ARK Invest, the investment firm founded by major Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Cathie Wood, is actively accumulating stock of the crypto-friendly app Robinhood (HOOD).

On Nov. 8, ARK made a massive Robinhood stock purchase, bagging a total of 1.1 million shares for about $9.5 million in one day, according to a trade notification seen by Cointelegraph.

The purchase involved three innovation exchange-traded funds (ETF) managed by ARK, including ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF).

ARKK has allocated the biggest amount of shares in the purchase, buying 888,500 HOOD shares, or 78% of the entire daily buy. ARKW and ARKF allocated…

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Investment management firm Ark Invest, led by pro-Bitcoin investment veteran Cathie Wood, has collaborated with exchange-traded product (ETP) provider 21Shares to launch a new suite of digital asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The move aims to provide a “robust set of options” for investors looking to get digital assets into their trading portfolio. 

The countdown begins: today, 21Shares and ARK Invest announce the upcoming launch the ARK and 21Shares Digital Asset ETF Suite.

The ETF suite uses crypto-specific insights alongside traditional indicators. pic.twitter.com/dkg8aTCtVR

— 21Shares Funds (@21shares_funds) November 8, 2023

According to the 21Shares website, the companies will…

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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) program’s million applicants will undergo an introductory artificial intelligence (AI) course.

The minister shared this information on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday, adding that all applicants are being onboarded onto the platform before the selection of the initial cohort of 30,000 fellows.

Tijani said on Nov. 6 that program applications had surpassed a million and told applicants to expect further instructions via email. Those who received and confirmed the email are currently undergoing onboarding on the fellow platform.

Tijani said several…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed an audience on Nov. 8 at the World Internet Conference Summit in Wuzhen, China calling for international cooperation on risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). 

Xi’s speech, pre-recorded and broadcast at the conference, stressed the need for “deepened” exchanges and cooperation to “jointly advance the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace to a new stage.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressing the World Internet Conference Summit 2023. Source: CCTV

“As the internet becomes a new driving force of development, a new frontier of ensuring security, and a new platform for mutual learning between civilizations,” he…

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The annual report from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) revealed that officials from various cybercrime and police departments were trained in cryptocurrency forensics and investigation during the financial year 2022–2023.

The MHA highlighted that, under the Narcotics Control Bureau — India’s central law enforcement and intelligence agency — 141 officers were trained on the investigations of darknet and cryptocurrencies and other workshops related to digital footprints and gathering intelligence and evidence from open source and social media, to name a few.

Additionally, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre trained more than 2,800 cyber police officials in crypto…

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The saga of the imploded cryptocurrency exchange JPEX continues to develop as Taiwan prosecutors have reportedly found new alleged suspects.

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office (TDPO) requested Chang Tung-ying, the chief partner at JPEX’s office in Taiwan, to be held in custody over alleged fraud, the local TV channel TVBS News reported on Nov. 9.

Taipei prosecutors reportedly searched nine locations related to the JPEX investigation and summoned Chang and three other alleged suspects. The authorities identified Chang and JPEX lecturer Shih Yu-sheng (also called Shi Yu) as suspects in the case for violating the Banking Act and the Money Laundering Control Act.

Other defendants were…

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