Month: May 2024
NYAG Takes Victory Lap as Court Approves Genesis Settlement
NYAG says the settlement will establish a fund for New Yorkers who invested more than $1.1 billion in Genesis through the Gemini Earn program and blocks Genesis from operating in the state.
Democrat House Leadership Says Crypto Bill Vote Won’t Be Whipped
Ranking members strongly oppose this bill as written, an email obtained by Politico reads, but will stop short of putting it to a whipped vote
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Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage
Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. The raise comes amid a growing teacher shortage crisis both sides of the pond, with a recent report from ADP Research Institute noting that the global pandemic exacerbated the existing supply/demand imbalance due to … Read more
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New CryptoPunks NFT Collection Unravels After Backlash to ‘Woke’ Artwork
Yuga Labs revealed Nina Chanel Abney’s Super Punks World NFT collection Monday, but will “no longer touch” CryptoPunks following backlash.
Anti-crypto FDIC chair Martin Gruenberg to step down — ‘best day ever’
Martin Gruenberg has faced criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike after an independent investigation revealed a range of workplace issues at the FDIC.
House Democrats won’t be forced to vote against two pro-crypto bills
A leaked email shows Democratic Party leaders “strongly oppose” two Republican-led crypto bills, but will not force House members to vote no on them.
‘We Messed Up’: Gala Games Confirms $240 Million Worth of Tokens Swiped via Exploit
An attacker used an exploit to mint and swipe 5 billion Gala Games (GALA) tokens Monday, with the firm calling it an “isolated incident.”
Dark web market owner arrested in New York after FBI traces crypto
The FBI claimed it found Incognito Market’s alleged owner, Rui-Siang Lin, by tracking crypto from the dark web drug market to a crypto exchange account allegedly in his name.
Prometheum launches Ether custody service that treats ETH as a security: Report
The digital assets platform soft-launched its controversial Ethereum custody service on May 17 and is targeting a full launch next month.
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Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future
A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer. The Volvo VNL Autonomous truck, which was revealed Monday evening at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas, is the product of a partnership between Aurora and … Read more
Volvo teams up with Aurora to reveal an autonomous semi truck
Image: Aurora Volvo revealed its first “production-ready” self-driving truck that it’s making with Aurora, the autonomous driving technology company founded by former executives from Google, Uber, and Tesla. The truck is based on Volvo’s new VNL, which is a Class 8 semi truck built for long-haul transportation. The autonomous version of the truck features an … Read more
Ethereum Soars 20%, Lifting Arbitrum and Optimism
The ETH ecosystem is mooning on the renewed belief that an ETF approval is near, and most cryptocurrencies are rising with it.
Concluding Our Characterizing Biases in Cable News Study
:::info This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) Seth P. Benson, Carnegie Mellon University (e-mail: spbenson@andrew.cmu.edu); (2) Iain J. Cruickshank, United States Military Academy (e-mail: iain.cruickshank@westpoint.edu) ::: Table of Links Abstract and Intro Related Research Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion and References VI. CONCLUSION The primary objective of this paper was … Read more
ETF Partners raises €284M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road
The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech “comes of age.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ethereum price soars on spot ETF rumor — How are ETH options markets positioned?
Ethereum price soared to a 2-month high at $3,700 today as analysts significantly boosted their expectation that a spot ETH ETF could be approved.