Rumors of a new native ‘Twitter Coin’ emerge while Dogecoiners remain hopeful
Social media users are swirling around rumors that Twitter is looking at introducing its own native asset called “Twitter Coin” to be used for payments and tipping on the platform. Some are citing the initial reports from sources such as Nima Owji, who runs an app-focused information leak account on Twitter. On Dec. 4, he posted a screenshot of what appears to be a prototype Twitter interface showing a “Coins” option for tipping, along with a vector image showing a coin bearing Twitter’s logo. #Twitter is working on Coins! pic.twitter.com/67upjUn37D — Nima Owji (@nima_owji) December 3, 2022 Others have pointed to tweets from tech researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who claimed to have extracted code from a specific version of Twitter’s web app to find the same information as Owji, though the pos...
Crypto Twitter uses new AI chatbot to make trading bots, blogs and even songs
The crypto community appears to be having a ball with ChatGPT, a recently launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot created by research company OpenAI — using it for a multitude of applications including a trading bot, a crypto blog, and even an original song. The bot is a language interface tool that OpenAI says can interact “in a conversational way” and can be used to answer questions or assist in making almost anything it’s prompted to create, with some limitations. A user on Twitter posted their interaction with ChatGPT showing that from a simple prompt the tool created a basic trading bot using Pine Script, a programming language used for the financial software TradingView. Should I try running this chatGPT generated crypto trading algorithm? pic.twitter.com/0xlFoTNYdL — Guy (@who...
Vitalik Buterin on the crypto blues: Focus on the tech, not the price
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared some sage advice for traders feeling the blues of the crypto bear market: Focus on the tech rather than the price. The Ethereum co-founder made the recommendation in response to a Dec. 3 post from self-described crypto investor CoinMamba, echoing what many crypto investors are likely feeling at the moment. After 9 years in crypto I’m kinda exhausted. I want to move on and do something different with my life. Tired of all these scammers and fraudsters.. — CoinMamba (@coinmamba) December 3, 2022 “After 9 years in crypto I’m kinda exhausted. I want to move on and do something different with my life. Tired of all these scammers and fraudsters,” CoinMamba said. The crypto industry has continued to be bombarded with unsavoury news since&...
Crypto community weighs in on SBF’s ‘apology tour’
The former CEO of FTX, Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, has seemingly begun to embark on an apology tour to redeem his image a month after the sudden implosion of FTX, which revealed that the exchange had been improperly using customer and investor funds. OnNov. 30, Bankman-Fried made his first live public appearance since the collapse of FTX — answering a number of questions during the DealBook Summit in New York. During the interview, Bankman-Fried claimed to have “unknowingly commingled funds” between Alameda and customer funds at FTX. He shared: “I unknowingly commingled funds. […] I was frankly surprised by how big Alameda’s position was, which points to another failure of oversight on my part and failure to appoint someone to be chiefly in charge of that.” In another interv...
“How’s That Free Speech?” Jack White Mocks Elon Musk After Twitter Bans Kanye West
“So Elon, how’s that ‘free speech’ thing working out?” Jack White wrote to Elon Musk after Twitter‘s new owner suspended Kanye West for antisemitic incitement to violence. After West’s December 1st interview with Alex Jones in which he repeatedly praised Hitler, the artist whose legal name is Ye tweeted out an altered image of a Swastika. Musk posted that West had “again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.” “Oh, I see, so you have to CHOOSE who gets free speech and who doesn’t then?” White posted on December 2nd. “What kind of crybaby liberal suspends someone’s free speech?” Advertisement Related Video White has been publicly critical of Musk’s so-called “free speech” approach to content moderation ever since he announced that Donald Trump woul...
Kanye West aka Ye Suspended From Twitter After Posting Swastika
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Ye has gone full Nazi, and there will be consequences. Case in point, the artist formerly known as Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter, again—this time for posting a swastika. By now you’ve surely heard about Ye’s Thursday (Dec. 1) appearance on InfoWars with infamous right-wing cretin Alex Jones. Even Jones, who just declared bankruptcy to avoid paying millions to the Sandy Hook families he slandered, tried to steer Ye away from the rampant antisemitism, that included praise for Hitler. So yeah, that didn’t happen. And then, Ye carried his problematic rhetoric over to Twitter, where he posted an image of a swastika inside the Star of David. The pic was promptly deleted, and soon enough, Ye’s account was suspended. Elon Musk himself to...
Elon Musk Suspends Kanye West from Twitter for Incitement of Violence
Kanye West’s antisemitism is a bridge too far, even for Elon Musk. In one of his first acts of censorship since assuming control of Twitter, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” deleted a series of West’s tweets featuring a swastika and imposed a 12-hour suspension on West’s account. West reacted to the news by sharing a text message from Musk, in which the Twitter CEO wrote, “Sorry, but you have gone too far. This is not love.” West also posted a shirtless photo of Musk, which he declared to be “my final tweet.” Related Video Musk responded to West via his own Twitter account. “This is fine,” Musk tweeted in response to the shirtless photo. “This is not,” he added in response to West’s use of the swastika. Advertisement In response to a Twitter user asking Musk to “fix Kanye pleas...
Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk Reportedly Thinks Berating Advertisers Is A Good Way To Bring Them Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty/ Elon Musk Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, is giving a master class on successfully ruining a company in a short period. Spotted on Raw Story, Elon Musk’s Twitter has been losing advertisers at breakneck speed, and it’s all the Tesla CEO’s fault. His effort to rectify the situation reportedly is to criticize the companies for abandoning the Twitter ship, and spoiler alert, his plan is not working. Per Raw Story: The tech entrepreneur’s first month as Twitter owner has chased off half of the company’s top 100 advertisers, who have paused spending over concerns about content moderation and the firing of most of its ad sales team, and Musk has been unable to strong-arm them into returning, reported the Financial Times. “He seems to put o...
All the Music Stars Who Have Left Twitter After Elon Musk Took Over
In October, it was revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk took control of Twitter after a lengthy legal battle and months of uncertainty. Since beginning his reign on the popular social media platform, the multi-billionaire has made a number of controversial decisions, including reinstating former president Donald Trump to Twitter after the site’s previous owners had permanently suspended him for violating company rules in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The decision to reactivate Trump’s account comes after Musk posted a Twitter poll asking users if they would like to see the former president back on the platform — days after Trump announced his third White House bid. After that, Musk announced that he would return the suspended Trump account after around 15 million u...
CoinList addresses ‘FUD’ on withdrawals, cites technical issues for delays
Cryptocurrency exchange and initial coin offering (ICO) platform CoinList took to Twitter to address “FUD” after a blogger tweeted that users reported being unable to withdraw funds for over a week, sparking fears the company was having liquidity issues or w insolvent. “There is a lot of FUD going around that we would like to address head-on,” CoinList said in a Nov. 24 Twitter thread that stated that the exchange is “not insolvent, illiquid, or near bankruptcy.” It said, however, that its deposits and withdrawals are affected by “technical issues.” 2/ We are upgrading our internal ledger systems and are migrating wallet addresses involving multiple custodians. This is one of many efforts we are undertaking to offer our customers around the world better products and services while mai...
CoinList addresses ‘FUD’ on withdrawals, cites technical issues for delays
Cryptocurrency exchange and initial coin offering (ICO) platform CoinList took to Twitter to address “FUD” after a blogger tweeted that users reported being unable to withdraw funds for over a week, sparking fears the company was having liquidity issues or w insolvent. “There is a lot of FUD going around that we would like to address head-on,” CoinList said in a Nov. 24 Twitter thread that stated that the exchange is “not insolvent, illiquid, or near bankruptcy.” It said, however, that its deposits and withdrawals are affected by “technical issues.” 2/ We are upgrading our internal ledger systems and are migrating wallet addresses involving multiple custodians. This is one of many efforts we are undertaking to offer our customers around the world better products and services while mai...
ApeCoin geo-blocks US stakers, two Apes sell for $1M each, marketplace launched
United States-based ApeCoin (APE) holders could miss out on staking rewards after the U.S. was added to a list of regions geo-blocked from using an upcoming APE staking service. Blockchain infrastructure company Horizen Labs, which is building the site on behalf of the ApeCoin decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), revealed the news in a Nov. 24 update regarding ApeStake.io on Twitter, saying “unfortunately, in today’s regulatory environment, we had no good alternative.” Ape Staking Update: Big thanks to the talented community devs for their helpful improvements. Bug Bounty AIP delayed us a bit, so we shortened the pre-deposit period by a week to keep our original 12/12 go-live. Alternate front-end sites going live. See card. pic.twitter.com/mgmP7X3SwQ — Horizen Labs (@HorizenLabs) N...
