DeFi ecosystem still haunted by FTX contagion: Finance Redefined
Top-100 DeFi tokens saw a bullish wave with the start of the new month, but many DEX platforms are still haunted by FTX contagion.
Month: December 2022
Never mind FTX — Fine arts institutions should still onboard to blockchain
The strategic adoption of blockchain technology still makes sense, regardless of the distraction FTX created for cryptocurrency.
Opera Crypto Browser to enable instant NFT minting through launchpad
Opera executive Susie Batt said that the tool will not have any platform usage fees and will allow people to freely explore the NFT industry.
DXY bounces at major support, reducing Bitcoin’s chance at breaking the $17.2K resistance
The dollar index (DXY) found support at a key level, leading traders to question whether BTC will manage to flip $17,250 to support.
The era of constant innovation at Amazon could be over
There was a time when AWS re:Invent, the yearly customer extravaganza put on by Amazon’s cloud arm, was chock full of announcements. The innovation coming out of the company was so mind-boggling that it was hard to keep up with the onslaught of news. But this year felt different. If last year was incremental, this … Read more
Drag and Drop from Terminal
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Plant Prefab nabs $42M to crank out ‘extremely sustainable’ custom homes
Prefabricated homes always seem to be on the cusp of something big — solving housing shortages, tackling systemic waste or just generally ushering in the “very up-to-date.” But in the U.S., new prefab housing still represents a small fraction of the market (around 2% of single-family homes built in 2021, for example). By now it’s clear … Read more
Dems and Reps join forces to pressure SBF to testify before Congress
“Your willingness to talk to the public will help the company’s customers, investors, and others,” said House Financial Services Committee chair Maxine Waters, addressing SBF.
Backyard Ballistics
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Introducing one-step classification and entity recognition with Amazon Comprehend for intelligent document processing
“Intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions extract data to support automation of high-volume, repetitive document processing tasks and for analysis and insight. IDP uses natural language technologies and computer vision to extract data from structured and unstructured content, especially from documents, to support automation and augmentation.” – Gartner The goal of Amazon’s intelligent document processing (IDP) … Read more
Ankr says no one should trade aBNBc, only LPs ‘caught off guard’ will be compensated
The company stated it would be discontinuing aBNBc and aBNBb tokens “effective immediately,” and that “new ankrBNB tokens will be minted and airdropped to affected aBNBc and aBNBb users.”
The final 12-hours to savings on passes to TC Sessions: Space
Calling out to the die-hard procrastinators, last-minute decision makers and all you head-down-get-it-done types. TC Sessions: Space 2022 takes place next week on December 6, but you have just 12 short hours left before the price of admission heads into a higher stratosphere. It’s now o’clock: Hop off the fence already and save. Buy a … Read more
Price analysis 12/2: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNI
Bitcoin and altcoins are beginning to flash signals of a potential trend change, but a handful of downside risks remain.
Motorola’s Edge 30 Fusion is coming to the US in pink, and I don’t hate it
A pink phone stands out in a sea of black devices. | Image: Motorola Motorola is making its high-end Edge 30 Fusion available in the US for the first time in a bold, new color option. It’s the color option, in fact: Pantone’s newly crowned color of the year, Viva Magenta. And you know what? … Read more
TechCrunch wants to meet your startup at CES 2023
We’re a month out from the next CES. TechCrunch is returning to Vegas for the first time a few years and — as usual — we’re on the hunt for the most fascinating startups. Work for a startup showing off a cool new product at CES next month? Let us know by filling out the … Read more
3AC bankruptcy process faces challenges amid unknown whereabouts of founders
The liquidators claim Zhu Su and Kyle Davies are located in Indonesia and the Emirates, where foreign court orders are difficult to enforce.
Crypto Derivatives DEXes Reposition for Life After FTX
Decentralized exchanges are retooling their public-facing approach.
Why wind energy isn’t living up to its pollution-preventing potential
Interstate 40 in Adrian, Texas. | Photo by Paul Harris / Getty Images Wind power isn’t cleaning up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows. The US’s wind energy boom has already led to billions of dollars of health benefits. But the majority of that … Read more
The US Army paused a Call of Duty League sponsorship after allegations against Activision came to light
Players at a Call of Duty League tournament. | Photo by Steve Russell / Toronto Star via Getty Images The US Army halted a planned sponsorship with Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty esports league after allegations of Activision’s workplace culture of harassment and discrimination came to light last year, according to documents obtained by Vice. … Read more
Salesforce CEO succession drama and other TC news
This week, I talk with Rita Liao about the great wall of porn obscuring information about protests in china. And Ron Miller comes on to recap the AWS re:invent event and his story on Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor stepping down. And as always, we break down the biggest stories in tech. Articles from the episode: … Read more
TechCrunch+ roundup: Cash management basics, proptech investor survey, visa interview prep
A few years ago, I was driving in a rural area on the coast north of San Francisco and found myself low on gas. In fact, the fuel light was flashing urgently. My cell phone couldn’t get a signal to direct me to the nearest gas station, so I put the engine in economy mode … Read more
Google Messages is getting end-to-end encrypted RCS group chats
Google’s making its implementation of RCS even better. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google announced it’s going to start rolling out end-to-end encrypted group RCS chats to the Google Messages beta over the next few weeks. Google’s messaging app has supported encryption for one-on-one conversations for a while now, but this is … Read more
Clara.io Shutting Down
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