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Bitcoin Virtual Machine Will Soon Let Users Create AI Models on Bitcoin Network

“We've figured out a way to put AI on-chain,” lead developer punk3700 told CoinDesk in an X message.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Finance

Prediction Market Kalshi to Take Bets on Crypto (Settled in Dollars)

The CFTC-regulated platform will let traders bet on how high ETH will go this year and other price outcomes amid renewed interest in both crypto and prediction markets.

Group portrait centered on Isadora Duncan, seated with her hands in her lap holding a crystal ball and gazing downwards. She is surrounded by six other female dancers who are posing in standing, kneeling, or sitting positions, and all gazing at her. In the background are four curtained windows and potted plants.

Finance

With Mastercard, MetaMask Tests First Blockchain-Powered Payment Card

Issued by Baanx, the card would let users spend their crypto "on everyday purchases, everywhere cards are accepted," according to marketing materials CoinDesk reviewed.

MetaMask test image (MetaMask)

Finance

Indian Crypto Investment Platform Mudrex to Offer U.S. Bitcoin ETFs to Indian Investors

Mudrex is a Y-Combinator-backed, California-headquartered entity with a subsidiary registered with the Intelligence Unit of India.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Finance

DWF Labs Invests $10M in TokenFi for AI-Push, TOKEN Crosses All-Time High

The purchase will be done over a two-year period, developers told CoinDesk.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

IOTA's Ecosystem Foundation Commits $10M for Tokenization, Trade Startups

The investment will focus on startups in the UAE and Africa.

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Floki Developers Plan to Burn $11M Tokens, Reducing Supply by 190B FLOKI

The figure represents 2% of the token’s circulating supply, or the number of tokens on the open market.

Money burning.

Finance

Morgan Stanley Evaluating Spot Bitcoin ETFs for Its Giant Brokerage Platform: Sources

Since spot bitcoin ETFs went live in January, chatter has increased about the imminent arrival of the big registered investment advisor (RIA) networks and broker-dealer platforms.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto Political Operation Targets California's Katie Porter by Undermining Her Base

A leading industry super PAC, Fairshake, is appealing directly to young crypto holders in Porter's state to reject the congresswoman's Senate bid

Crypto PAC Fairshake is asking California crypto voters to oppose Rep. Katie Porter in the U.S. Senate race there. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Frax Finance Mulls Uniswap-Like Reward Mechanism for Token Stakers

"We are going to follow Uniswap's lead in proposing it. It will be up to the community to pass it," CEO Sam Kazemian said.

Frax Finance's Sam Kaizeman (Wikipedia)