Crypto News & Tech Updates

2023-05-13 12:03:31 Binance announced the end of operations in Canada due to increased regulation. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-12 15:30:49 The number of long-term BTCs that haven't touched a coin for more than 154 days has reached ATH of 14.3 million coins

ETH, by the way, has the opposite situation, the number of long-term coins is decreasing Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-12 11:08:09 YouTube blocks the ad blocker on it, and it will prevent its users from watching the video

⬤ Some YouTubers are starting to receive pop-up messages notifying them that they must disable ad-blockers in order to watch.

⬤ The company confirmed that it is testing preventing users who block ads from viewing, and promoting their paid "Premium" service.

⬤ Ads are the most important source of income for YouTube and most of the content makers on it, and in recent years the platform has clearly increased ads. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-12 01:50:06 Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he found a new CEO for Twitter.

"She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops," Musk said on Twitter.

He did not specify who would be taking over for him at the social media company. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-11 18:00:19 New York has introduced a bill to accept stablecoins as collateral. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-11 13:01:39 Google is testing a powerful new translation service, “Universal Translator”, that redubs video in a new language while also synchronizing the speaker’s lips with words they never spoke. It could be very useful for a lot of reasons, but the company was upfront about the possibility of abuse and the steps taken to prevent it.

The “experimental” service takes an input video, in this case a lecture from an online course originally recorded in English, transcribes the speech, translates it, regenerates the speech (matching style and tone) in that language, and then edits the video so that the speaker’s lips more closely match the new audio. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-10 19:00:48 PayPal crypto holdings up 56%

PayPal considers crypto assets to be a "protective obligation" due to the "unique risks associated with cryptocurrencies". The main reserves of the company consist of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Of these, $499 million are in BTC, $362 million and $82 million are in ETH and LTC, respectively. Buka / Bagaimana

2023-05-10 11:41:02 The Turkish government has officially launched a virtual office in the metaverse. Buka / Bagaimana