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ForkLog 12 03.09.2021

Poll: 70% of Salvadorans oppose Bitcoin legalisation

On September 7, a law recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender will come into effect in El Salvador. However, 70% of residents want Parliament to repeal it, according to the poll.

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ForkLog 14 01.09.2021

Survey: Men Invest in Cryptocurrencies Twice as Often as Women

Among crypto investors, men are twice as likely as women to invest, according to CNBC and Momentive (formerly Survey Money). Decrypt has looked into how the industry perceives these data.

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ForkLog 6 31.08.2021

Survey: 77% of Russian investors say Bitcoin is more promising than ‘traditional currencies’ and gold

Nearly 77% of Russian investors believe buying cryptocurrencies is more promising than investments in traditional national currencies and gold, according to a survey by the Association of Forex Dealers (AFD) in August.

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ForkLog 10 31.08.2021

Researchers Develop a Framework of AI Training Standards

Scientists in the life sciences, using machine learning in their work, should adopt standards that will allow other researchers to reproduce their results.

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ForkLog 15 25.08.2021

Survey: 37% of US investors won’t part with cryptocurrencies even in a financial crisis

Thirty-seven percent of American crypto investors won't sell their digital assets even to pay bills, and just over half won't spend them on luxury goods or vacations. The results of the survey were obtained by GamblersPick, a bookmaker.

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ForkLog 17 25.08.2021

Poll finds only 24% of Britons back rollout of the digital pound

The national digital currency is more likely to harm the United Kingdom than benefit, 30% of Britons think. The opposite view is held by 24%, according to data from a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll.

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ForkLog 9 25.08.2021

Chainalysis: The DeFi sector has not yet reached mass adoption

Decentralized finance (DeFi) technology is still far from mass adoption. Protocols have gained popularity in high-income countries and with the presence of professional traders and investors in the cryptocurrency market, according to Chainalysis analysts.

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ForkLog 15 24.08.2021

Study: AI cannot reliably recognise human emotions

An international team of scientists has determined AI's ability to identify human emotions. They analysed photographs of actors to test whether facial expressions faithfully convey emotions.

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ForkLog 17 23.08.2021

Survey finds 81% of financial-industry executives recognise blockchain potential

Of 1,280 Deloitte executives surveyed in the financial services industry, 1,037 agreed that blockchain has gone mainstream. The main obstacle to further progress cited by respondents was cybersecurity concerns.

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ForkLog 10 16.08.2021

Survey finds Ethereum more popular than Bitcoin in Singapore

Investors in digital assets in Singapore prefer Ethereum, while Bitcoin is only the second-most popular coin. This is according to a study by cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, the financial platform Seedly, and the analytics service CoinMarketCap.

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ForkLog 14 13.08.2021

Russia ranks fourth globally in total losses from hacker attacks

In 2020 Russians lost $15.2 billion due to cybercrime attacks. This is the fourth-highest figure worldwide in terms of losses after the United States — $28 billion, Brazil — $26 billion and the United Kingdom — $17.4 billion.

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ForkLog 15 09.08.2021

Study finds artificial intelligence crafts phishing emails more effectively than humans

The language model GPT-3, in combination with other AI services, can be used to create personalized phishing emails. This conclusion was reached by researchers at Singapore's Government Technology Agency.

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