Human Protocol is a blockchain infrastructure designed to decentralize human labor by supporting the growth of digital job marketplaces. After recently launching on the Ethereum mainnet, the protocol has now gained the capacity to fully automate the lifecycle of data labeling jobs, enabling the collaboration of humans and machines to create and complete a host of real-world, fungible assignments. Working with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, users can now be rewarded in Human’s native token, HMT, for the successful completion of anti-bot visual challenges, such as the identification of traffic lights in a grid image. This data is then …

An artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to enhance traditional mobile banking with seamless crypto integration is about to launch v2 of its mobile application, describing it as an all-in-one crypto-financial solution. BlockBank, which describes itself as a platform designed for professional traders and new retail market participants, reported that the new version of its application is a significant advancement compared to what has been offered in the space so far. The application is said to consist of four main components: a centralized custodial wallet, a non-custodial Web 3.0 wallet, banking and an AI-powered robo-advisor. The team emphasized that users won’t have …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) portfolio manager SingularityDAO has appointed research scientist Chris Poulin as its new chief technology officer and head of artificial intelligence, underscoring the company’s ambitions for AI-driven investment solutions. In his new role, Poulin will be tasked with developing SingularityDAO’s DynaSets, an AI-powered system for building a curated basket of crypto investments. DynaSets hold a collection of DeFi tokens in one contract, allowing investors to more easily manage their portfolios. The job description also entails developing new AI-driven products for the DeFi sector. Prior to joining SingularityDAO, MIT-trained Poulin served for 13 years as managing partner of Patterns …

Blockchain artificial intelligence lab Fetch.ai has launched a new NFT marketplace for AI-generated art, giving users the ability to create digital collectibles in a collaborative setting through machine learning technology. The new platform, dubbed Colearn Paint, allows groups of creators to automatically generate and collectively own NFTs designed by a machine learning algorithm. The platform is geared towards “abstract compositions,” according to Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai, who cited “collective learning” as a major trend for the future. Collective learning is a concept within artificial intelligence that describes the application of deep learning algorithms to data and privacy. Users of …

A self-funded, community-driven decentralized blockchain wants to create a privacy coin ecosystem that doesn’t consume large amounts of energy. This platform, called BlackHat Coin, will use proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mining in addition to implementing its privacy layer on the zk-SNARK sapling protocol to provide fast, anonymous, and untraceable payments. “Today, it is not a secret to anyone that artificial intelligence-based systems for analyzing cryptocurrency transactions have been developed, terms of tokens use have been tightened, the interests of various centralized projects have been lobbied in every possible way,” the project said in its whitepaper. According to them, despite the fact …

Charts turned green as Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied to $32,858, but a number of analysts also cautioned that the market may not be out of the woods yet. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the top movers over the past 24-hours were Telcoin (TEL), Polygon (MATIC) and Axie Infinity (AXS), indicating that the recovery is widespread and not just confined to large-cap cryptocurrencies. As seen in the list above, the top-performing tokens represent a variety of cryptocurrency subsectors, including nonfungible tokens, artificial intelligence and decentralized finance projects. Telcoin secures new trading pairs on QuickSwap Telcoin (TEL), a …

Four men have reportedly been arrested in Japan's Aichi Prefecture for running an allegedly fraudulent crypto investment scheme that persuaded investors they could reap returns on the basis of an artificial intelligence (AI)-led trading system. Roughly 20,000 Japanese investors nationwide are thought to have been drawn into the scheme, which raised an estimated total of 6 billion yen ($55 million). The four suspects: Shoji Ishida, Yukihiro Yamashita, Takuya Hashiyada, and Masamichi Toshima, were arrested on July 12, according to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The alleged scam, dubbed the "Oz Project" promised that the automated, AI-based system would result in investors …

Distributed ledgers, in the form of blockchain technology, are jostling their way into financial markets, healthcare systems and the global supply chain, but perhaps the most significant disruption has yet to come. In recent months, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the spotlight as a stamp of legitimacy for digital goods, ranging from art to worn-out internet fads. However, the gaming industry is uniquely suited for the integration of NFTs, something already recognized by several notable entities in the gaming industry, particularly Sony, Ubisoft, GameStop and even Sega. If you find this hard to conceive, the analogy of the livable arcade …

Decentralized finance has become one of the fastest-growing sectors within the cryptocurrency ecosystem over the past year. At the time of writing, the total value locked in DeFi has exploded to over $100 billion. Despite impressive figures, decentralized finance is still in the beginning stages of development, which begs the question: What’s next for this disruptive financial technology? The next frontier will likely uncover new possibilities through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning joining with decentralized finance to create DeFi intelligence. DeFi intelligence in the wild Today, several companies are spearheading the integration of AI and machine learning with blockchain, …

Artificial intelligence research lab Fetch.ai has partnered with blockchain network Iota to enable a “controlled data sharing environment” for connected devices, setting the stage for a broad leap in Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities. The partnership, which was announced Wednesday, will allow sectors such as mobility, supply chain logistics, finance, healthcare, energy and others to utilize automated data sharing across IoT networks. Iota’s native Tangle technology will help facilitate secure payments and communications between devices. “While there are numerous partnerships focusing on data privacy, this one adds the layer of economic benefit for stakeholders via autonomous economic agents without compromising …

A decentralized communication hub is delivering DeFi for digital supply chains — eliminating the time consuming and complex processes that are associated with keeping businesses running smoothly and safely. Obortech is creating infrastructure known as the Smart Hub, allowing key players at every point of a supply chain to share information and collaborate through easy-to-use mobile and web interfaces. All of this can help deliver efficiencies that are crucial for companies running on razor-thin profit margins, and deliver verifiable product traceability from end to end. This cutting-edge approach means that documents can be exchanged through a tamperproof, joined-up system. Smart …

The internet has reshaped society over the past 40 years, and experts are predicting that digital technologies and artificial intelligence will continue to transform how humans interact with data for the foreseeable future. One AI-focused cryptocurrency project that has seen tremendous growth since the beginning of 2021 is SingularityNET and its talented humanoid robot named Sophia. AI developers can utilize the SingularityNET platform to create, share and monetize their services through its AI marketplace, which allows users to browse, test and purchase those services using SingularityNET's native AGI token. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of …