Month: December 2024
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OrioleDB beta7: Benchmarks
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The 2024 Installer gift guide, part one
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 62, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Post-Thanksgiving Chill Weekend, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about junk food and … Read more
Evaluating Free Website Deployment Platforms So You Don’t Have To
Pages website deployment refers to publishing static websites or static content on the internet, making it accessible and browsable. Most platforms currently support or are evolving to support serverless deployment of dynamic websites. To help developers select high-quality free website deployment services, this article comprehensively tests and evaluates leading global modern front-end deployment platforms from … Read more
No Question Is a Stupid Question: A Guide to Crypto Today
Crypto is everywhere right now – headlines, social media and even that one uncle who swore it was a fad might be telling you to ‘get in on it’. For beginners, this hype can feel equal parts exciting and overwhelming. With prices surging and everyone dissecting charts and ‘candles’, you might feel like your questions … Read more
Ethereum ETFs See Record $333M Inflows, Outpacing Bitcoin Funds as Catch-Up Trade Gains Momentum
Spot ethereum (ETH) exchange traded funds (ETF) in the U.S. saw record daily inflows on Friday, another sign that the second-largest cryptocurrency is gaining momentum as a catch-up trade after vastly underperforming bitcoin (BTC) this year. The nine products combined booked $332.9 million in net inflows during Friday’s shortened trading session, <a href=”https://farside.co.uk/eth/” target=”_blank”>data</a> compiled … Read more
Are Decentralized Digital Identities the Future of Online Trust?
Imagine receiving an alert that your credit card has been maxed out with purchases you didn’t make. To make matters worse, your social security number is being used to open fraudulent loans. Unfortunately, this troubling scenario is far from rare. In just the past year, identity theft drained a whopping $10 billion from victims in … Read more
Do Database Administrators Still Matter in the Age of Managed Databases?
All cloud computing platforms offer different managed services and compute capacity, including database services. The future of database administrator (DBA) jobs is an ongoing topic of discussion. Managed database services like Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) streamline traditional DBA tasks, including installing and upgrading database servers. Driving Database Performance with Domain Expertise … Read more
Pump.fun weekly revenue drops 66% after livestream controversy
Pump.fun’s weekly revenue peaked at $33 million in November before dropping to $11 million the following week.
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XRP Tops $100B Market Cap, Reaches 2018 Levels, as Ripple’s RLUSD Close to Approval
XRP flipped a $100 billion market capitalization late Saturday as a multiweek rally showed no signs of pausing amid multiple catalysts over the past weeks. XRP zoomed nearly 10% in a 24-period from Friday to Saturday, reaching a local high of $1.92 to set prices previously seen in January 2018, when it briefly touched an … Read more
How Base Blockchain Makes Ethereum Faster and Cheaper Without Cutting Corners
If you were asked to pick any two of these options: peace, health, and wealth, which would you go for? n There is a certainty that whatever option you decide to forsake comes at a cost, as they are all equally important. n This is similar to Ethereum’s current predicament: it’s between choosing two of … Read more
$6.2M in Crypto for a Banana? Welcome to the Attention Economy
Artist Maurizio Cattelan displayed Comedian at Art Basel Miami in 2019. It was, quite simply, a banana taped to a wall. That banana — or more precisely, the concept behind it — just sold for over $6 million at Sotheby’s auction house. The payment was made in crypto by Justin Sun, an entrepreneur most notable for founding … Read more
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NFTs hit $562M in monthly sales volumes, recording six-month high
NFTs had a monthly sales volume of over $562 million in November, surpassing October’s record of $356 million.