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Gleen, a California-based chatbot service, raised $4.9 million in funding, attracting investors from both traditional software and crypto sectors. The firm focuses on blockchain infrastructure channels on Discord, with a proprietary machine-learning layer combating the issue of ‘hallucination’ in artificial intelligence systems and providing accurate data storage and retrieval.

“OriginTrail aims to build a ‘trusted knowledge foundation’ via a Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG) to counter AI-induced distortions or supply chain fraud. Leveraging blockchain technology, this multi-chain protocol allows users to create ‘knowledge assets’ and extract value from them.”

“Story Protocol is using blockchain technology to empower content creators and oversee their content, countering falsified AI-generated content. Meanwhile, Coinbase has launched an institutional-grade crypto lending platform, Coinbase Prime. These high-value projects symbolize the maturing crypto technology space.”

“dYdX is introducing decentralized order books to their platform and is shifting from the Ethereum network to the Cosmos network. CEO Charles d’Haussy proposes an innovative blend of decentralization and speed, hosting order books within the validators. This ambitious transition seeks to achieve a ‘purely decentralized’ order book exchange while ensuring high-speed crypto derivative responses.”

Alpha Protocol Ventures (APV), a group of crypto venture capitalists, have set up a $20 million fund for investing in promising blockchain gaming and digital collectibles sectors. The fund aims to uncover Web3 technologies’ potential and further expand the crypto ecosystem. It will also address issues like infrastructure, data protection, and supply chains, demonstrating the practical applications of blockchain beyond financial transactions.

MetaMask Snaps, a new plugin by Consensys, will allow different blockchain networks like Bitcoin and Solana to interact directly with the MetaMask wallet to facilitate transaction signing and smart contract understanding. However, concerns around user-friendliness, security checks, and notification inundation need to be addressed.

“Co-founder of Framework Ventures, Vance Spencer, suggests that AI could bring true “autonomy” to DAOs and envisions AI models becoming valuable on-chain assets. While this potential convergence of AI and blockchain holds promise, it also raises concerns about maintaining human oversight and preventing further digital divide.”

“AI is revolutionising blockchain and cryptocurrency but its adoption in writing smart contracts could be risky. The inexperienced programmers using AI tools could generate more bugs than they identify. While AI aids in code analysis and reverse engineering, it shouldn’t be relied upon to write code, especially by novices. It’s a double-edged sword presenting potential and scalability, but posing significant security challenges.”

“yPredict, a trading research and analysis platform, combines AI and financial expertise, offering data-centric tools for insightful investment choices. It runs on the Polygon Matic chain using YPRED tokens, which allow access to predictive models and participation in the platform’s decision-making process. Its diverse analytical tools go beyond price predictions.”

In its first significant mishap, Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base, experienced an outage halting new block production. Despite quick repair and recovery, concerns about the reliability of such newer networks have been raised. The future of blockchain may be promising, but these newer platforms must work on technical robustness and gaining users’ trust. Meanwhile, Genesis Global Trading announced the voluntary cessation of its spot trading services, reflecting the stiff competition and constant evolution in the crypto market.

A multidisciplinary team from the University of Oxford developed JAX-LOB, the first GPU-accelerated limit order book simulator. Using JAX, a high-performing machine learning system by Google, the simulator enables AI training directly on financial data, potentially revolutionizing the financial world.

The Regulated Liability Network (RLN), a U.K. based financial marketplace infrastructure, is working on a use case involving the consumer domestic payment case with the central bank digital currency (CBDC). Exploring how commercial bank money and CBDC could coexist, the RLN aims to maintain equilibrium between the two. The network further mitigates authorized push payment fraud and quickens settlement time. Despite the complexity of regulations and jurisdictions, systems like RLN are key to a seamless digital economy transition.

MetaMask has enhanced its user experience by allowing ETH conversion to fiat currency. Despite advancements, it faces scamming challenges with fraudsters creating bogus MetaMask sites for illegal activities. Users need to be vigilant and proactive in reporting any suspicious activity or compromised security details to MetaMask.