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GBA Announces New AI Community for Government

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4 weeks ago

February 7, 2021

Washington, DC. In response to the Executive Order titled Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government, the Government Blockchain Association, GBA, is pleased to announce that we are launching the AI for Government Community, led by Mr. Oki Mek, the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, (CAIO), for US Health and Human Services, (HHS).

Mr. Mek, along with Jose Arrieta, Former CIO at HHS, developed Accelerate, the first blockchain-based program in the Federal government to get an authority-to-operate. This program was purported to save HHS $30 million over five years, according to MeriTalk, 2/11/2020. Mr. Mek’s leadership will be instrumental in supporting government’s use of Artificial intelligence (AI) for economic growth and improving the quality of life for their citizens.

The International Community will meet virtually, the first Monday of each month, from 3-4PM. On this call, Civil Servants from around the world can discuss best practices and lessons learned regarding government use of AI. Government employees from Tel-Aviv to Hyderabad can sign up discuss their intricate AI challenges.

The GBA Artificial Intelligence & Government Community of Interest is open to anyone in government who would like to join the conversation. GBA membership is free for all government employees. If you would like to join this community, please go to the GBA Membership page to register as a free civil servant and then go to the Community of Interest page to join this group.

* The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is the largest, most robust, and engaged blockchain association in the world. With over 120 chapters globally and more than 50 working groups, the GBA has thousands of public and private sector blockchain professional members from every continent. GBA members work in over 500 government offices at local, regional, national, and international levels.

About the Author:

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Kathy Dache’ is the Events Director of the Government Blockchain Association (GBA). She has over 30 years of training and events experience. She co-founded a blockchain professional networking group in 2016 and helped launch the Government Blockchain Association in 2017. She has conducted extensive research on blockchain and cryptocurrency topics including economic analysis, financial systems, and the impact of cryptocurrency adoption on governments.

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Bitcoin price is going to ‘infinity’ — Kraken CEO

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2 hours ago

March 4, 2021

Republished by Plato

Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth “infinity” and humanity will soon give up pricing it in U.S. dollars, says the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.

Speaking to Bloomberg on March 4, Jesse Powell was characteristically bullish on Bitcoin as BTC/USD broke above $50,000.

Powell: $1 million Bitcoin in ten years “reasonable”

“Of course, you know, we can only speculate, but when we measure it in terms of dollars, you have to think it’s going to infinity,” he told Bloomberg TV about future price trajectory.

“This national currency’s only fifty years old, it’s already showing extreme signs of weakness, and pretty soon I think people are going to start measuring the price of things in Bitcoin.”

Powell was commenting as the USD weakened alongside a macro market sell-off on Wednesday, an event which had next to no impact on Bitcoin. At the same time, the U.S. national debt quietly passed $28 trillion for the first time in history.

Despite a rejection of $50,000 support, Bitcoin bulls thus remained more than optimistic.

“The people that are believers in Bitcoin see… it’s going to replace all of the world’s currency, so that basically means whatever the market cap of the dollar is, the euro — all of that combined is what Bitcoin could be worth,” Powell continued.

“I think in the near term, people see it surpassing gold as a store of value, so I think $1 million as a price target within the next ten years is pretty reasonable.”

As Cointelegraph noted, Bitcoin closed February 26% above its target dictated by the stock-to-flow-based price models, with creator PlanB still confident that $100,000 will hit at some time this year.

*Bitcoin stock-to-flow chart as of Mar. 3, 2021. Source: Digitalik*

No time for gold

Meanwhile, the gold ecplise argument has been steadily gaining support on social media in particular, often at the expense of gold bugs, who are left with increasingly little ammunition to defend their anti-Bitcoin stance.

As Cointelegraph reported, it was billionaire and former Bitcoin skeptic Mark Cuban who this week took SchiffGold.com CEO Peter Schiff to task over his love of the precious metal. Gold, he told Schiff, “is dead.”

“Bitcoin has been crushing gold since inception,” Kraken growth lead Dan Held added in response to claims by Schiff that a bet against gold was a losing one.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-is-going-to-infinity-kraken-ceo

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Giottus technologies offers access to Bitfinex liquidity

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2 hours ago

March 4, 2021

Republished by Plato

Giottus Technologies (Giottus), a cryptocurrency exchange, today announced that it will provide access to liquidity on Bitfinex, providing its customers with some of the deepest crypto-to-crypto liquidity in the industry.

Giottus is also introducing the most competitive fee structure in India for its customers.

“Giottus customers can now enjoy high liquidity across BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, XRP/USDT, TRX/USDT, ETH/BTC, and many more. Through the strategic agreement with Bitfinex, we have further strengthened our compliance policies and procedures, both on and off-chain,” said Vikram Subburaj, Co-Founder & CEO at Giottus.

“The commitment to our customers comes first, which is why we have introduced the most competitive fees in India, 0% Maker & 0.075% Taker. Traditionally, the largest global exchanges charge these low fees only to customers trading USD 3Bn+ monthly. Giottus customers can enjoy these fee levels irrespective of their monthly trade volumes,” added Arjun Vijay, Co-Founder & COO at Giottus.

Benefits of this new strategic agreement include,

Some of the deepest crypto to crypto liquidity in the industry
The most competitive fees in India – 0% (Maker) & 0.075% (Taker)
Enhanced on & off-chain compliance and controls

About Giottus

Giottus is changing the way Indian users trade their digital assets by building a platform that is customer-centric along with top-tier customer support on par with the world’s best international exchanges. Preferred by beginners and veterans alike, Giottus offers products and solutions that cater to users of all segments.

Key product features include,

Trading in 100+ crypto pairs
One-Click INR Deposit and Buy
24×7 Banking Support
Multilingual Customer Support (English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu)
Superfast KYC processing

In the past month, Giottus has launched the trade of 30+ new INR-crypto pairs along with an improved compliance mechanism and upgraded tech-stack to support its growing Indian consumer base.

Giottus is highly rated and loved in India with a greater than 4.8 on 5 average ratings among reviews on Google, Facebook, and Trustscore.

Contact

Srivathsan A R, Chief Marketing Officer, Giottus @ [email protected]

For more details, visit their website or contact them on Telegram

Disclaimer: This is a paid post and should not be taken as news/advice

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Source: https://ambcrypto.com/giottus-technologies-offers-access-to-bitfinex-liquidity

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Coinbase CEO tops China’s Hurun list of blockchain billionaires

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3 hours ago

March 4, 2021

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The CEO of the United States’ largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has topped the list of global industry billionaires by China’s Hurun Research Institute.

Issued on March 2, the latest Hurun report provides a brief overview of the world’s richest, stating that the number of global billionaires has surged nearly 50% to hit over 3,000 people over the past five years. The report includes 17 “blockchain billionaires,” or industry entrepreneurs who made their fortune “mainly from cryptocurrency” as of January 2021.

According to the report, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the world’s biggest crypto billionaire, with his net worth surging ten-fold from $1 billion last year.

According to Hurun’s data, Armstrong now has an estimated wealth of $11.5 billion ahead of Coinbase’s imminent initial public offering. The company officially announced its IPO plans in December 2020 in a draft filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of Alameda Research and FTX exchange, is ranked the second-richest blockchain billionaire, with a net worth evaluated at $10 billion. The executive is a new entrant in the Hurun list, following the massive growth of FTX in 2020.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, is ranked the third, with total wealth estimated at $8 billion, up more than 200% from last year. In 2020, Zhao was featured as the richest crypto billionaire in the Hurun list, overtaking Bitmain’s co-founder Micree Zhan Ketuan.

The Hurun’s new blockchain billionaires list includes a number of major industry players like Ripple co-founders Chris Larsen, Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb, Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert, the Winklevoss brothers, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, and others. The list features a total of 11 new entrants in the list including major industry investor Tim Draper and Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Michael Novogratz.