Price outlook Our analysis for 2025 forecasts bitcoin reaching a target of $150,000 in the first half of the year. However, an initial pullback may occur in Q1 if the newly inaugurated Trump administration fails to introduce the anticipated “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” at the pace expected by the fast-moving crypto market. Even without a fully … Read more
Netflix announced on Wednesday that it’s giving iOS users a new feature that allows them to download an entire season of their favorite TV show with one tap. The feature first became available to Android users. The Season Download button is available in the Netflix app, located next to the Share button on a show’s … Read more
With its 700,000 customers, Alan could be considered as a mature company. But the health insurance company that wants to become a digital companion for your health is still growing like a startup. On Wednesday, the company shared some financial metrics. The most impressive one is its top-line revenue. In 2024, the company generated €505 … Read more
Last year, Wizards of the Coast and Resolution Games announced an exciting development: Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the popular tabletop role-playing game (RPG), is being adapted for virtual reality. Until now, specific details about the new game have been kept closely under wraps. However, on Wednesday, the companies finally unveiled the official title and more … Read more
Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge. The vehicles will be manually driven, and the testing operations are not necessarily a precursor to the launch of a commercial robotaxi service. (They’re also not precluded from launching a … Read more
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Despite spinning off Fortitude Mining, Foundry retains the largest Bitcoin mining pool with over 30% of the network’s hashrate.
DeepSeek “actually lowers inflation and is good for risk assets (like Bitcoin) which have no-AI presence,” the bank said.
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) finds itself a target of a second activist investor, with Reuters reporting investment management giant D.E. Shaw as having taken an unspecified stake. The move by D.E. Shaw, which manages $70 billion in assets, comes just weeks after another activist investor, Starboard Value (roughly $9 billion in AUM), took a … Read more
Sony announced Wednesday that you won’t need to log in to a PlayStation Network account to play four of its single-player games on PC: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (which comes out tomorrow), The Last of Us Part II Remastered (which launches on April 3rd), God of War Ragnarök, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. However, to incentivize … Read more
The year is 2025. It’s more than 16 years since the Bitcoin whitepaper was published and 10 years since the launch of Ethereum, and the programmable smart contract layer that came with it. With billions of dollars invested in the industry, and tens of thousands of developers contributing thousands of applications, primitives, and protocols, surely … Read more
Weeks after a meeting between Trump and Brian Armstrong to reportedly discuss personnel, the US president’s co-campaign manager will be joining Coinbase’s advisory council.
DUBAI, UAE, January 29th, 2025/Chainwire/–Freedx, a newly launched cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the completion of its $50 million funding round. Freedx has secured regulatory permissions in Panama and a BTC license in El Salvador, representing initial steps toward expanding its compliance efforts globally. The investment reflects investor confidence in Freedx’s approach to offering a platform … Read more
(Source) People these days want everything to be done faster. This includes loan applications and processing. Gone are those days when things were done manually. Loan origination software (LOS) has changed how lenders handle loans, assess risks, and ensure all rules are followed. With the help of LOS, banks can save time, reduce mistakes, and … Read more
MAHE, Seychelles, January 29th, 2025/Chainwire/–LayerAI, a leading innovator in AI and blockchain technologies, has announced the integration of DeepSeek’s advanced models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-Coder-V2, into its platform. This collaboration aims to elevate the capabilities of LayerAI’s offerings in AI-assisted coding, natural language processing, and interactive learning modules. Key Integration Highlights: Advanced Model Deployment: By incorporating … Read more
Bitcoin traders weigh the impact of President Donald Trump’s interest rate demands on a hawkish Fed.
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The crypto political action committee that stunned U.S. politics last year, Fairshake, successfully weighed in again in a pair of Florida special elections to replace Republican members of Congress, likely adding to its list of lawmakers who have the industry to thank for campaign support. A primary election closed Tuesday night, giving pro-crypto candidates supported … Read more
Musk is said to be exploring public blockchains to curb wasteful government spending and stem fraud and abuse. Will it work?
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A final hearing will take place in June. MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit over data breaches that collectively exposed the personal information of 37 million customers. The case consolidated 22 class-action lawsuits filed over two security incidents: a data breach in 2019, and a ransomware attack in … Read more
UVeye started as a play to scan cars for security threats, but the Israeli startup really hit its stride when its founders realized the AI-powered computer vision systems could perform more typical vehicle inspections. Now, the company is evolving its funding strategy. UVeye announced Wednesday morning a $191 million extension to its 2023 Series D … Read more
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