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Opera plans to launch a non-custodial stablecoin wallet, MiniPay, in Africa. This wallet, built on the Celo blockchain, allows users to send or receive stablecoins using their mobile numbers. However, concerns about high fees and unreliable service remain. MiniPay will only support Celo Dollar, aimed to prevent user confusion with multiple currencies. Despite the recent downturn in fintech, the blockchain sector maintains resilience in Europe.

U.S. and Vietnam solidify ties through business partnerships focused on AI technologies, cloud computing and semiconductors. Industry giants like Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia support this initiative, signaling Vietnam’s shift from economic centralization to a more open approach.

“Wallet 3.0, Web3’s killer application, is reshaping customer-brand engagement towards a more privacy-centric experience enabled by decentralized tech. Brands are recognizing the need for transparency and user privacy, transitioning to user-owned, NFT-enabled wallets for more direct and trustworthy interactions, leading to enhanced loyalty, lower CAC, and improved CLTV.”

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications may manipulate voter sentiment in the 2024 U.S elections, posing threats to democratic processes. Despite being a potential tool for propaganda, AI is also being employed to detect and counter disinformation threats on social media.”

“Blockchain technology’s mainstream adoption in Africa hinges on poverty eradication. Stakeholders believe a society devoid of poverty forms a stronger environment for blockchain incorporation. Despite economic struggles, Nigeria’s significant interest in cryptocurrencies and potential for blockchain integration shows promise. Nevertheless, this progress depends on achieving economic stability.”

“The introduction of blockchain with AI could enhance transparency, accountability, and audibility, reducing potential misuses of AI. Blockchain can secure data integrity when training AI models, enabling stakeholders to verify the decision-making process. However, real protection against intentional dangers of AI lies in decentralized, blockchain-based, social media platforms.”

“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.”

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.

“Cronos Labs has launched a recruitment phase for its $100M accelerator program, aiming to support early-stage projects that promote the adoption of decentralized applications (DApps). However, this strategy can inadvertently lure scammers using government-owned website URLs to dupe victims and access their crypto wallet holdings.”

“Cronos Labs is looking for eight innovative crypto startups to join their $100 million accelerator program, aiming to marry artificial intelligence (AI) with crypto. Blockchain developers are leveraging the growing interest in AI to accelerate the growth of the digital economy, projecting AI and cryptocurrency as the next critical turning point.”

Bulgarian platform Nexo launches a crypto Mastercard for European Economic Area (EEA) citizens to spend stablecoins globally via 100 million merchant terminals. The card also offers annual interest on stored balances, cashback, and credit line usage perks. However, Nexo recently faced legal issues in Bulgaria, raising concerns about its corporate governance. Further, earning potential is tied closely to the volatile crypto market.

Offchain Labs, creators of the Arbitrum blockchain, have developed a tool called Arbitrum Stylus to tap into the larger developer community. This tool facilitates easier working with popular languages like Rust, C++, and C without departing from the Ethereum Virtual Machine standard. It seeks to bring more developers towards the Ethereum ecosystem, leveraging languages more common than Solidity, the main Ethereum coding language. The ultimate deployment of Arbitrum Stylus rests with the Arbitrum DAO community.

Ethereum scaling firm Polygon has unveiled a toolkit for blockchain developers to create customized Layer 2 chains with zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. This opens up potentials for evolving ‘Supernets’ using the firm’s ZK technology, aiming to build the “Value Layer of the internet”.

Python’s versatility and straightforward approach, supported by libraries like Django, Flask, Pandas, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn, is fueling innovation across web development, data interpretation, machine learning, scientific computation and IoT. With this broad ecosystem and adaptability, Python is a leading force behind global technological transformation.

Approximately one in three US investors trust AI-generated financial advice without seeking additional sources, signifying a major acceptance of machine-aided decision making. However, skepticism still exists, with half of respondents hesitant to opt for AI-created financial advice in the future.

“The tech giant Naver Corp has launched CLOVA X, a state-of-the-art generative AI chatbot for Korean-language users. Built using supercomputing, data analysis capabilities and expertise in Korean language, CLOVA X hold conversations, summarize texts and generate stories, comparable to globally acclaimed AI systems.”