In the video, a crowd is roaring at a packed summer music festival. As a beat starts playing over the speakers, the performer finally walks on stage: it’s the Joker. Clad in his red suit, green hair and signature face paint, the Joker pumps his fist and dances across the stage, hopping down a runway … Read more
After the Wirecard scandal, Germany’s financial regulator BaFin started to look more closely at young fintech startups that wanted to grow at a rapid pace — it’s better to be safe than sorry. In particular, N26, a Berlin-based banking startup that raised hundreds of millions of euros and quickly became a unicorn, has had a … Read more
Cybercrime is a growing scourge that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon without a serious game changer to stem the tide.
The move is part of Fordefi’s plan to extend its wallet service mostly used by institutional investors to retail-facing trading platforms.
Among other things, this includes the ability to trace code from source to binary packages across both platforms, single sign-on support and unified project structures. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
:::info Authors: (1) Arindam Mitra; (2) Luciano Del Corro, work done while at Microsoft; (3) Shweti Mahajan, work done while at Microsoft; (4) Andres Codas, denote equal contributions; (5) Clarisse Simoes, denote equal contributions; (6) Sahaj Agarwal; (7) Xuxi Chen, work done while at Microsoft;; (8) Anastasia Razdaibiedina, work done while at Microsoft; (9) Erik … Read more
PYUSD has around 8,600 holders on the Ethereum blockchain and a market cap of a tick under $400,000
A new startup called Kinnect aims to help people privately save generational memories, traditions, recipes, and more. The company’s app, launched this month, lets people create invite-only spaces where they can share images, videos, audio, text, and more with their entire family. Kinnect was founded in May 2023 by Omar Alvarez, an entrepreneur who has … Read more
The company’s public fund disbursement and e-commerce platform makes accepting school tuition and enabling educational enrichment more accessible. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Polygon Labs introduces pessimistic proofs via SP1 zkVM, enhancing cross-chain security and simplifying ZK development.
PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin is now available on Solana and Ethereum, offering a chain-agnostic experience for its users.
Image: Hello Games Things are about to get a little quieter in the No Man’s Sky universe. Developer Hello Games just released the sci-fi adventure’s latest update — it’s called “Adrift,” and it introduces an alternative universe that’s completely devoid of other characters. That means no NPCs to chat or trade with. The studio calls … Read more
Image: Amazon Amazon is continuing to expand its presence in video game publishing. The latest example: the company is teaming up with Maverick Games, a new studio formed by former Forza developers at Playground, to launch “a narrative-led open-world driving game.” There’s no title or release date for the game, but it’ll be coming to … Read more
Consensys, the Solana Foundation and Fireblocks are also among the baker’s dozen founding members of Crypto ISAC.
Crypto holders on Solana will be able to move their assets to Arbitrum, Ethereum, Polygon and the 70 other chains it links to – and vice versa.
Animoca’s Yat Siu believes Asia is the fastest-growing Web3 market, while jurisdictions like the U.S. are lagging behind.
The AI industry could be on the brink of a significant breakthrough, according to Salesforce AI’s Clara Shih.
Device manufacturers have until January 1st, 2026, to comply with Colorado’s new rules. | Screenshot: iFixit via YouTube Colorado now has some of the broadest right-to-repair laws in the US thanks to a new bill signed by Governor Jared Polis on Tuesday. The HB24-1121 “Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment” rules require all manufacturers … Read more
The Aussie artist launched her own memecoin as she distanced herself from the scandal-tainted project bearing her name.
CoinDesk Indices’ XBX is currently the benchmark for $20 billion in ETF assets under management.
Aggrieved users have been given a 72 hour window to bridge their ether {{ETH}} back to the Ethereum blockchain after having deposits locked up for more than a month.
Israel’s central bank is launching a challenge on the use of a central bank digital currency in payments as part of an “action plan for a possible issuance of the digital shekel.”
The authority’s suspicion was based on Wen’s change in lifestyle. In 2017, she reportedly moved to a six-bedroom mansion in North London.
Charles Hoskinson’s Cardano has fallen out of the top 10 crypto coins by market cap after Toncoin leapfrogs it.
Spotify has hiked its premium subscription in France by an eye-watering €0.13, in response to a new music-streaming tax. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The European Union has taken the wraps off the structure of the new AI Office, the ecosystem-building and oversight body that’s being established under the bloc’s AI Act. The risk-based regulatory framework for artificial intelligence is expected to enter into force before the end of July — following the regulation’s final approval by EU lawmakers … Read more
DLC.Link CEO Aki Balogh tells The Agenda how DeFi on Bitcoin will unlock BTC’s potential for collateral, yield farming and more.
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