Month: January 2023
Solana price rally risks exhaustion after SOL’s 120% pump in two weeks
SOL price has been unable to close above a key resistance level of around $17.50 despite its big rebound in the past two weeks.
Seek lands $7.5M investment for AI that answers domain-specific questions
Seek, an automation platform for data analytics tasks, today announced that it raised $7.5 million across pre-seed and seed rounds that had participation from Conviction Partners, Battery Ventures and former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia. CEO Sarah Nagy says that the funding will be put toward growing Seek’s team into the next year, particularly on the … Read more
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Binance Wins Seventh Approval in Europe, Registers With Swedish Regulator
Bnance has registered with Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority, making the Nordic country the seventh European jurisdiction in which the crypto exchange has been granted approval.
Five UK Associations Form Crypto Alliance to Steer Digital Asset Regulation
The U.K. Forum for Digital Currencies, which includes governing body City of London Corporation, also aims to further the countries crypto hub ambitions.
First Mover Americas: CME BTC Futures Signal Worst of FTX-Induced Panic May Be Over
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Jan. 10, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Music NFTs are helping independent creators monetize and build a fanbase
The Agenda podcast chats with Adam Levy of Mint and rapper Jay Kila about nonfungible tokens, Web3 and the struggles of being an independent musician.
DeepL, the AI-based language translator, raises over $100M at a $1B+ valuation
Artificial intelligence startups, and (thanks to GPT and Open AI) specifically those helping humans communicate with each other, are commanding a lot of interest from investors, and today the latest of these is announcing a big round of funding. DeepL, a startup that provides instant translation-as-a-service both to businesses and to individuals — competing with … Read more
Dutch exchange Bitvavo rejects DCG’s proposal to repay 70% of debt
After having about $290 million locked at Digital Currency Group, Bitvavo decided to pre-fund the assets on its own and is now looking for full repayment.
What CES 2023 taught us about the year ahead in TVs
Another CES has come and gone. And after spending a few days reflecting on what I saw at the big trade show, it’s clear that 2023 will be a relatively quiet year for TVs on the whole. There were no major breakthroughs or new standards demonstrated at the show — at least none that will … Read more
How to Survive FOSDEM
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Hong Kong watchdog aims to restrict retail traders to liquid products
When asked about Bitcoin or Ether, SFC executive Julia Leung Fung-yee did not respond but reiterated that “highly liquid” products will be allowed.
WazirX releases proof of reserves with majority of funds in Binance wallets
The cryptocurrency exchange released its proof of reserves and proclaimed it to be India’s largest exchange both in volume and reserve funds.
Hackers stole data of 460,000 individuals in MFHS ransomware attack
Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health provider Maternal & Family Health Services has confirmed cybercriminals accessed the sensitive data of close to half a million people. MFHS revealed last week that it had been hit by ransomware that exposed the personal data of current and former patients, employees and vendors. The healthcare giant said it was made aware … Read more
Django Styleguide
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All U.S. domestic flights grounded as key FAA system goes down
Flights across the U.S. – including potentially all that fly through any domestic U.S. airspace – are delayed this morning as a major system outage means the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) can’t send out key hazard notices to commercial pilots. The FAA says it’s working to resolve the issue, but the widespread impact continues as … Read more
Predictions for the longevity industry in 2023
Abby Miller Levy Contributor Abby Miller Levy is the managing partner and co-founder of Primetime Partners. She formerly served as the SVP of strategy and growth at SoulCycle and founded Thrive Global with Arianna Huffington. Last year was when we all got the wake-up call about longevity. From major reports published on the impact of … Read more
Gala Games Deletes Tweet Announcing Partnership With Hollywood Star The Rock; Native Token Drops
Crypto followers on Twitter consider selling GALA token after Gala Games deleted a tweet announcing partnership with A-list Hollywood stars without offering an explanation.
Crypto Exchange Zipmex Faces Probe From Thai Securities Regulator: Bloomberg
The regulator is investigating if Zipmex was operating as a digital asset fund manager without permission.
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Hong Kong to Propose Approved Set of Crypto Tokens for Retail Trading: Reuters
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will allow retail trading in a select group of cryptocurrencies as it attempts to turn the city into a crypto hub.
Ethereum Upgrade Could Make It Harder to Lose All Your Crypto
Account abstraction – a concept recently embraced by Visa – could make Ethereum wallets significantly more user friendly. Valid Points is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum’s evolution and its impact on crypto markets.