Egypt is building a $1B mega-museum
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Month: May 2024
Startups Weekly: Drama at Techstars. Drama in AI. Drama everywhere.
Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Well, folks, it looks like Techstars’ drama just got a new plot twist. CEO Maëlle Gavet is making her exit, leaving co-founder David Cohen to swoop … Read more
3 Questions About the SEC’s Abrupt ETH ETF Approval
Was the decision politically motivated? What does it mean for Ethereum going forward? Will other leading chains benefit too?
Ethereum ETF Approvals Mean Tokenizing Assets Now ‘Completely Safe’: Securitize CEO
As Ondo Finance’s token surged 16%, Securitize’s CEO said the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs bodes well for real-world asset tokenization.
FOMO HOUR 124 – THE ETH ETF IS APPROVED!
ETH ETFs get approved 19b-4 forms. ETFs won’t trade until July or August: Galaxy. ETF means many coins not securities: Coinbase CLO. Coinbase relists XRP in US. SOL ETF coming: Scaramucci. US House passes vote to ban CBDC. Building a pro-crypto army in congress: Sen. Lummis. Polymarket backlash over if ETH ETF truly approved. Expect … Read more
Ethereum Foundation Responds to EigenLayer Conflict of Interest Controversy
The executive director acknowledges that “culture and individual judgment” are not sufficient guardrails.
Price analysis 5/24: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIB
The spot Ether ETFs approval by the SEC has failed to start a rally in Ether and Bitcoin, but this could change after a few weeks.
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Tesla wants net-zero emissions, but its pollution grew in 2023
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s greenhouse gas emissions grew by nearly 10 million metric tons of CO2 last year, according to the company’s latest impact report, which provides the most revealing look yet of how the company is thinking about climate-related risks and its own carbon footprint. In 2023, Tesla was responsible … Read more
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Signs Deal With Kenya to Invest in Green Energy Projects
The company will help monetize stranded energy in the African country and help manage its renewable energy production.
From Plaid to Figma, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year
Last year’s investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we approach the halfway point of the year. 2024 delivered four venture-backed tech IPOs, Reddit, Astera Labs, Ibotta and Rubrik, in March and April, which made it seem like this year could spur the momentum investors had hoped … Read more
Coinbase, SEC spar over investment definition in appeal attempt
The SEC is evading the real issue, and the court was wrong to take its side, Coinbase claims in a defense of its interlocutory appeal.
Elon Musk Tweets Tribute to Dogecoin Mascot, DOGE Price Spikes 5%
Dogecoin rallied on Friday as crypto enthusiasts mourned the loss of Kabosu, the meme pup who inspired the coin. Elon Musk got in on it too.
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Some people with legacy Google Workspace accounts are getting extra storage for free
Who doesn’t love free? | Illustration: The Verge Giving people something for free and then slowly pushing them toward a paid subscription is a tech tale as old as time. But a group of people with decade-old G Suite (now Google Workspace) accounts have managed a rare victory: keeping their free accounts for, well, free. … Read more
Will Biden Veto New Crypto Bill in US?
The world’s attention is now focused on U.S. financial markets and the position of local regulators – after all, they hold the keys to liquidity. This, of course, also applies to cryptocurrencies. The other day, the SEC unexpectedly approved the Ethereum ETF, and we witnessed a real rally for this cryptocurrency. Moreover, for the first … Read more
Feds add nine more incidents to Waymo robotaxi investigation
Federal safety regulators have discovered nine more incidents that raise questions about the safety of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles operating in Phoenix and San Francisco. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened an investigation earlier this month into Waymo’s autonomous vehicle software after receiving 22 reports of robotaxis making unexpected moves … Read more
Pitch Deck Teardown: Terra One’s $7.5M Seed deck
Terra One’s pitch deck has a few wins, but also a few misses. Here’s how to fix that. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Investigation finds FTX bankruptcy lawyer didn’t conspire with exchange
An independent probe found that Sullivan & Cromwell was not complicit in the now-defunct exchange’s fraud.
Elon says AI will ‘do everything better than you,’ make employment obsolete
Despite having fathered at least 10 children, Musk also seems to think humans will struggle to find meaning in their lives without employment.