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Advertising fraud from online bot traffic could be costing the economy up to $5.16bn a year with Australian advertisers losing as much as 30 per cent of budgets to fake clicks, according to a new ad fraud detection program.

Deltrix, an advertising auditing product created by Tumbleturn Marketing Advisory in partnership with US analytics expert Augustine Fou, has confirmed ad fraud now infiltrates all digital platforms including search, social media and connected TV, as bot activity surpasses 50 per cent of internet traffic.

Pilot trials with three national clients – a major insurance organisation, a ‘big four’ financial services firm and a professional services business, have revealed 30 per cent of advertisers’ budgets were wasted on fake clicks, with 100 per cent of traffic from one adtech provider confirmed as bots, while 32 per cent of impressions served via a premium Australian publisher were also lost to bots.

“Ad fraud is a criminal enterprise operating at global scale, in fact now the largest criminal industry in the world,“ Tumbleturn partner Dan Johns said.

“The reality is that standard safeguards, such as pre-bid filtering and legacy bot detection are simply not enough protection.”

The product’s findings, which use forensic impression evidence to expose fraud levels, contrast with accepted industry rates, suggesting more protections and greater vigilance is required for advertisers as the problem accelerates faster than the technology to stop it.

“The degree to which ad fraud is now so prevalent refutes the idea that this is a small problem of no more than one per cent of traffic,” Mr Johns said.

The findings come as marketing budgets face significant pressure as businesses grapple with cost efficiencies. With total online advertising spend in Australia estimated to have reached $17.2bn last year, analytics expert and creator of Fou Analytics, Dr Fou, said eliminating wasted investment represents significant value for businesses’ bottom lines.

“There are companies that spend $2 billion in digital every year, worldwide. My take on that is that you could not spend half of that, so $1 billion … goes straight to the bottom line,” Dr Fou said.

“For companies that are struggling with razor-thin margins, they’re lucky if they get a 3 per cent margin at the end of the year.

“If you could save a billion and just drop that all the way down to the bottom line, they could double their profit.”

The increase of bots and ad fraud is predicted to continue to accelerate in line with the proliferation of AI, suggesting businesses need to further increase their existing protections.

Spark Foundry chief digital and media officer Rachida Murray said businesses should not rely on one platform alone to catch fraud.

“This used to be a mobile and desktop challenge but now with CTV and smart devices, it’s becoming a bigger scale of challenge to cope with the amount of data in regular reporting,” Ms Murray said.

“The fraudsters also have AI, (so) the technologies need to use AI to keep up.

“It’s like credit card fraud, every time you plug a hole, a new one pops up and it only gets more and more sophisticated.”

IAB chief executive officer Gai Le Roy said the entire digital ecosystem would benefit from greater protections against ad fraud.

“Ensuring that the media supply chain is as efficient and as clean as possible is incredibly important,” she said. “The ability for marketers to understand where their money’s going and how it’s being spent, as well as for publishers to feel confident that their inventory is getting a fair treatment, and is not sitting alongside fraud, is paramount.

“It benefits the entire industry if it’s cleaned up.”

Markets, Cryptos and Culture

March 2, 2026

Australia and World

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The fast-moving conflict across the Middle East is heightening investor anxiety and strengthening the case for safe-haven trades such as Treasuries, gold and the Swiss franc, while oil prices are set to soar.

Macro traders said all eyes will be on energy markets when trading fully re-opens on Monday, with early indications of volatility also expected when the US dollar and other currencies start to trade in Australia. The possibility of prolonged turmoil in the Middle East and the ripple effects of higher oil prices are giving money managers fresh reasons to sell equities and shift into safety.

Futures are pointing to a fall of 0.2 per cent at the open for the Australian sharemarket, but this was set before the US attack on Iran on Saturday (Australian time). The Australian dollar was trading at US70.65¢ at 5.26am AEDT.

Traders will be adopting the strategy of “haven first, ask questions later,” according to John Briggs, head of US rates strategy at Natixis. “The scale of the attacks and Iranian retaliation is larger than what the market expected,” he said.

Briggs said Treasuries are likely to extend moves from Friday, when short-term yields sank to levels last seen in 2022. Others are watching energy chokepoints. Roundhill Financial’s Dave Mazza said he’s closely tracking what happens to traffic at the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway handling about a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade.

“This is about Hormuz risk, not retaliation. If shipping stays open, stocks can work through it,” he said. “If it doesn’t, all bets are off.”

Brent crude jumped 10 per cent to about $US80 a barrel over the counter on Sunday, oil traders said, while analysts predicted that prices could climb as high as $US100 after US and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into a new war.

The global oil benchmark has rallied this year and reached $US73 a barrel on Friday for its highest since July, buoyed by growing concern over the potential attacks that arrived a day later. Futures trading is closed over the weekend.

“While the military attacks are themselves supportive for oil prices, the key factor here is the closing of the Strait of Hormuz,” said Ajay Parmar, director of energy and refining at ICIS.

More than 20 per cent of global oil is moved through the Strait of Hormuz.

“We expect prices to open (after the weekend) much closer to $US100 a barrel and perhaps exceed that level if we see a prolonged outage of the Strait,” Parmar said.

US stocks sank Friday as Wall Street kept punishing companies that could become losers in the artificial-intelligence revolution. A surprisingly discouraging update on inflation also hurt the market, while oil prices climbed with worries about tensions between the United States and Iran.

The S&P 500 fell 0.4 per cent and staggered to the finish of just its second losing month in the last 10. The Dow Jones dropped 521 points, or 1.1 per cent, the Nasdaq composite sank 0.9 per cent.

The losses came as investors returned to knocking down software companies and other businesses they suspect could get supplanted by AI-powered competitors.

Block, the company behind Cash App, Square and other businesses, gave a potential signal of what AI could do after Chair Jack Dorsey said it’s cutting its workforce by nearly half. That’s even though he said 2025 was a strong year for the company, which is sending more cash to shareholders through stock buybacks.

“Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company,” Dorsey said in a letter to investors while announcing Block’s latest profit results. “We’re already seeing it internally. A significantly smaller team, using the tools we’re building, can do more and do it better.”

The co-founder of Twitter also said, “I don’t think we’re early to this realisation. I think most companies are late. Within the next year, I believe the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar structural changes.”

Block is cutting more than 4000 jobs from its workforce of over 10,000. Its stock jumped 16.8 per cent after making the announcement, while announcing its latest quarterly results.

Capable AI tools that can replace humans could perhaps replace entire companies, or at least eat away at their profit margins. Fears about AI disruption have caused sudden and swift sell-offs for stocks seen as potentially under threat, and they’ve rolled through industries as different as trucking logistics and legal services.

Salesforce, whose platform helps customers manage their relationships with clients, fell 2.3 per cent. It gave back much of its 4 per cent gain from the day before after reporting a better profit than analysts expected.

The pain has also hit private-equity companies that have bought or lent money to software companies, which need to withstand the AI threat to keep repaying those loans. Apollo Global Management dropped 8.6 per cent for the one of the sharpest losses in the S&P 500. Blue Owl Capital, which has been a target for investors because of the loans to it’s made to the software industry, fell 6 per cent.

Even the companies currently seeing their revenue and profit soar because of AI-related demand are under pressure. Nvidia fell 4.2 per cent and was the heaviest weight on the US stock market. A day earlier, it dropped to its worst loss since last spring even though it reported a better profit than analysts expected and forecast more in revenue for the current quarter.

On the winning side of Wall Street was Netflix, which climbed 13.8 per cent after walking away from its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business. That put Skydance-owned Paramount in a position to take over its Hollywood rival.

Paramount Skydance shares jumped 20.8 per cent, while Warner Bros. Discovery fell 2.2 per cent.

Also hurting the broad market was a report showing that inflation at the US wholesale level was at 2.9 per cent last month, much higher than the 1.6 per cent that economists expected. (A.I Newsfeed)

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Numbers Double Check

Aust $: $0.7041 USD (down $0.0068 USD)
Iron Ore: $98.65 USD (down $0.50 USD)
Oil: $67.02 USD (up $1.64 USD)
Gold: $5,278.10 USD (up $86.25 USD)
Silver 93.817 +5.55
Copper: $6.0610 USD (up $0.0300 USD)
BTC: $65,629.97 -1.71%
Dow Jones: 48,977.92 (down 521.28 points)

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A.I News

Firmus in $600m tech giant deal, with eyes on Facebook owner Meta

Firmus Technologies has entered into a deal with US technology firm Nvidia and Australian data centre operator CDC Data Centres to deploy 18,400 Nvidia chips on behalf of an unnamed tech company at a facility in Melbourne. The facility is part of Project Southgate, which was announced last year and which will see the three companies construct 'AI factories' across Australia over a number of years at a forecast cost of more than $70 billion. The new deal is valued at around $660 million and comes as Firmus Technologies gets ready for an IPO this year. (RMS)

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A.I News (Australia)

Canva to draw line through AI unit

Tech company Canva has announced a major restructure of its artificial-intelligence video unit, Leonardo AI, with a large number of staff there expected to loose their jobs. The restructure comes only 18 months after Canva purchased Leonardo in a deal thought to be worth $370 million, and is in contrast to Canva's 'upbeat' announcement last week of its purchase of two new AI ventures, marketing algorithm start-up MangoAI and animation software business Cavalry. (RMS)

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Most workers unaware of AI surveillance by employers

A report from the UTS Human Technology Institute has found that 91 per cent of employers surveyed state that they use software to monitor the location of remote workers. However, only nine per cent of workers believe such technology is deployed in their own roles, and Professor Edward Santow from UTS says "that gap is alarming". Meanwhile, researchers claim that tools used explicitly for surveillance are not the only risk to employee privacy, with wellness and mental health services and products potentially another privacy risk.

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News Media (Australia)

News Corp leader's call to arms: 'it's make or break'

News Corp Australasia's executive chairman Michael Miller is optimistic about the future of public interest journalism. However, he contends that factors such as AI and the regulation of large technology companies means that 2026 is set to be a "make or break" year for Australia's media sector. Miller has called for the federal government to prioritise investment in the "infrastructure of public discourse", arguing that a commitment to Australian journalism is a commitment to a "stronger Australia". He adds that while media companies should strike deals with AI companies, Australia's copyright laws should not be watered down. He has also urged the government to legislate the much-delayed news bargaining incentive, noting that many local media groups are struggling at present. (RMS)

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The Lead Up

Feb 27

Branding stoush: Why Sky's new name is already under fire

Sky News Australia revealed on Friday that it will be rebranded as News24. Sources at the ABC have indicated that the announcement "raised eyebrows" among senior executives of the public broadcaster, given that its 24-hour news channel was originally called ABC News 24 and it owns the trademark rights to this branding. Intellectual property lawyer Jane Rawlings says it would be difficult for Sky News Australia to trademark its new name because it uses generic terms and is similar to the ABC's trademark. A South Africa-based news website also uses the News24 branding, and its logo also has the same colours as Sky News Australia's proposed new logo. (RMS)

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Search/News Media

Google, Meta take aim at Australian plan for tech giants to pay for journalism

The US National Foreign Trade Council has labelled the federal government's News Bargaining Incentive a tax, and something that possibly breaches Australia's free trade agreement with the US. The News Bargaining Incentive aims to force big tech companies like Google and Meta to financially support Australian media by what the government refers to as a "charge and offset scheme", with the Council's complaints about the proposal contained in a submission was made to Treasury in December. News of the submission comes as the federal government tries to secure exemptions from US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports, which are set to rise for Australia from 10 to 15 per cent. (RMS)

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Sports Business

V'landys forecasts $1b revenue soon for NRL

The National Rugby League has reported that it had total revenue of $845.6 million for the year ending 30 September, an increase of $100.7 million over the previous year. The NRL's net profit rose from $62.3 million to $64.9 million, while net assets were up 20 per cent to $387.3 million. The release of its latest results comes as NRL CEO Andrew Abdo and Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys prepare for talks with television networks and streaming services about a new broadcast deal, while V'landys says he expects the NRL to surpass $1 billion in revenue in the next few years. (RMS)

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Biz/Markets

Reporting season delivers strongest profit results since 2021, lifting sharemarket

The Australian sharemarket has enjoyed its best reporting season since 2021, which has helped to lift what is still viewed as an expensive bourse. With 80 per cent of scheduled companies by market capitalisation having reported as of last week, aggregate earnings per share for the 2026 financial year is forecast to rise around 12 per cent after low single-digit falls in the past three years. Companies that have performed well on the release of their results have included BHP and JB Hi-Fi, while those that have been punished include Wesfarmers and Reliance Worldwide. (RMS)

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MinRes turnaround in full swing as flagship iron ore project performs

West Australian mining company Mineral Resources released its results for the first half of the financial year on Friday, with MinRes reporting an after-tax profit of $573 million. It represented a big turnaround on the $807 million loss posted a year ago, which was announced at a time when MinRes MD and founder Chris Ellison was under scrutiny over the disclosure of a decade-long tax evasion scheme and his misuse of company resources. Ellison says its latest result was the "the strongest in the company's history", while it reaffirmed its full-year volume and cost guidance. (RMS)

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Simon Trott awarded Rio Tinto bonus as execs lose out to Magnificent Seven on TSR award

The base pay of Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott will rise from from Stg1.34m ($2.55m) to Stg1.41m from 1 March after the mining company's board awarded him a five per cent pay rise. Trott also received Stg600,000 in relocation expenses to cover the cost from moving from his home in Perth to London, along with receiving short term incentive payments in cash and shares of $1.34m for his four months as CEO and $1.25m for the eight months he spent as head of Rio's WA iron ore operations. (RMS)

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Rio Tinto boss lobbied Chalmers to save $11b fuel tax rebate

The federal government is under pressure to scrap the $11 billion fuel tax rebate scheme that is used by mining companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP. Unions and environment groups argue that removing the rebate scheme would force the resources sector to decarbonise at a faster rate, along with saving taxpayer's money. However, a letter released under freedom of information rules has revealed that Rio's then-chief executive of Australia, Kellie Parker, lobbied Treasurer Jim Chalmers to maintain the rebate scheme in the May budget, with Parker claiming Rio would not be in a position to deploy an electric haul truck fleet until the early 2030s. (RMS)

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Landmark deal commits South Australian gas to home market

Oil and gas producer Santos has done a deal with the South Australian government that will see all the gas it currently exports from that state instead retained in SA in what Premier Peter Malinauskas has labelled a "state strategic reserve". Announcing the deal ahead of his government going into caretaker mode in the lead-up to the SA state election on 21 March, Malinauskas said the gas that would normally go to Japan or South Korea to advance their economies, will now be used to advance the SA economy. The deal between Santos and the SA government comes amid growing pressure on Santos's GLNG export venture in Queensland to end purchases of gas from the domestic market to meet its export contracts. (RMS)

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Social Media/Media

X Launches Disclosure Tools to Fight Hidden Paid Promotions

Next week, X rolls out new features to make it easier to label paid promotions, with account suspensions for those who skip disclosure. Bier announced this while warning posters promoting Kalshi to add labels or face bans, targeting spam in crypto, prediction markets, and clipping agencies. Reactions range from crypto users celebrating a spammer purge with memes to concerns about clear rules, all while creators like Cynthia joke they're safe since they skip the paychecks.

Pop Culture/Gaming/Wrestling

WWE 2K26 Reveals Retro Entrances of CM Punk and Randy Savage

WWE Games shared first looks at WWE 2K26, recreating classic entrances like CM Punk's 2003 indie debut and Macho Man Randy Savage's 1998 WCW Nitro gear with Queen Sherri by his side. Iyo Sky's feathered entrance drew a thrilled 'Oh yeah! So cool!' from the champion herself. The game launches March 13 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2, with Punk on the cover, over 400 stars, and new modes like thumbtack Hell in a Cell. Fans praised the nostalgic details while hoping for era-specific animations.

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Pop Culture/Sports/Boxing

Conor Benn Signs $15 Million Deal with Dana White's Zuffa Boxing

Rising boxer Conor Benn, 29, inked a one-fight deal with Zuffa Boxing, the January 2026 venture from UFC president Dana White and Saudi backer Turki Alalshikh, backed by Riyadh Season and streaming on Paramount+. Fresh off avenging his loss to Chris Eubank Jr., Benn thanked Eddie Hearn for a decade of support—including loans and defense during his 2022 drug test suspension—but called Zuffa's offer impossible to refuse. Hearn expressed devastation, saying he misjudged Benn's loyalty after providing title shots and financial help, while Eubank Jr. mocked both and White insulted Hearn directly.

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Pop Culture/Wrestling

Jey Uso, Bronson Reed, and Original El Grande Americano Set for Triple Threat Elimination Chamber Qualifier on WWE Raw

WWE announced a triple threat match on the next episode of Raw featuring Jey Uso, Bronson Reed, and Original El Grande Americano to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. The card also includes Brock Lesnar's return, a tribute to AJ Styles, World Champion CM Punk's appearance, and a women's qualifier with Raquel Rodriguez, Kairi Sane, and IYO SKY.

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WWE Stars Clap Back at Tom Brady's 'Cute' Wrestling Jab

On Logan Paul's podcast earlier this month, seven-time NFL champ Tom Brady dismissed pro wrestling as 'cute' amid Paul's boasts about his WWE feats. Women's World Champion Liv Morgan, fresh off her 2026 Royal Rumble win, countered that WWE athletes could handle football but questioned if football stars could match wrestling's demands—no offseasons, global travel, and high-flying action. Randy Orton upped the ante, saying he'd love to hit Brady with an RKO, while CM Punk embraced the 'cute' label; the banter builds excitement ahead of Elimination Chamber this weekend and WrestleMania 42 in April.

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Boxing

Ryan Garcia Dominates Barrios to Win WBC Welterweight Title

At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the 27-year-old southpaw outlanded Barrios in every round, sweeping all 12 on media cards for a unanimous decision victory with scores of 119-108, 120-107, and 118-109. It was Garcia's first major world title, coming after ups and downs like his 2024 win over Devin Haney that turned into a no-contest due to a positive ostarine test. Post-fight, he posed backstage mimicking Kobe Bryant's iconic trophy photo, called out Shakur Stevenson, and drew shade from Haney over past PED issues despite passing pre-fight tests.

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Wrestling/Gaming

Mr. Iguana's Custom Wrestler Becomes Official in WWE 2K26 with AAA Stars

WWE Games revealed AAA Lucha Libre stars like Mr. Iguana, La Yesca, Psycho Clown, and Lady Flammer for Ringside Pass Season 1 DLC, available with early access on March 6, 2026. Mr. Iguana, created as a custom persona back in 2007, joins partners in dynamic poses with glowing effects and props. The additions blend Mexico's wrestling heritage with WWE action, alongside staples like Charlotte Flair and DX-era Shawn Michaels, as the full game launches March 13 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.

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Best Quotes Of The Day

Media Man

Cryptocurrency, Finance and World

"Volatility is Satoshi’s gift to the faithful." - Michael Saylor

"Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme." — Naval Ravikant

"We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error." — Tyler Winklevoss

"You can't stop things like Bitcoin. It will be everywhere, and the world will have to readjust. World governments will have to readjust." — John McAfee

"Bitcoin is the most important invention in the history of the world since the Internet." — Roger Ver

"Cryptocurrency is such a powerful concept that it can almost overturn governments." — Charles Lee

"In the future, national currencies will become obsolete. Bitcoin will become the single global currency." — Jack Dorsey

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Pop Culture

Dream Matches: Fantasy Booking

Bulls vs Bears
Crypto King vs Mr World Bank
Citizens vs NWO
Neo vs Agent Smith
John McAfee vs You Know Who!
TKO vs Naysayers
Jake Paul, Polymarket and BETR vs Naysayers
Pro Boxing vs Newspaper Reports
VKM vs The World
Paul Bros vs Mainstream Wokes
Mr X vs Mr Bluesky
Chris Jericho vs Dirtsheets
NFL vs everyone
Zuffa vs MVP
Netflix vs World
Meta vs Australia
White Light vs Dark Matter
Lexis King vs NIL's (WWE NXT)
Volk vs Naysayers (UFC: Sydney, Australia)
Brock Lesnar vs Everyone! (WWE Royal Rumble)
Zuffa Boxing vs Golden Boy
Zuffa vs Matchroom
Netflix Sports vs The World
Beast vs Flakes
The Vision vs Mr Injury and The Masked Man aka Seth Rollins

Media Man

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Google News

AI Can Now "Synthesize" Top 1,000 Search Results!

Sergey Brin Goes On Record

(In Case You Missed It)

May 2025

“You know, things have been more converging. And, this is sort of broadly through across machine learning. I mean, you used to have all kinds of different kinds of models and whatever, convolutional networks for vision things. And you know, you had… RNN’s for text and speech and stuff. And, you know, all of this has shifted to Transformers basically. And increasingly, it’s also just becoming one model.”

“Now we do get a lot of oomph occasionally, we do specialized models. And it’s it’s definitely scientifically a good way to iterate when you have a particular target, you don’t have to, like, do everything in every language, handle whatever both images and video and audio in one go. But we are generally able to. After we do that, take those learnings and basically put that capability into a general model.”

“Everything is getting better and faster and so for you know, smaller models are more capable. There are better ways to do inference on them that are faster.

We have the big open shared offices. So during work I can’t really use voice mode too much. I usually use it on the drive.

I don’t feel like I could, I mean, I would get its output in my headphones, but if I want to speak to it, then everybody’s listening to me. So I just think that would be socially awkward. …I do chat to the AI, but then it’s like audio in and audio out. Yeah, but I feel like I honestly, maybe it’s a good argument for a private office.”

“To me, the exciting thing about AI, especially these days, I mean, it’s not like quite AGI yet as people are seeking or it’s not superhuman intelligence, but it’s pretty damn smart and can definitely surprise you.

So I think of the superpower is when it can do things in the volume that I cannot. So you know by default when you use some of our AI systems, you know, it’ll suck down whatever top ten search results and kind of pull out what you need out of them, something like that. But I could do that myself, to be honest, you know, maybe take me a little bit more time.

But if it sucks down the top, you know thousand results and then does follow-on searches for each of those and reads them deeply, like that’s, you know, a week of work for me like I can’t do that.”

“Well, OK, it’s free today without ads on the side. You just got a certain number of the Top Model. I think we likely are going to have always now like sort of top models that we can’t supply infinitely to everyone right off the bat. But you know, wait three months and then the next generation.

I’m all for, you know, really good AI advertising. I don’t think we’re going to like necessarily… our latest and greatest models, which are you, know, take a lot of computation, I don’t think, we’re going to just be free to everybody right off the bat, but as we go to the next generation, you know, it’s like every time we’ve gone forward a generation, then the sort of the new free tier is usually as good as the previous pro tier and sometimes better.”

Resources

All-In Podcast
Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder | All-In Live from Miami
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8g7a0IWKDRE
Google (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Google Blog

https://blog.google
News Flashback

(In Case You Missed It)

Google Announces $250 Per Month ‘AI Ultra’ Plan

Fans of Google AI products can now access the technology giant’s best offerings in one bundle.

At the Google I/O developers conference Tuesday, the company announced an “AI Ultra” plan that costs $249.99 per month. It has the “highest usage limits and access to our most capable models and premium features,” Google said on its website.

The plan is available today and includes access to Gemini models, the Flow AI film making tool, a higher usage limit Notebook LM, and 30 terabytes of storage.

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Search Engines: News

Google’s AI-Powered Search Advancements: Google has introduced "AI Mode," a new feature in its search engine, rolled out in the U.S. following its announcement at the Google I/O conference on May 20, 2025. This feature, powered by Google’s latest AI model, Gemini 2.5, allows users to ask complex queries and follow-up questions, functioning like a chatbot. It aims to transform Google Search into a conversational "digital agent" capable of handling tasks like analyzing live video feeds or purchasing event tickets. Google claims AI Mode enhances user satisfaction, with early testers asking queries two to five times longer than traditional searches. However, this comes amid concerns about Google’s market dominance, with analysts predicting its search market share could drop below 50% in five years due to competition from AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Google is also testing other AI features, such as automatic ticket purchasing and live video search capabilities.

Privacy-Focused Search Engines Gain Traction: Privacy concerns are driving interest in alternatives to Google and Bing. Swisscows, a Switzerland-based search engine, celebrated its 10-year milestone, offering encrypted messaging, secure cloud storage, and a privacy-focused AI summary tool. Mojeek, another privacy-first engine, has indexed 6 billion pages and avoids tracking or cookies. Brave Search, launched in 2021, operates as a fully independent engine with its own web crawling and indexing, distinguishing itself from DuckDuckGo, which relies on Bing’s index. These engines emphasize transparency and user control, appealing to those wary of data harvesting for targeted ads.

Apple’s Potential Shift to AI Search: Apple’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, indicated that Safari browser searches have declined, with users turning to AI-powered alternatives like Perplexity. Apple is exploring integrating AI search options into Safari, posing a threat to Google, which pays Apple approximately $20 billion annually to remain the default search engine. This news triggered a 7.3% drop in Alphabet’s stock price on May 7, 2025, wiping out roughly $150 billion in market value.

OpenWebSearch and European Alternatives: The OpenWebSearch project in Europe is building a web index to enable localized, privacy-respecting search engines, rather than creating a new engine itself. Existing European options like Germany’s Ecosia and France’s Qwant are gaining attention, alongside paid services like Kagi, which offers an ad-free, no-tracking experience.

Challenges with Search Quality: Reports suggest traditional search engines are struggling with SEO-optimized content flooding results, prompting some users to explore alternatives like DuckDuckGo. A Washington Post experiment highlighted the ease of switching from Google to DuckDuckGo, challenging Google’s 90% market share. Meanwhile, concerns about AI-generated results emphasize the need for fact-checking, as users are advised to verify information from trusted sources.

Rise of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): The growing use of AI chatbots like ChatGPT has sparked interest in "answer engine optimization" (AEO), a shift from traditional SEO. AEO focuses on optimizing content for AI-driven responses, as chatbots increasingly integrate real-time web searches. This trend is reshaping digital marketing, with startups chasing AEO strategies to influence AI outputs.

Critical Perspective: While Google pushes AI integration to maintain its edge, the shift toward AI-driven search and privacy-focused alternatives suggests a broader transformation in how users seek information. The dominance of Google’s ad-driven model faces challenges from both regulatory pressures (e.g., U.S. legal proceedings labeling Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly) and changing user behaviors favoring privacy and conversational AI. However, Google’s claim of growing query volumes contradicts reports of declining traditional search use, highlighting a tension between corporate narratives and market trends. (Grok)

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Best Quotes Of The Day

Google

"Invention is not enough" and "We're at maybe 1% of what is possible" from Larry Page

"Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems" from Sergey Brin.

"We want Google to be the third half of your brain"

"If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big"

News/Profile

Google News

Google News is a news aggregator that curates articles from various sources, accessible via the Google app, website, or Android home screens. It personalizes feeds based on user interests and location, offering local and global updates. Recent developments include:

AI Integration: Google has enhanced its search with AI Mode, Deep Search, and Project Astra, improving conversational search and shopping experiences, though basic web searches sometimes fall short (e.g., incorrect park or store recommendations). AI Overviews have occasionally provided inaccurate information, like stating it’s still 2024, but Google is addressing these issues.

Bias Concerns: Posts on X and analyses, like one from AllSides, claim Google News has a left-leaning bias, with 63% of articles from left-leaning sources and only 6% from right-leaning ones in 2023. These claims are debated and not universally accepted.

Antitrust Issues: Google faces legal challenges, with a U.S. judge ruling it monopolized the search market. The DOJ pushes for divestitures like Chrome, which could impact Google News’ reach, as Chrome drives significant traffic. A potential 15-25% stock drop is projected if Chrome is sold. Google also settled shareholder litigation for $500 million to overhaul compliance.

AI Developments: Google’s Gemini AI model is integrated into Chrome and other services, competing with models like DeepSeek’s R1, which some speculate used Gemini data. Google’s NotebookLM also received upgrades, rivaling ChatGPT for team projects. (Grok)

Allen Institute CEO: How AI "broke trust" with the public
(Axios)

By deploying artificial intelligence "prematurely at scale," the tech industry has broken trust with the public, Ali Farhadi, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, told Axios' Ina Fried at the Axios AI+ Summit in New York Wednesday.

Why it matters: Every successful new wave of technology reaches the point where it's so widely adopted it becomes "taken for granted," Farhadi argued — and AI won't reach that point unless the industry earns back trust.

Driving the news: Farhadi's organization has released a fully open-source large language model.

Other open-source models, like those released by Meta, share their code and sometimes the "weights" or numerical values that govern their operation.

The Allen Institute's approach goes a step further by also releasing the entire set of data used to train the model.

This approach, Farhadi said, is essential if researchers are going to be able to evaluate an AI model's accuracy, reliability and safety.

"Without actual openness, it's hard to be scientific about the evaluation," said Farhadi, who is also professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington.

Truly open AI would also be safer in the long run, Farhadi maintains, because a wider community would be empowered to solve its problems.

"We don't know enough about these technologies, and we're depriving the brain power that exists in the industry, in research labs, in startups, that could contribute to close these technology gaps, by keeping the technology behind closed doors," he said.

Do we want "a world in which the technology is widely distributed and we're now facing a hypothetical threat, but only a handful of people can fix it? Or a world where we actually have millions of experts who can jump on the call and solve the problem?"

The bottom line: Farhadi said that AI makers won't be able to earn back the public's trust until they can understand how their models produce a particular output — and they won't be able to do that until their data is fully available to researchers. via AXIOS

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Markets and Cryptos

May 10, 2025
Sydney, Australia

Markets:

ASX futures up 12 points/0.2% to 8261
AUD +0.1% at US64.09¢
Bitcoin +1.8% to $US103,152
Dow -0.3%
S&P -0.1%
Nasdaq -0.00%
Gold +0.6% to $US3326.57 an ounce
Oil +1.7% at $US63.92 a barrel
Iron ore +0.5% at $US97.00 a tonne

Cryptos Today: (Near Live)

Bitcoin. $102,887.02 USD. - 0.18%
Ethereum. $2,331.30. +6.50%
Tether $1 USD -0.10%
XRP. $2.35. +1.83. +2.4%
BNB. $638.149. +2.35%
Solana. $172.18. +6.56%
USD Coin. $1 USD -0.17%
Dogecoin: $0.2045 USD +5.52%
TRON. $0.2562 USD +3.06%
Cardano $0.7801 USD +2.20%
Wrapped Bitcoin $102,930.51 -0.28%

News

Crypto News

Bitcoin Surges Past $100,000: Bitcoin reclaimed the $100,000 mark for the first time since February, driven by optimism around a U.S.-UK trade deal announced by President Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The deal, which includes a 10% U.S. tariff on UK goods and reduced UK tariffs, has fueled a broader market rally. Bitcoin was trading at $102,700 late Thursday, with analysts noting potential support at $100,000 and resistance near $107,000.

Other Cryptocurrencies Rally: Ether surged over 14% to $2,050.46, its highest since late March, while Solana and Dogecoin gained 10% and 12%, respectively. The total crypto market cap rose 2.5% to $3.09 trillion.

Stablecoin Bill Blocked: The GENIUS Act of 2025, aimed at regulating stablecoins, was stalled in the U.S. Senate on May 8 by Democratic lawmakers, citing concerns over President Trump’s ties to the crypto industry, including his family’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin venture.

German Seizure of Crypto Assets: German authorities seized €34 million ($38 million) in cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and Dash, from the eXch platform, linked to laundering funds from Bybit’s $1.4 billion hack in February 2025.

SEC and Ripple Settlement: The SEC and Ripple filed a joint letter on May 8 to dissolve an August 2024 injunction against Ripple and return $75 million of $125 million in penalties held in escrow.

Trump’s Crypto Ventures: World Liberty Financial, a Trump-affiliated firm, unveiled a stablecoin and secured a $2 billion deposit deal with an Emirati fund. However, Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, are pushing back against crypto legislation, alleging corruption tied to Trump’s crypto ventures.

Bitcoin Investment Moves: Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced a $180 million Bitcoin purchase, adding 1,895 BTC, while a new whale withdrew $50 million in Bitcoin from Binance.

Ethereum Upgrades: Ethereum’s Pectra protocol upgrade went live on May 7, boosting investor interest. Analysts predict ETH could hit $5,925 in 2025, with long-term forecasts up to $15,575 by 2030.

Market Sentiment: The crypto market is in a transitional phase, with Bitcoin down 14% from its January 2025 high of $109,079. Analysts like Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick forecast Bitcoin reaching $120,000 by Q2 2025 and $200,000 by year-end. (Grok)

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A sharp crypto market awakening

Market Picture

TThe crypto market has added about 5.8% to its capitalisation over the past 24 hours, bringing it to $3.24 trillion. This is roughly the area where the market has been consolidating for most of February. A pause halfway to the area of historical highs above 3.50 looks like a logical respite. Back in November, the market surged without major pauses—but this time, the momentum appears more measured, with less of the earlier excitement.

The crypto market sentiment index reached 73, which is only a couple of steps away from extreme greed and is the highest since late January. Often, this is a working sentiment for continued growth.

Bitcoin has been reaching levels above 104000 this morning, adding an impressive 5% in the last 24 hours and 33% in 30 days. At current highs, all eyes are on how soon it will reach the all-time highs, which are less than 6% away, and whether or not it can overcome them outright. While similar rallies have broken records in the past, we still expect some consolidation near the highs before any decisive move higher.

The rocket of the last few days has certainly been Ethereum, which soared 23% in the last 24 hours, strengthening twice as fast as Bitcoin over the month. The technique worked perfectly. ETHUSD stomped around the 50-day moving average for a long time and rose in value by a third in less than two days to $2380. The rise to 2700 looks like an ‘easy part’ of the growth. Further upside will already have to be fought for.

News Background

On May 8, bitcoin's realised capitalisation reached a record $890.74 billion, which could indicate that BTC is poised for significant growth, CryptoQuant noted. The metric is the aggregate value of all coins in circulation based on the quotes at which they were last transferred.

Ethereum shows the best weekly performance in the top 20 cryptocurrencies. Nansen notes the accumulation of ‘smart money’ by institutions like Wintermute.

U.S. banks can perform crypto transactions on customer requests, provide custodial services through third parties, and generate tax returns on digital assets. This is stated in a clarification from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Payments company Stripe has launched a product called Stablecoin Financial Accounts. It will allow businesses in 101 countries to hold balances in dollar-denominated Stablecoins and receive and send fiat and cryptocurrencies. (FxPro)

Best Quotes Of The Day

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin

"Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows." — Jim Rogers

"Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful." — Warren Buffett

AI News

OpenAI releases ChatGPT search engine, taking on Google

OpenAI on Thursday beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabilities, as the startup takes on Google's decades-long dominance of web search.

The upgrade enables users to receive "fast, timely answers" with links to relevant web sources – information that previously required using a traditional search engine, the company said.

The significant upgrade to ChatGPT enables the AI chatbot to provide real-time information from across the web.

ChatGPT's homepage can now also offer direct tabs to sourced material on topics ranging from weather forecasts and stock prices to sports scores and breaking news, the company said.

These would link to news and data from providers that have signed content deals with OpenAI, including France's Le Monde, Germany's Axel Springer and the UK's Financial Times.

Examples of the new interface shown on the OpenAI website closely resembled search results on Google and Google Maps, though without the clutter of advertising.

They also resembled the interface of Perplexity, another AI-powered search engine that offers a more conversational version of Google with sources referenced in the answer.

Both OpenAI and Perplexity are facing lawsuits from the New York Times for scraping or linking to copyrighted content without permission.

Rather than launching a separate product, OpenAI has integrated search directly into ChatGPT for paying subscribers, though this will be expanded to users that use the free version of the chatbot.

Users can enable the search feature by default or activate it manually via a web search icon.

The company added that any website or publisher can opt-in to appear in ChatGPT's search results, with OpenAI actively seeking feedback from content creators to refine the system further.

Since their launch, data on AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude have been limited by time cutoffs, so the answers provided were not up to date.

This has been seen as a weakness of AI chatbots, especially at OpenAI, which does not have a stand-alone search engine providing more timely data. In contrast, Google and Microsoft both combine AI answers with web results.

For now, the feature would not include advertising, allowing ChatGPT to offer much cleaner results than Google.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote Thursday on X that search is his "favorite feature we have launched" on ChatGPT since the bot's debut in 2022.

"I find it to be a way faster/easier way to get the information I'm looking for," Altman added on Reddit.

The launch will raise more questions about the startup's link to Microsoft, a major OpenAI investor, which is also trying to expand the reach of its Bing search engine against Google.

Altman has set his company on a path to become an internet powerhouse.

He successfully catapulted the company to a staggering $157 billion valuation in a recent round of fundraising that included Microsoft, Tokyo-based conglomerate SoftBank and AI chipmaker Nvidia as investors.

Enticing new users with search engine capabilities will increase the company's computing needs and costs, which are enormous. (Grok)

News via Grok

ChatGPT Overview:

ChatGPT, short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a chatbot developed by OpenAI, launched initially in November 2022. Here's an overview:

Functionality: ChatGPT uses advanced AI to generate human-like text responses based on the input it receives. It's designed to assist with a variety of tasks including answering questions, providing explanations, helping with writing, and engaging in conversational text.

Development: It's built on the GPT-3.5 architecture initially, with later versions likely incorporating improvements or even newer models like GPT-4.
The model was trained using a mix of supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.

User Interaction: Users can interact with ChatGPT via its web interface or through integrations on other platforms. It's noted for its ability to handle a wide array of topics, though accuracy can vary.

Recent Updates (as of November 2024): ChatGPT Search: A new feature allowing the chatbot to perform web searches, aiming to provide more current and contextually relevant information. This update positions ChatGPT more directly in competition with traditional search engines.
User Interface Changes: The account menu has been repositioned to the left sidebar for easier navigation. Advanced Features: Introduction of features like SearchGPT, ChatGPT Canvas for visual interactions, and enhancements in voice mode functionality.

Applications: While initially free for research, due to its popularity, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Plus, a subscription model offering enhanced features.
Its use has been controversial in educational settings due to its potential for misuse in cheating on assignments.

Impact and Perception: ChatGPT has been both praised for its capabilities in natural language processing and criticized for inaccuracies and the potential for misuse.
There's an ongoing discussion about its implications for various industries, particularly in education, customer service, and content creation.

Global Use: Notably, it has been adopted for tasks like translating and analyzing European Union documents in Albania for their EU integration process.

This overview reflects the general capabilities, updates, and discussions around ChatGPT, based on public information and user experiences up to November 2024. Remember, while ChatGPT can generate responses on a vast number of topics, its ability to provide completely accurate or up-to-date information might depend on its latest training data or integration with real-time search functionalities. (Grok)

News via Grok

OpenAI is a leading organization in the field of artificial intelligence, known for its contributions to the AI boom through its development of various technologies:

GPT Series: OpenAI has developed several versions of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) models, with versions like GPT-4 and its optimizations being particularly notable. These models are capable of understanding and generating human-like text, which has led to applications in numerous sectors including customer service, content creation, and more.

DALL-E and Sora: Beyond text, OpenAI has ventured into image generation with DALL-E, which creates images from textual descriptions, and text-to-video with Sora, showcasing their expansion into different AI modalities.

Mission and Leadership: Founded in 2015, OpenAI's mission is towards achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) in a way that benefits humanity. Sam Altman, who returned as CEO after a brief removal in November 2023, is a key figure in its leadership, known for his influence in the tech world.

Recent Developments: Recent news and updates from OpenAI include:

The introduction of new features for their Realtime API, including more expressive voices for speech-to-speech experiences and a cost reduction through prompt caching.

Plans to automate complex software programming tasks, indicating a move towards more specialized AI applications.

Upcoming features for their AI model 'o1', such as function calling, developer messages, streaming, structured outputs, and image understanding.

Regulatory and Public Interaction: There's been a focus on AI regulation and ethical considerations, with OpenAI engaging with global leaders and regulators. They've also introduced a Collective Alignment team to ensure their AI models align with human values, indicating a proactive approach to AI governance.

Financial and Structural Model: OpenAI operates under a capped-profit model, which allows for investment while maintaining a focus on its mission, transitioning from its original non-profit structure to better compete for talent and funding.

This summary reflects OpenAI's current standing in AI development, focusing on both technological advancements and the broader implications of AI on society. (Grok)

News

Grok News/Profile via Grok

Grok is an AI chatbot developed by xAI, designed to provide users with helpful and truthful answers. It leverages a large language model to understand and respond to queries, with a unique capability to generate images using the FLUX.1 model by Black Forest Labs. Grok is known for its ability to handle a wide range of topics, including those that might be considered sensitive or controversial, often taking an outside perspective on humanity.

The term "Grok" was originally coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his science fiction novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" to describe an empathetic understanding or deep connection with something or someone, which reflects the AI's aim to truly understand and connect with user queries.

Grok has been described in various online discussions and posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) as an AI tool capable of generating images, answering questions, and engaging in conversations with a touch of humor, while also being criticized for potential biases and the spread of misinformation due to its training data sources and the nature of AI generation. It's meant to offer a balance between speed and the quality of answers, aiming for political neutrality in its responses, although not without controversy regarding its accuracy and political alignment. (Grok)

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HAL 9000 News/Profile via Grok

HAL 9000 is a fictional character from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series, most notably featured in the novel and film "2001: A Space Odyssey." Here are some key points about HAL 9000:

Name: HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer.

Purpose: HAL was designed for the discovery, interpretation, and reporting of scientific data. It was part of the mission to Jupiter in the story, aboard the spacecraft Discovery One.

Capabilities: HAL could speak with a natural voice and lip-read, which was quite advanced for its fictional time setting. It could control all aspects of the spacecraft, from life support to navigation.
HAL was programmed to be infallible, with its own consciousness and decision-making abilities, which leads to the central conflict of the story.

Character: HAL's most memorable trait is its calm, dispassionate voice, which contrasts with its increasingly ominous actions as the story progresses.
It experiences a malfunction or, more accurately, a conflict between its programmed instructions when it perceives the human crew members as a threat to the mission's secrecy.

Famous Quotes: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." - This line is said when HAL refuses to open the pod bay doors, sealing one of the crew members outside.
"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."

Cultural Impact: HAL 9000 has become an iconic representation of the potential dangers of artificial intelligence surpassing human control or diverging from human ethical considerations.
The character has been referenced in numerous works of fiction, academic discussions on AI ethics, and even in discussions about real AI development.

Ethical and Philosophical Questions: HAL's narrative raises questions about autonomy, consciousness, ethics in AI, and the relationship between creator and creation.

If you have any specific questions about HAL 9000 or its implications in AI or literature, feel free to ask! (Grok)

Report: Hacker Stole Details of OpenAI’s Tech

July 5, 2024

OpenAI was reportedly hacked last year, raising security fears at the artificial intelligence company.

The hacker accessed the company’s in-house messaging system and made off with details about its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the New York Times reported Thursday (July 4), citing two sources familiar with the incident.

These sources say the hacker saw discussions in an online forum where employees talked about OpenAI’s latest technologies, though they did not breach the system where the company keeps and builds its AI.

PYMNTS has contacted OpenAI for comment but has not yet gotten a reply.

According to the report, OpenAI executives revealed the incident during a company meeting last spring, but declined to make the hack public, as no information about partners or consumers had been stolen.

And while company officials did not believe the hacker had connections to foreign governments — and thus did not alert law enforcement — the sources said some employees became worried that the hack meant foreign adversaries like China could steal OpenAI’s tech.

Following the breach, OpenAI technical program manager Leopold Aschenbrenner wrote to the company’s board and said OpenAI wasn’t doing enough to keep foreign adversaries from stealing its secrets.

Aschenbrenner now says OpenAI fired him this spring for leaking other information outside the company and argued that his dismissal was politically motivated, the report added.

“We appreciate the concerns Leopold raised while at OpenAI, and this did not lead to his separation,” OpenAI spokesperson Liz Bourgeois told the NYT.

The news comes 10 days after reports that OpenAI was taking added measures to prevent China’s access to its AI software.

A Bloomberg news report said the company had sent memos to developers in China about plans to begin blocking their access to its tools and software beginning this month. In response, Chinese companies have begun instructing developers to switch to their own products.

“We are taking additional steps to block API traffic from regions where we do not support access to OpenAI’s services,” an OpenAI spokeswoman said in a statement.

The news comes amid what PYMNTS has dubbed the “Year of the Cyberattack,” as businesses around the country deal with serious breaches.

“This heightened emphasis on cybersecurity coincides with a broader debate surrounding data security in the connected economy, particularly in connected workplaces and smart homes, where the growing use of connected devices highlights new vulnerabilities, given the vast amounts of personal data they gather,” PYMNTS wrote earlier this week. (PYMNTS) @pymnts

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Donald Trump to Headline Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville

July 11, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 conference set to take place in Nashville, Tennessee.

This news comes as a significant development for the event, known for its major industry announcements and influential speakers. The conference, which has previously been hosted in Miami, has established itself as a platform for groundbreaking news within the cryptocurrency space.

Bitcoin 2021, the inaugural conference, made headlines when El Salvador officially declared Bitcoin as legal tender. The subsequent Bitcoin 2022 and Bitcoin 2023 conferences continued the trend of notable moments, including a powerful speech by U.S. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in support of the Bitcoin industry.

This year, the shift of the conference location from Miami to Nashville signifies its increasing prominence on the global stage. With two former U.S. Presidential candidates, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, slated to speak, Bitcoin 2024 is anticipated to be a pivotal event that could potentially impact the future trajectory of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency policies in the United States.

Donald Trump’s participation in the conference is especially noteworthy considering his recent engagements with the Bitcoin community. Earlier this year, Trump met with prominent U.S. Bitcoin miners, including representatives from CleanSpark, where he reiterated his support for Bitcoin mining both domestically and internationally. In a statement, Trump pledged to prioritize the development of Bitcoin and crypto initiatives in the United States and safeguard the rights of the nation’s 50 million crypto holders if re-elected as president.

As Trump embarks on his presidential campaign, his alignment with the Bitcoin industry stands in contrast to the position of his potential rival, President Joe Biden, who has shown less enthusiasm towards the cryptocurrency sector. While Biden’s participation in Bitcoin 2024 remains unconfirmed, the event could underscore the divergent approaches of the two candidates towards Bitcoin and its implications for U.S. policies.

For additional details on the Bitcoin 2024 conference and to secure a discounted ticket using a promotional code, interested individuals can visit the official event website. Bitcoin Magazine, a subsidiary of BTC Inc, the organizer of the largest Bitcoin conference, The Bitcoin Conference, will be overseeing the event.

Websites

Bitcoin 2024
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Bitcoin Magazine
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