Fidelity estimated in a recent disclosure that Twitter is now worth about 33% of Elon Musk’s $44B purchase price, based on a markdown of its own Twitter stake (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Fidelity estimated in a recent disclosure that Twitter is now worth about 33% of Elon Musk’s $44B purchase price, based on a markdown of its own Twitter stake  —  Twitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity …

The future of TikTok bans

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Glassnode: 14.85% of all ether was held in exchange-controlled wallets on May 25, the lowest level since summer 2016, as staking soaks up the available supply (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:Glassnode: 14.85% of all ether was held in exchange-controlled wallets on May 25, the lowest level since summer 2016, as staking soaks up the available supply  —  The drop comes as the number of staked ether has surged.  —  The number of ether (ETH) on exchanges has […]

A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks (Matthew Gault/VICE)

Matthew Gault / VICE:A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that is using AI-generated images to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks  —  Discord’s captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.  […]