Solana Meme Coin Project Plans to Build a Church in Texas After Pivoting to Religon
Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish is a meme coin project that’s attempting to spread life lessons—and build a physical place of worship.
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Hate speech and deepfakes threaten democracy and peace — UN secretary general
The United Nations says the focus is on artificial intelligence for 2024’s “Day of Democracy.”
Broadening wedge or bull flag? Either way, Bitcoin appears to be losing momentum
Traders, whales, and ETFs are buying each major dip, but Bitcoin continues to lose momentum, calling the duration of the current bull market into question.
Carta’s ill-fated secondaries business finally found a buyer
Stock-trading startup Public has acquired the brokerage accounts of Carta’s secondaries business, TechCrunch has confirmed. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Crypto hacks surpass $1.2B in 2024, Celsius repays $2.5B: Finance Redefined
Crypto hacks may surpass 2023’s record, with $1.2 billion already stolen, and Celsius is finally beginning to repay its creditors.
Telegram Privacy Under Fire as Founder Awaits Trial
Privacy advocates are questioning the messaging app’s security credentials in the wake of CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest.
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Bitcoin collateralized loans can accelerate capital velocity: Ledn CEO
Sprawling bureaucracies, inefficient processes, and fax machine-era technology have hampered economic development and capital velocity.
Redfin is already trying to defend against a new flat-fee real estate startup
Redfin is responding to a new startup that is hoping to upend the way people search for and buy homes by offering a flat-see service. On August 29, TechCrunch reported that a startup called Landian had emerged from stealth to offer homebuyers a way to tour and make offers on homes through a flat-fee service, … Read more
INE Security Named 2024 SC Awards Finalist
CARY, North Carolina, August 30th, 2024, CyberNewsWire/–INE Security is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a 2024 SC Award finalist in the Excellence Award category for Best IT Security-Related Training Program. Marking its 27th year, the SC Awards recognize the solutions, organizations, and individuals that have demonstrated exceptional achievement in advancing the … Read more
VC Roundup: Blockchain startups remain popular among investors in August
This edition of Cointelegraph’s VC Roundup features Orderly Network, Echelon, Solayer Labs, Parlay Labs, Level, and Quai.
The Borderlands movie hides its best ideas under painful jokes
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Judge orders ex-FTX exec to appear after request to vacate guilty plea
Despite withdrawing a petition to void his guilty plea, Ryan Salame must appear in a New York courtroom on Sept. 12 as scheduled.
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24X Exchange files amended application that could bring 24/7 trading to crypto ETFs
It would be the first time crypto ETF shares that could be traded after-hours in the US.
Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner
Apple moved to terminate the Appstun developer account after multiple rejections of its app that Apple says violates its App Store guidelines. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Airbnb and fashion app By Rotation partner for free destination wedding outfits
By Rotation has a partnership with Airbnb to let those who’ve booked an Airbnb receive a complimentary outfit rental. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
NASA shuffles Crew-9 astronauts that will bring Starliner crew home
Image: NASA SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission will launch to the International Space Station with only NASA’s Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Aleksandr Gorbunov on board, according to an update on Friday. Crew-9 will launch “no earlier” than September 24th, with plans to bring delayed Starliner astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams back to Earth next February. Wilmore … Read more
The org behind the data set used to train Stable Diffusion claims it has removed CSAM
LAION, the German research org that created the data used to train Stable Diffusion, among other generative AI models, has released a new data set that it claims has been “thoroughly cleaned of known links to suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM).” The new data set, Re-LAION-5B, is actually a re-release of an old data … Read more
Judge who owns Tesla stock greenlights X lawsuit against critics
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Grzegorz Wajda, Getty Images A lawsuit aimed at punishing critics of Elon Musk’s X will go forward, thanks to a ruling from a judge with a financial interest in Musk’s success. On Thursday, Judge Reed O’Connor denied a motion to dismiss X’s lawsuit against Media … Read more
FOMO HOUR 191 – CRYPTO STABLE
BTC ETFs: -$72m, ETH ETFs: -$2m. BTC weekly volatility returns to multi-year lows. BlackRock BTC ETF sees first outflow in months. ETH dominance hits 4-year low. Vitalik linked wallet sells $2m ETH. Bukele talks up BTC impact in Time interview. CBoE files for ETH & BTC ETF options. Elon & Tesla win DOGE manipulation lawsuit. … Read more
Bitcoin price keeps falling under $60K — Here is why
Many analysts say a drop in spot Bitcoin ETF demand is the primary reason for BTC’s price weakness, but there’s more to it than that.
DeFi protocol Threshold proposes Bitcoin wrapper merger to ‘save WBTC’
The proposal would effectively transfer control of WBTC to Threshold.
Chip breakthrough could bring ultra-fast 6G network ‘within a decade’
This research could have revolutionary implications for tech, especially in the areas of AI, VR, and blockchain.
North Korean hackers exploited Chrome zero-day to steal crypto
The North Korean hackers’ attack started by tricking a victim into visiting a web domain under the hackers’ control. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.