Zurich Uni’s secret AI experiment manipulated Redditors’ opinions

Researchers at the University of Zurich have been accused of undertaking an unauthorized four-month-long experiment on a Reddit board using artificial intelligence-generated comments to test whether AI could alter people’s opinions.  As part of the experiment, AI-powered accounts faked a variety of personas, including a rape victim, a person opposed to specific social movements and…

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Mastercard Announces End-to-End Stablecoin Payments System

On April 28, Mastercard announced a partnership with the OKX crypto exchange and Canadian payments processor Nuvei, which will “unlock a 360-degree approach where consumers can spend stablecoins and merchants can receive them.” The firm described the new technology as having “global end-to-end stablecoin acceptance and payments capabilities,” and cited “increasing global regulatory clarity” for…

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Investors Flood Digital Asset Funds With $3.4B: 3rd-Highest Weekly Total on Record

Digital asset investment products saw $3.4 billion in inflows last week, the largest since mid-December 2024 and ranking as the third-biggest weekly inflow ever recorded. CoinShares’ Head of Research James Butterfill suggested the shift is driven by mounting fears of tariffs impacting corporate earnings and the steep decline of the US dollar. As such, Investors…

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US dollar to face growing competition for stablecoin dominance: Tether co-founder

While United States dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization game, other competitors are coming into play, according to Tether co-founder Reeve Collins.  Speaking to Cointelegraph in Dubai, Collins said that while USD-backed stablecoins may currently dominate, other currencies and assets may compete to back stablecoins. He said:  “The stablecoin definitely helps…

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