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Month: August 2024
BTC price eyes $58K CME gap as analysis flags 2 Bitcoin 'death crosses'
Bitcoin faces issues with liquidity despite an admirable comeback from six-month lows — can BTC price upside last?
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Ethereum Entities Largely Complied With Tornado Cash Sanctions, NY Fed Paper Says
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a report Wednesday morning assessing the effect sanctions had on Tornado Cash.
Bitcoin Ordinals Bounce Back After Turbulent Start to the Month
Hype for Ordinals has died down in recent months but they’ve bounced back, following a global market wobble.
UK Regulator FCA Has Issued Over 1K Warnings to Crypto Firms Since October
The FCA’s actions have led to the removal of 48 apps from U.K. app stores, Lucy Castledine, the regulator’s director of consumer investments, said in an interview.
Intel Stuns Employees By Cutting Free Office Fruit (And Staff)
Intel caused quite a stir this past week after it announced that it would be letting go of thousands of employees as part of a broader cost-cutting plan to save billions in dollars. Joining the staff members on the chopping block: office fruit. In a town hall announcing the layoffs, the company said it would … Read more
Bitstamp helps Stripe scale crypto purchases in the EU
Bitstamp entered a partnership to support Stripe’s crypto on-ramp solution in Europe a few months after Robinhood announced Bitstamp’s acquisition for $200 million.
TikTok and Diagnosing Mental Illness: Would You Please Kindly Shut Up About ADHD
When the psychiatrist tells his family that he has depression, they look at him like a crazy man. Can’t blame them for reacting like that because depression was a really strange, weird, and alien word in their world. It’s like Galileo trying to explain to the people of his time that the earth was not … Read more
Dissecting the Allocation Patterns of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
:::info Authors: (1) Matthew Sprintson (2) Edward Oughton ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction 2. Literature Review 2.1 Reviewing Broadband Infrastructure’s Impact on the Economy 2.2 Previous Research into IO Modeling of Broadband Investment 2.3 Context of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act through Previous Research 3. Methods and 3.1 Leontief Input-Output (IO) Modeling 3.2 Ghosh … Read more
Smart Contract Templates: Foundations, Design and Research – Automation
:::info Authors: (1) Christopher D. Clack, Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Department of Computer Science, University College London; (2) Vikram A. Bakshi, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays; (3) Lee Braine, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Foundations and 2.1 Terminology — “smart contracts” 2.2 Automation 2.3 Enforceability 2.4 … Read more
The RadKick is Rad Power Bikes’ most affordable e-bike yet — and its first belt drive
Image: Rad Power Bikes Rad Power Bikes announced a new more affordable, lighter-weight e-bike for urban commuters who just want a cheap, simple way to get around. Dubbed the RadKick, the new bike starts at $1,199, making it the Seattle-based company’s most affordable model yet. And for those desiring fewer grease stains on their pant … Read more
Bitcoin could fall below $50K if Magnificent 7 stocks stage another $500 billion loss
Bitcoin could see more downward pressure if the top tech stocks in the US continue to shed value.
After EU approval, UK clears HPE’s $14B Juniper Networks acquisition
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) planned $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks is one step closer to completion — the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that the deal won’t face any further scrutiny. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL Leads with 3.9% Gain as Index Rebounds
Twelve assets in the CoinDesk 20 are trading higher, with SOL up 3.9% and BCH up 2.2%.
Disney’s password-sharing crackdown starts ‘in earnest’ this September
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney Plus will soon no longer let you share your password with people outside your household. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the crackdown will kick off “in earnest” this September. The timeline for Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has been a bit confusing so … Read more
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Diamond hands: Mt. Gox creditors HODL Bitcoin despite 10-year wait
Mt. Gox creditors defy expectations by holding onto their Bitcoin despite a decade-long wait to get their hands on it.
Long-Dormant Wallets Tied to $2B PlusToken China Ponzi Moves 2.8K Ether
In November 2020, Chinese authorities seized almost $4 billion worth of various tokens, including ETH, bitcoin (BTC), dogecoin (DOGE), xrp (XRP), among others.
Lyft to ‘open up a can of whoop ass’ on surge pricing
Ride-hail giant Lyft will pilot a new feature called Price Lock that will let a rider purchase a monthly subscription “that caps the price for a specific route at a specific time,” according to CEO David Risher. The feature is designed to address the inconsistencies of surge pricing, particularly for commuters who use the Lyft … Read more
Grayscale introduces Bittensor and Sui trust products
Grayscale has added the Bittensor protocol and the Sui network to its list of crypto investment products.
Why crypto stakeholders see bright future for prediction markets in Africa
The combination of technological advancements, cultural factors, and increasing financial diversification suggests that decentralized prediction markets could thrive on the continent.
Smart Contract Templates: Foundations, Design and Research – Terminology — “Smart Contracts”
:::info Authors: (1) Christopher D. Clack, Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Department of Computer Science, University College London; (2) Vikram A. Bakshi, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays; (3) Lee Braine, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Foundations and 2.1 Terminology — “smart contracts” 2.2 Automation 2.3 Enforceability 2.4 … Read more