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OpenSea chief executive officer Devin Finzer has disclosed that the New York-based market place for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is open to M&A opportunities. In an interview with DLNews, Finzer revealed that OpenSea has been charting new waters, openly expressing interest in acquiring and potentially being acquired, amid the fluctuating fortunes of the NFT world. According to DL News, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer revealed that OpenSea has received acquisition intentions and remains open to potential acquisitions, but did not specify when and who would acquire it, and said that OpenSea is not actively looking for acquirers at present.… — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 27, 2024 “We think that if the right partnership comes along, then that’s something we should certainly consider,” Finzer said in the interview. However, while acknowledging that OpenSea is receptive to such prospects, Finzer did not provide details on the timing or the interest ed parties. He also emphas...

The crypto market has reacted little to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged , even as it hinted at a final hike before year’s end. On Sept. 20, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell held a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference, announcing that current interest rates, ranging between 5.25% and 5.5%, would remain unchanged. “In light of how far we have come in tightening policy, the committee decided at today’s meeting to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5 ¼ to 5 ½ percent and to continue the process of significantly reducing our securities holdings.” Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chair However, the Fed hinted at one final hike ranging between 5.5% and 5.75% before the end of 2023 to close the current cycle that would have seen 12 interest rate hikes since March 2022. Powell reiterated the Fed’s goal to bring inflation back down to 2%, adding that its decision would be guided by “ongoing asse...

The latest topic consumption report from Udemy shows an increase in interest in ChatGPT as well as skills related to cloud computing and blockchain. Udemy’s Global Workplace Learning Index for Q1 2023 indicates that ChatGPT, financial services, and courses aimed at developing students' business teaching skills have experienced a massive uptick in interest from the site’s reported 49 million users. This likely comes as no surprise as we’re currently experiencing what Wired recently described as a “Wet Hot AI Chatbot Summer,” coming on the heels of OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT. According to Udemy, topic consumption — the number of users taking courses featuring skills specific to ChatGPT — has risen 4,419%. Screenshot of Udemy PDF report. Source: Udemy Other top tech skills receiving increased interest from students included Nutanix, Azure Machine Learning, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce — all cloud-related courses with applications in the field of machine learning. Artificial intellig...