StarryNift is a gamified metaverse co-creation platform designed to bring immersive 3D virtual experiences where users can play, create and socialize.

FTX Japan is currently hiring new talent to support the FTX 2.0 initiative, which aims to develop cutting-edge technologies such as AI and non-custodial CEX trading.

Elon Musk has launched a new company called "xAI" with the aim of understanding the true nature of the universe. The company will work closely with Twitter, Tesla, and other Musk-owned companies to achieve its mission. xAI is actively recruiting experienced engineers and researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area to join its technical staff.

BYD COMPANY and AI & metaverse company MeetKai jointly launched the "BYD World BYD Metaverse" virtual exhibition hall, providing customers in North and South America with immersive and interactive brand and product experiences online.

Startup AwesomeQA, which uses AI to automate customer support in Discord and Telegram channels, has raised $2.8 million in a seed funding round led by North Island Ventures. Other investors included Coinbase Ventures and Uniswap Labs Ventures.

Investor Luke Broyles predicts that Bitcoin will become "society's base money" and will absorb all prosperity gains in the future, leaving those without exposure behind. Broyles argues that Bitcoin's fixed, immutable supply makes it a future-proof asset, unlike other assets that are subject to competitive price forces. He urges people to "get off zero" and invest in Bitcoin, as even a small exposure will be valuable in the future. 

According toTucker Carlson Interview, Elon Musk said "AI can not crack bitcoin".

July 4 (Cointime) - Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 is relocating 6,400 rigs from its facility in Ontario, Canada to Texas due to increased demand for AI and high-performance computing. This move is part of the company's plan to revive its operations after facing hurdles, including a legal dispute with energy supplier Validus.

June 29 (Cointime) - Despite facing regulatory challenges and losing market share, Binance remains focused on future growth and development. The exchange is implementing machine learning and AI to enhance security and prevent scams on its P2P platform, as well as using computer vision and AI for its KYC process.

June 27 (Cointime) - Delysium announced on its official Twitter account that Polygon has made a strategic investment in the company. This investment is not just strategic, but also a shared belief and support for the future convergence of AI and blockchain.

June 27 (Cointime) - Tech giants like Meta are shifting their focus to AI, indicating that the metaverse may be taking a backseat. Despite claiming that the metaverse remains a priority, Meta's move reflects the growing interest in AI's potential.

In the past week, we have witnessed a series of financing activities spanning various domains such as Web3, DeFi, gaming, NFTs, AI, and data science.

June 22 (Cointime) - Raoul Pal, CEO of Real Vision, advises investors to start buying digital assets, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, due to favorable macroeconomic conditions. He predicts that the Exponential Age will cause AI and other innovative technology stocks to rise, along with crypto assets.

June 16 (Cointime) - The crypto industry has seen a $417 million outflow in the past eight weeks due to strict regulations and rising interest rates in the US, resulting in a prolonged crypto winter with trading halts and liquidity draining. Crypto companies are adapting their business strategies, with Binance launching a subscription-based cloud mining product for Bitcoin and Andreessen Horowitz opening its first office outside the US in London. CoinShares' latest report shows that cryptocurrency investment products have experienced outflows of $88 million last week, marking the eighth consecutive week of outflows totaling $417 million. Meanwhile, during a speech at London Tech Week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK has secured early access to AI models from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, but it is unclear whether this commitment applies to the general public or only government and priority researchers.

This article summarizes the financing reports in the blockchain and cryptocurrency field from June 5th to June 9th, 2023.

BBS.NYC is a grand event in the blockchain technology industry, held twice a year worldwide. On June 1, 2023, global blockchain experts, developers, and investors gathered in New York to exchange and discuss various topics, including zero-knowledge proofs, digital wallets, distributed science, DeFi, SocialFi, cryptocurrency payments, and the integration of Web3 and AI. Now, let's take a moment to look back at the scene.

Google search interest for "AI" has hit a new all-time high globally, but it still falls short of the peak search interest for Bitcoin during its 2017 frenzy.

Edward Kim, a Terra Classic developer and computer science professor at Drexel University, is creating an AI app chain called Block Entropy. The Terra Classic community recently got a glimpse of the app's capabilities, including an AI-generated cat image. Vinh Nguyen, a Vietnam-based developer, showcased the image and touted Block Entropy as the first blockchain-based AI generation engine. The app chain also includes voice generation and AI chat functionalities and will operate on the Terra Classic blockchain. The public testnet for Block Entropy was set to be accessible in mid-May, and the Interchain Accounts module will enable seamless communication with the Terra Classic network once it achieves parity.

According to Cathie Wood of ARK Invest, the technology industry's ruling giants are at risk of being disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI). Wood believes that ChatGPT, a chatbot, could potentially enhance Google's products and services, but could also destroy them by taking away the tech giant's advertising revenue. She also named Apple and Amazon as possible victims of AI if something like ChatGPT or another bot learns to scour the web for items and prices better than Amazon. Wood suggests that any platform that has served as an intermediary is at risk of being disintermediated by AI.

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy, believes that Bitcoin could be the solution to combat cybersecurity threats driven by artificial intelligence, such as deepfake. He explained that billions of fake accounts are behind a digital "civil war" in today's society, stirring up hatred among real users of digital platforms. Saylor receives nearly 2,000 fake followers every day and believes that the solution for deepfake and other digital trust issues lies in decentralized identities (DIDs). Companies like MicroStrategy, Open AI, and Polygon are working on encrypted signatures and decentralized identity solutions to combat these issues.