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🚹BREAKING: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in Paris, Faces 20 Years; Toncoin DropsPavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was detained at Le Bourget Airport in France on Saturday evening. TON coin powering The Open Network (hence TON) blockchain has dropped 17% on the news. TON is tightly integrated into Telegram Messenger Messenger with 900M+ users. French authorities are investigating allegations related to Telegram's alleged facilitation of crimes, including terrorism,drug trafficking, and money laundering. Durov, who arrived on a private jet, under a warrant for allegedly refusing to cooperate with law enforcement and being implicated in crimes facilitated through Telegram, including terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Durov, who holds French citizenship, could face up to 20 years in prison. The case highlights the ongoing tension between tech companies' commitment to privacy and the need for law enforcement access to combat criminal activity. More to follow.
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Using ChatGPT or Google Gemini? Think again: Your data is for sale. (There’s a better alternative) What's at stake? đŸ€” When you use ChatGPT or Gemini, your conversations are stored on their servers
 
potentially exposing your personal thoughts, ideas, and data to third-party access. Even worse: đŸ€Ż This data can be harvested for profit through targeted advertising, sold to data brokers, or even shared with governments and law enforcement agencies. BUT: We’ve got a new kid on the block. Enter Venice.ai It’s a new LLM that prioritizes user privacy. Everyone is talking about it. Unlike its competitors, Venice doesn't store user data on its servers. Your conversations remain private, stored only in your browser, using local storage to keep your data safe. But how does it stack up to the likes of GPT-4 (ChatGPT)?
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Lamborghini enters Animoca Brands massive users base This is its biggest step into Web3 yet. Here’s why: 👇 Lamborghini is the latest luxury brand who joined Animoca Brand’s “Mocaverse”. Smart move. And this isn’t coincidence. Animoca Brands is building on the next Web3 “super-platform”, dubbed “Mocaverse”, for consumer brands. It’s a supercharged loyalty points ecosystem, deeply integrated with Animoca Brands' vast network of over 450 Web3 projects and investments. Users earn points with engagement, which gives them exclusive access to new experiences and IRL benefits. It doesn’t stop there: In July, Animoca Brands' Mocaverse partnered with TON Foundation to bring Mocaverse to 900M Telegram users.đŸ€Ż The punchline? This collab is Lamborghini’s biggest step into Web3 yet. And it positions it as one of the leading luxury car brands in deploying Web3 tech, gaming, and community. What’s your take? Comment below
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund ($1.71 trillion AuM), Swiss & Norway’s central banks invest in ‘Bitcoin’ đŸ’„ What’s happening: Central banks have revealed significant holdings in MicroStrategy: 🎰 Norges Bank: 1.123M shares = 0.45% = $154M 🎰 Swiss National Bank increasing its stake by 60% to 466,000 shares = 0.24% = $63M 🎰 Norway's sovereign wealth fund: $217M, 3x its stake over the past year, with a 0.89% ownership ($304M). Why Microstrategy? That’s not Bitcoin, right? Wait: ☝ Microstrategy is the company of Michael Saylor 
 
 a US business man an prominent Bitcoin evangelist. In Aug 2020, he started a risky strategy: Buy Bitcoin with Microstrategy’s treasury reserves. You bet: By now, Microstrategy holds 226,500 BTC valued at $13.8B, That’s HALF of its $26.3B market cap.đŸ€Ż Here’s where it gets interesting: As the company is publicly traded, it essentially turned into a “Bitcoin index”.
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Walmart’s Web3 strategy: “Show up early, be data driven, target communities.” I talked to Justin Breton, Head of Brand Marketing Innovation at Walmart. Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue ($611B), serving over 230M customers weekly. 3 key insights: 1. Focus on engagement, no immediate ROI required 2. Everything starts with data: For example, using Pinterest to recognize trends in data 3. Focus on communities, not target groups. Example: For instance, Walmart leverages Discord to support its efforts on Roblox, creating a dedicated community with 34,000 active members who discuss and nominate experiences and virtual items for Walmart's platform. Thank you for joining Justin Breton! 🙌 🎧 Listen here: https://www.dematerialzd.xyz/p/walmarts-approach-to-web3-community
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The flag of ETH is raised over Wall Street It happened: Ethereum ETFs are officially trading in the USđŸ’„ Why it matters:💡 People can now buy Ethereum through traditional brokerage accounts. The approval of Ethereum ETFs signals a maturing regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies. It could classify ETH as a commodity, NOT a security.đŸ€Ż And the SEC surrenders to a more powerful regulator... By the numbers:📈 U.S. spot ether ETFs debuted with $1.07B in trades, led by Grayscale's Ethereum Trust at $450M, but fell short of the $4.6B seen in bitcoin ETFs in January. Matt Hougan, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer: "Ether ETFs could drive ether prices to a record above $5,000. The new ETFs will garner up to $15B in new assets over 18 months." Devil’s Advocate: 😈 If ETF providers start accumulating large amounts of ETH, it could affect DeFi liquidity and functionality. This may also lead to concerns about centralization and control over the network. What's your take?
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Last year, the Ordinals (BRC-20) protocol brought NFTs to Bitcoin with over 66M inscriptions to date and a $2.65B market cap. Now, Bitcoin Runes introduces a new fungible token standard on Bitcoin, enabling a host of new innovations such as DeFi, tokenization, stablecoins, memecoins, and more. This is massive. I had the privilege to talk with Isabel Foxen Duke, who played a key role in launching the Ordinals protocol. Now she’s GP at UnbrokenChainGP, the first Ordinals hedge fund. Key takeaways: – Bitcoin Ordinals offer greater censorship resistance – Unique digital artifacts via Ordinals – New opportunities with Bitcoin Runes and DeFi – Venture capital shifts to Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions So what? 💡 Every builder and corporate should start considering Bitcoin as a serious contender to other L1 smart contract chains, whether it’s for asset tokenization, stablecoins, memecoins or even NFTs. Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQCj8q8sDAk
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