Month: March 2023
Soaring SUV sales make it harder to hit climate goals
An assembly line of Huawei Seres Aito M7 electric SUVs on February 3rd, 2023, in Chongqing, China. | Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images SUV sales soared in 2022, a trend that makes it much harder to reach global climate goals, experts say. And while car buyers flocked to electric SUVs along with their gas-guzzling … Read more
Top US Treasury Official Says Leaders ‘Actively Evaluating’ Digital Dollar Question
Nellie Liang, the U.S. Treasury Department’s undersecretary for domestic finance, suggested that the federal government’s work on a potential digital dollar is accelerating, saying leaders from various agencies and White House offices are starting meetings in the “coming months.”
Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
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Chainlink’s New Platform Will Help Connect Web2 With Smart Contracts
The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai testnets.
Binance Can’t Keep Its Story Straight on Misplaced $1.8B USDC
The FUD is coming from inside the building.
Crypto Long & Short: Decentralized Exchange Research Ramps up
This week, Glenn Williams Jr. argues that decentralized exchanges (DEXes) have an intriguing road ahead amid the wreckage of FTX. Then, Kelly Chambers of THEIA8900 notes the digital-asset myopia among financial advisers focused on bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s ETH.
Motorola’s new Razr foldable is arriving this year
The 2020 Motorola Razr is the most recent one released in the US. | Photo: Dieter Bohn / The Verge Motorola’s launching yet another Razr this year, according to a report from CNBC. Yang Yuanqing, the CEO of Motorola’s parent company Lenovo, told the outlet that the next-gen foldable would arrive “very soon” with some … Read more
Tesla Superchargers are now open to non-Tesla EVs at ‘select sites’ in the US
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tesla owners pulling up to certain Supercharger locations in the US are being greeted with an unfamiliar sight: electric vehicles from other car companies, parked in the spots previously reserved just for them, sipping up electrons alongside Model 3s and Model Ys. Tesla’s Supercharger network, once exclusive … Read more
Coinbase CEO Armstrong: We Delisted BUSD Due to Liquidity Concerns
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange decided to suspend trading of Binance USD (BUSD) because the company had concerns about its liquidity.
Redeem Raises $2.5M to Let Users Receive NFTs Via Phone Numbers
Kenetic Capital led the round ahead of Redeem’s second-quarter product launch.
Godot 4.0 Released
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The Next Bicasso: Binance NFT Releases AI-Powered NFT Generator
The new tool allows marketplace users to create computer-generated images and mint them as NFTs.
Puerto Rico Extends 4% Tax Incentive to Crypto and Blockchain Activities
“A win for Puerto Rico,” said a blockchain trade association executive.