Calibration to Enhance LLM Performance
Google Research introduces Batch Calibration (BC), a method designed to enhance Large Language Models (LLMs) performance by reducing design decision sensitivities. Unveiled on October 13, 2023, BC significantly improves performance across various tasks, showing promise for more robust LLM applications. It stands out for its zero-shot, self-adaptive nature, and negligible additional computational costs, presenting a notable advancement in the field of machine learning.
US Authorities Uncover Chinese-linked Bitcoin Mining Operations
US authorities have identified a significant number of Chinese-linked Bitcoin mining operations across the United States, sparking national security concerns. Published by The New York Times on October 13, the report highlights the close proximity of some of these operations to critical military and infrastructure sites. Amidst escalating US-China political tensions, the surge in Chinese Bitcoin mining operations in the US, coupled with their substantial energy consumption, poses critical questions regarding cybersecurity, energy sustainability, and geopolitical dynamics.
What is Wordtune? Exploring the AI-Powered Writing Assistant
Wordtune, an AI-powered writing tool, offers real-time phrasing and sentence construction suggestions, enhancing human writing while allowing writers to maintain control over content.
Prometheum's License Approval: Republican Lawmakers Challenge SEC and FINRA Decisions
Prometheum Ember Capital's designation as the first digital asset SPBD has raised concerns among Republican House Committee members.
FCA Restricts Rebuildingsociety.com, Impeding Binance's UK Compliance Efforts
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed restrictions on Rebuildingsociety.com Ltd, a peer-to-peer lending platform, impacting its recent partnership with crypto exchange Binance for complying with the FCA's marketing regime. The regulation mandates firms to ensure transparent and fair marketing, affecting Binance’s strategy to serve the UK market. The move showcases the FCA's stringent stance towards ensuring marketing compliance, especially within the crypto sector.
Web3 Security Losses Skyrocket to $889.26M in Q3 2023, Says Beosin Report
The Q3 2023 Global Web3 Security Report, jointly initiated by Beosin and SUSS NiFT, reveals a concerning escalation in the Web3 security landscape. The report shows that losses from hacks, phishing scams, and rug pulls reached $889.26M in Q3 2023, exceeding the combined losses of the first two quarters. The report also highlights the increasing threat posed by North Korea's Lazarus group.
Fantom Foundation Wallets Compromised in Suspected Chrome Exploit
Fantom Foundation's wallets were reportedly compromised with a suspected Google Chrome zero-day exploit. While the breach resulted in a loss of $550K from the Foundation's funds, over 99% of their assets remain secure. The attacker demonstrated expertise in the DeFi ecosystem, with total gains estimated at $6.7 million.
FCA Unveils Guidance on Cryptoasset Promotions Compliance
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has issued a finalised non-handbook guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions, aiming to clarify compliance with new laws and balance consumer protection with innovation for long-term economic growth.
Binance Launches VIP Margin Trading Promo with USDT and Apple Vision Pro Rewards
Binance introduces a VIP Margin Trading Promotion offering up to 5,000 USDT, an Apple Vision Pro, and exclusive event invites for increasing trade volume.