Month: February 2023
Synapse Token Surges 44% as Cross-Chain Momentum Builds
The Synapse (SYN) token is trading at a five-month high of $1.22 following a 44.74% move to the upside over the past 24-hours.
Despite a bear market, crypto’s future is still bright: Crypto in 2023
2022 was quite the year for crypto. It saw incredible innovation and greater adoption. This progress was accompanied by some major growing pains, including major hacks and scams amid an overall bear market.
OP Token Surges 25% as Optimism Foundation Proposes ‘Bedrock’ Upgrade
Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism’s governance token, OP, has chalked up a 200% rally in four weeks, outperforming market leaders bitcoin and ether by a big margin.
Preserving and reinventing music festival legacy in the metaverse
The metaverse has been used as a means of cultural preservation in the past. Now, the legacy music festival Woodstock is using digital reality to preserve its legacy and reinvent its future.
How to demystify DeFi
Although the learning curve for using decentralized finance (DeFi) is steeper than with centralized exchanges, DeFi and its use of immutable smart contracts open up prospects for a more inclusive world.
QOA, the Quite OK Audio Format
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Microsoft launches Teams Premium with features powered by OpenAI
Image: Microsoft Microsoft Teams Premium is now available with features powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 AI language model. The new premium tier of Microsoft Teams includes an intelligent recap feature that automatically generates notes, tasks, and highlights of meetings thanks to GPT-3.5, alongside branded meetings, custom meeting templates, and features like watermarking to better protect meeting … Read more
Twitter replaces its free API with a paid tier in quest to make more money
Thousands of small developers have created useful tools that utilize Twitters free API access, which are now in danger of being shut down. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter will no longer provide free access to the Twitter API from February 9th. As announced by the official Twitter Developer account late Wednesday … Read more
Estimating square roots in your head
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Alameda Research Wallet Receives $6M From Bitfinex Hot Wallet
An Ethereum wallet that belongs to bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research quietly received $6 million from Bitfinex’s hot wallet overnight, according to Nansen data.
Indian retail chain rolls out support for CBDC payments in stores: Report
Reliance Retail has implemented support for the digital rupee in its gourmet store line Freshpik.
Bank of China ex-advisor calls Beijing to reconsider crypto ban
The economist argued that the current crypto ban in China is beneficial in the short term, but big opportunities can be missed in the long run.
Thursday’s top tech news: PlayStation soars as Amazon’s drones struggle to get off the ground
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HSBC needs someone to helm its tokenization efforts
According to a job posting, HSBC is looking for a candidate who knows of digital assets, especially asset tokenization and custody.
The C juggernaut illustrated (2012)
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Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok from app stores
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) demanded that Apple and Google “immediately” remove TikTok from their app stores in a letter addressed to the companies’ chief executives, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, Thursday. Bennet’s push to restrict downloads of the app is just the latest in a series of mounting … Read more
Bitcoin paints Nasdaq green as NCI index marks 38% gain in January
The bullish rise of Bitcoin and other altcoins in January helped the Nasdaq Crypto Index to register its third-highest monthly gain.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger Calls for Crypto Ban in the US
Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman and staunch bitcoin skeptic Charlie Munger has called for the United States to follow in the footsteps of China and ban cryptocurrencies.