The new Red Nose for 2023. | Image: Comic Relief Former head Apple designer Jony Ive has taken on an unusual brief: designing the iconic Red Nose that symbolizes the British charity Comic Relief. The new Red Nose is made mostly from plant-based materials and transforms from a small flat crescent into a honeycomb-paper sphere. … Read more
Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images We know Google is currently freaking out about AI chatbot ChatGPT, but a report from CNBC offers new details about how the search giant is apparently marshaling its response. According to CNBC, Googlers are currently testing an AI chatbot of their own called “Apprentice Bard,” which offers responses … Read more
Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Tesla has revealed that its bitcoin holdings lost $204 million of value last year In a new regulatory filing, which was partially offset by gains of $64 million from converting the digital currency into fiat. Overall, it suggests the company’s bitcoin investment resulted in a net loss of … Read more
Failures in BTC and Hang Seng are technical warnings signs that these early 2022 halcyon vibes may not last all year, one observer said.
Experts opine that the Indian government needs more data and time to decide on rigid tax policies, given it has been only ten months since the tax laws were introduced in March 2022.
In most African countries, access to credit remains limited for many small businesses, with the reasons ranging from the inability to pay collateral and lack of credit history to unfavorable lending criteria and high-interest rates. Banks and governments have tried to address this gap across different African markets by implementing several loan initiatives, but there’s … Read more
The USAF has granted SIMBA Chain a $30 million STRATFI as part of its aims of “identifying and advancing technologies that have the potential to secure its future dominance.”
Randall Crater, 52, was convicted in July of defrauding investors of more than $6 million.
A new report by Cathie Wood’s growth-focused fund outlines how bitcoin continues to outperform every other major asset class.
Alex Appleton, who has served in this role since September 2020, is departing to “pursue other opportunities.”
Tiger Global believes India is likely to produce the highest equity returns globally in the future, its partner Scott Shleifer said on an investor call Tuesday, even as he admitted the investor giant has made way more money in China and the U.S. “We think it will be the best place to invest,” said Shleifer … Read more
The figure is around 19% higher than the $1.2 billion reported in November when FTX filed for bankruptcy.
B2C2 says it will be the sole over-the-counter spot liquidity provider for the staked ether token sETH-h built on liquid staking platform Portara.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes AI can help usher in “unbelievable abundance,” but he says he wants to ensure that such abundance is shared. Toward that end, Altman has embraced a theory of 19th century political economist Henry George, who in his own lifetime worried about wealth amassing in the hands of the few following … Read more
MUFG, Japan’s largest bank by market cap, announced today the launch of a $100 million fund focused on Indonesian startups. The fund, a collaboration between MUFG subsidiaries MUFG Innovation Partners, MUFG Bank and Indonesian commercial bank Danamon, is called MUFG Innovation Partners Garuda No. 1 Limited Investment Partnership. The fund, which is the third one … Read more
Bitcoin has rallied 40% in the past 30 days, data shows.
When bitcoin’s performance is positive in January, the rally tends to continue, the report said.
Eligible creditors will not be able to withdraw their funds from Celsius unless they update their accounts with AML and KYC data.
Djed started on Tuesday and has a collateral backing ratio of 600% at the time of writing.
Snapchat has more than 2 million paid subscribers on its Snapchat+ program, the company said during its latest earnings report. Snap noted that the paid plan, which costs $3.99 a month, is a part of “diversifying” its revenue pipelines. The social network first launched Snapchat+ in June 2022 in countries like the US, Canada, the … Read more
UTXO or unspent transaction output is the amount of bitcoin someone is left with after executing a transaction.
Egyptian fintech and e-commerce ecosystem MNT-Halan has raised up to $400 million in equity and debt financing from local and global investors as it continues to serve underbanked and unbanked customers in the North African country. The round includes $260 million in equity financing and $140 million through two securitized bond issuances secured within the … Read more
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled the 2023 budget for the nation.