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(Bloomberg) — Grayscale Investments is making a bet that the approval of a U.S. cryptocurrency ETF is not too far off in the future. The digital-asset management firm has posted at least nine ETF-related positions to LinkedIn, signaling it is anticipating a green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission for a crypto ETF — a goal that has eluded U.S. funds for years. “The race to launch the first Bitcoin ETF is heating up,” said Todd Rosenbluth, director of ETF research for CFRA… Source link

LeBron James didn’t want to be here in the first place. It turns out his team didn’t need him. Team LeBron cruised to a 170-150 All-Star Game win over Team Durant on Sunday as James watched the second half from the bench. Giannis Antetokounmpo was perfect from the field, while Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard held their own in-game 3-point contest to lead the rout. Team LeBron won each of the first three quarters to carry a 146-125 edge into the final stanza, meaning that the first team to 170… Source link

The global financial services group BBVA and Google announced a partnership on Feb. 23 to develop an artificial intelligence platform to predict and prevent cyberattacks. The announcement comes on the heels of a potential breach in which credit card customers of the bank and other card issuers reported widespread fraudulent charges. Key Takeaways BBVA and Google are collaborating on Chronicle, a platform that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect and stop… Source link

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson doesn’t lack for confidence. Anderson has been outspoken over his career, whether he’s celebrating a home run or shutting down chatter about the unwritten rules, Anderson always delivers a good quote. Over the past two seasons, he’s backed all of it up. Anderson has hit .331/.357/.514 over his last 172 games. He’s won a batting title and a Silver Slugger, and is the catalyst for a White Sox team that’s expected to be a perennial playoff contender over… Source link

The Washington Football Team will go by that name again in 2021.  The team launched a website Tuesday that will chronicle the franchise’s name change. On the front page of the site, it states “the future of Washington Football arrives in 2022.” The website also includes a timeline that walks fans through the name-change process. It includes five chapters: Transformation, discovery, insight, creation and execution. Throughout the process, the team will take suggestions from fans. In the… Source link

Lawmakers in Congress are drafting a bill that would let news publishers team up against Facebook and Google. The House Judiciary Committee plans to roll out legislation in the coming weeks to allow small US news organizations to collectively bargain with the two tech titans, according to Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), the panel’s top Republican. The bill would add to the growing regulatory pressure on Facebook and Google, which have been accused of putting news… Source link

The tech giant said in a blog post Thursday that Marian Croak, a Black woman who has been a vice president at the company for six years working on a range of projects including getting public Wi-Fi on railroads in India, will run a new center focused on responsible AI within Google Research. The announcement, which included a video interview with Croak, touted her decades of tech experience and patents for technologies such as Voice over IP. Croak will report to Jeff Dean, Google’s head of… Source link

The reigning MVP has spoken, and he says there’s a new king out West. Milwaukee Bucks big man Giannis Antetokounmpo believes the Utah Jazz — and not the Los Angeles Lakers — are the best team in the Western Conference right now. Antetokounmpo made those comments following the Bucks’ 129-115 loss to the Jazz on Friday. Antetokounmpo was very complimentary of the Jazz, calling them “the best team in the West.” Around the 2:50 mark in… Source link

Bloomberg A Crypto Kid Had a $23,000-a-Month Condo. Then the Feds Came (Bloomberg) — Stefan Qin was just 19 when he claimed to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading.Buoyed with youthful confidence, Qin, a self-proclaimed math prodigy from Australia, dropped out of college in 2016 to start a hedge fund in New York he called Virgil Capital. He told potential clients he had developed an algorithm called Tenjin to monitor cryptocurrency exchanges around the world to seize on price… Source link

Ford F recently entered into a six-year partnership with Alphabet GOOGL owned Google, that will make the tech giant responsible for reinventing the connected vehicle experience aimed at accelerating the automaker’s current $11-billion restructuring plan. Highlights of the Partnership The alliance, effective 2023, will revolutionize virtually every element of the automotive business, from the way vehicles are designed, engineered and assembled to the way customers shop and then experience… Source link