Quantum computers could cut the energy used by crypto by up to 90 percent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mining crypto uses more energy than used by many nation states, but a new study thinks quantum computers could cut energy consumption by over 90%. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
The Russian Central Bank says digital currencies could spell the end of the SWIFT network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Governments are increasingly using the SWIFT network to enforce sanctions on countries, so it’s no surprise that Russia wants to put an end to SWIFT – and they have a plan. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
T-Mobile teams with crypto carrier Helium to help people make money on the side
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating crypto-mining routers that lets T-Mobile offload their cellular data to a mesh network based backhaul operator T-Mobile’s customers can now make money by helping transfer other people’s data. Weird but cool. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself...
HeatBit is a crypto mining space heater that could help out with UBI
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Can we harness everything that has computing power to mine crypto and make real money? Some people think so … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
TurboToad Memecoin created by ChatGPT hit $250 Million valuation in two weeks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are in a new world of business where the old rules of creating value largely no longer apply and where future entrepreneurs could be AI. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Move to Earn Solana app is crypto’s latest gaming craze
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to the future of money we could be talking about moves, reading articles, or any kind of “value” – not just the US Dollar or Sterling. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Crypto scammers are using AI to create fake CEOs to land big bucks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI’s ability to create increasingly photo real and authentic human-like content is great news for scammers, and bad news for trust. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Zimbabwe launches a gold backed cryptocurrency to diminish the Dollar
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are many countries that are trying to reduce their reliance on the US Dollar, and they’re using all kinds of means to achieve it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
The popular MiamiCoin experiment is crashing hard
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The experiment to see if the city could use cryptocurrency to eliminate taxes on its citizens has been a success but it’s crashing hard. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Tokenised gold surpasses $1 Billion in market cap for the first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tokenised gold is a new form of Web 3.0 digital asset that’s backed by gold, and it shows just how much technology is changing assets and money. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Chinese government announces more workers will be paid using its new CBDC
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CBDC’s let governments cut fraud, track transactions, and increases financial surveillance, and China is at the forefront of deploying the technology. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
EU mulls offline CBDC transactions to help users maintain privacy
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CBDC’s would let the government see every transaction you make, which could be used to stimulate the economy, cut fraud, and “spy” on people, so the EU is thinking hard about how to please privacy critics. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community,...
DAO’s could soon get legal standing under new California law
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DAO’s are a “newish” form of decentralised or “headless” organisation and California wants to profit and benefit from them so is introducing new legislation to approve and regulate them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Zero Proof Knowledge cryptography finally goes live on Bitcoin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A fascinating area ZPK’s let provers prove to you that something is fact without telling you why – and it could revolutionise knowledge and “proof” sharing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
BritCoin could arrive in the next decade says BoE
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries will eventually embrace Central Bank Digital Currencies, and several are moving ahead already. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The UK is pushing ahead...
Cyber crooks turn ChatGPT into an unwilling accomplice to create new malware and bots
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF ChatGPT automates, and therefore makes it easier, to create sophisticated scam bots and new kinds of malware, and this problem’s just getting started. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
UK courts become the first in the world to let lawyers serve NFT court orders
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In an age where everyone can be anonymous criminals are taking advantage of hiding in the shadows, but now lawyers can get them fast and cheaply. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Lawyers are air dropping NFT’s on anonymous criminals to serve court orders
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You’re an anonymous criminal, but your digital crypto wallet isn’t anonymous … now we can get ya! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The dusty...
Jack Dorsey launches BlueSky Social a completely new kind of decentralised social network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most companies and social networks are run and managed centrally but decentralised platforms and protocols using DLT’s completely change the game. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Mastercard finally brings crypto trading to banks and the public
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most people now hold some form of crypto and even though they resisted at first Mastercard has now jumped on the bandwagon to support crypto globally. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
