Bitcoin Price Nears $60,000 as Traders Anticipate Jumbo Rate Cut
Bitcoin’s price rose as reports indicated that the Fed could begin lowering interest rates with a 50-basis-point cut.
Month: September 2024
This is the first smart lock to support ultra wideband
The Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC is the first smart lock to launch that leverages ultra wideband auto-unlocking technology. | Image: U-tec U-tec’s new smart lock will allow your door to unlock automatically as you approach it using ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The auto-unlock features that U-tec and others previously offered used a combination … Read more
Bungie will compensate an artist after its Destiny 2 Nerf blaster ripped off their work
The Destiny 2 Nerf Ace of Spades blaster. | Image: Hasbro When Bungie and Hasbro decided to create a real-life, dart-blasting Nerf version of one of the most famous Destiny 2 guns, someone got lazy — stealing a fan artist’s nine-year-old work instead of creating the Ace of Spades from scratch. To Bungie’s credit, the … Read more
Worldcoin’s World ID gets bridge to Solana via Wormhole
Wormhole was one of 17 projects to receive a Worldcoin Wave 1 Community Grant.
Keurig caught making ‘inaccurate’ recycling claims about its coffee pods
Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Keurig made “inaccurate statements” about the recyclability of its single-use coffee pods, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company agreed to a cease-and-desist order, and to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle the charges. Corporate recycling claims can be misleading It’s a helpful reminder that … Read more
Some startups and investors are more risk-averse than others
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week once again proved that the startup world isn’t homogeneous when it comes to risk-taking. Let’s have a look. Most interesting startup stories from the week … Read more
Is this weirdly shaped, canary yellow thing Tesla’s robotaxi?
This photo, from X user @MatthewDR via Reddit user u/boopitysmopp (since deleted), could be of Tesla’s long-gestating robotaxi. | Screenshot: u/boopitysmopp, via @MatthewDR A blurry photo of a heavily camouflaged vehicle tooling around on the Warner Bros. movie studio lot surfaced last night, spurring speculation that it’s the fabled Tesla robotaxi set to be revealed … Read more
Tether Hires PayPal Government Affairs Ace as U.S. Scrutiny Unresolved
Tether hired a government-affairs veteran from PayPal and Chainalysis, Jesse Spiro, to head its own shop as the issuer of the leading {{USDT}} stablecoin has long been under a cloud of reported U.S. investigations.
Bitcoin price eyes $60K reclaim as gold hits fresh all-time high
Bitcoin joins gold in rising as markets see a bigger chance of a 0.5% interest rate cut.
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Brazil’s top prosecutor defends X ban, urges Supreme Court to end disputes
For Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office, the ban on X does not violate free speech rights in the country.
Y Combinator expanding to four cohorts a year in 2025
Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator will expand the number of cohorts it runs each year from two to four starting in 2025, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Y Combinator president Garry Tan told the site that approximately the same number of companies will go through YC each year, despite the change. This means each cohort will … Read more
Haiku R1/beta5 has been released
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The Noonification: How to Integrate Smart Contracts to the Frontend (9/13/2024)
How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## Crypto After All These Years: What Keeps Us Hooked? By @olshansky [ 12 Min … Read more
TechCrunch Minute: Meta acknowledges it’s scraping all public posts for AI training
If you’re wondering if your Facebook and Instagram posts have been used to train AI models at parent company Meta, the answer is almost certainly yes. That’s probably not a huge surprise. Meta already announced that it’s using user content and data to train AI — but this week, its global privacy director Melinda Claybaugh … Read more
UTONIC Protocol Secures $100 Million in TVL for TON’s First Restaking Solution
UTONIC Protocol, a new restaking solution built on The Open Network (TON), has announced that it has secured commitments totaling $100 million in Total Value Locked (TVL) from notable investors, validators, and institutions. This development marks a significant milestone for the TON ecosystem as it seeks to enhance network security and scalability through innovative staking … Read more
Adding Crypto Assets To Treasury Management Can Spur Higher Profits
:::info The following text is reproduced from Agile Dynamics research and is being published on HackerNoon with permission from Mr. Paul Lalovich, Managing Partner, Agile Dynamics. ::: The traditional world of treasury management stands to be benefit from the emerging trend of decentralized finance and digital assets. If done well, crypto-based treasury moves could spur … Read more
Telegram CEO Durov’s arrest hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for its TON blockchain
Telegram has had a tough few weeks lately. The messaging app’s founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in late August and later released on a €5 million bail in France, charged with running a company complicit in distributing child sexual abuse material, and facilitating drug trafficking and organized fraud. Predictably, that crashed the price of the … Read more
DAOs Need a Vibe Check
A recent token heist at Compound DAO revealed the weakness of current DAO governance voting. There is a better way, say Andrés Fábrega, Jay Yu, Amy Zhao, and Ari Juels.
What the hell did I just watch?
Image: Lionsgate Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating epic Megalopolis is a series of loosely connected ideas, tied together with an undercooked world and embarrassing dialogue. Continue reading…
Beacon’s Largest Cohort Signals Growing Momentum in Web3 Innovation
Beacon, a leading web3 accelerator founded by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, has unveiled its fourth and largest cohort to date. The program has selected 17 promising startups for its latest three-month accelerator, marking a significant expansion from previous cohorts. The new group includes some of the most high-profile companies in Beacon’s history, with several already … Read more
A fireside chat with Andreessen Horowitz partner Martin Casado at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Martin Casado, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, will tackle one of the most pressing issues facing today’s tech world — AI regulation — only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 28-30. Casado is a pioneering figure in software-defined networking and is a key player in the … Read more
US Government Intensifies Pressure on Nigeria to Free Detained Binance Exec: Report
Officials have reportedly stepped up attempts to advocate for the release of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan from Nigerian prison.
Latin American Crypto Exchange Ripio Unveils DeFi Credit Card With Visa
The product will allow users to access up to 30% of blocked assets in a liquidity pool.