Pudgy Penguins Solana Token, Ethereum NFTs Plunge Alongside Abstract Network Launch
Igloo Inc. just launched its consumer-focused Ethereum layer-2 chain Abstract, but Pudgy Penguins assets are falling amid benefit gripes.
Month: January 2025
The HackerNoon Newsletter: In Space, Nobody Knows Who Owns the Idea (1/28/2025)
How are you, hacker? đȘ Whatâs happening in tech today, January 28, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Yale University’s Decision to Admit Women in 1969, The First Successful Internet Connection of a Mobile Phone in 2000, The Launch of Lego Bricks in 1958, and we … Read more
Movement Labs Unveils Developer Mainnet Ahead of February’s Public Launch
Blockchain firm Movement Labs has deployed a developer mainnet to advance its goal of bringing Facebook (META)’s Move Virtual Machine (MoveVM) to Ethereum. The developer mainnet’s launch will begin the deployment of Movement’s core infrastructure and allow selected partners to start implementing decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The release … Read more
CVS might soon let you open all those annoying locked shelves with your phone
This is perhaps the worst sight at any store. | ï»żPhoto by: Lindsey Nicholson/Universal Images Group via Getty Images CVS is releasing a significant new update for its mobile app today, and many of the changes are detailed in this report from The Wall Street Journal. Aside from trying to simplify and speed up the … Read more
HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our HackerNoon Community!
Welcome to HackerNoon Decodedâthe ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024! You Didnât Just Read HackerNoon; You Became Part Of Our History Why are you so obsessed with us? You little weirdo! đ Donât blame us, you did this to yourself by being among the 0.73% of readers who have … Read more
Paris P2P Festival and Hackathon
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Does AI Content Rank? A New Study Says Yes, With a Huge bUT
Cast your mind back to the early days of generative AI. In March 2023, ChatGPT 4 exploded onto the scene, and SEOs, content marketers, and writers wondered how Google would respond. Would it penalize AI content with low rankings? Would this be a foolish move since AI was set to be the biggest digital transformation … Read more
Atariâs limited edition Asteroids watch tells time with orbiting spaceships
Atari has released a collection of new watches with a unique design that celebrates the 45th anniversary of Asteroids. In the original version of the game that debuted in 1979, spotting and shooting a passing UFO would earn you extra points. On the Asteroids watch, a pair of orbiting UFOs are less of a threat … Read more
Baldurâs Gate 3: all the news and updates on one of the best RPGs of the year
After spending three years in early access and releasing officially on August 3rd, Baldurâs Gate 3 is on the short list for 2023âs Game of the Year. Itâs a beefy Dungeons & Dragons-based RPG and the successor of the Baldurâs Gate series developed by BioWare. The game features some of best, most memorable characters this … Read more
Bitcoin far from 'extreme' FOMO at above $100K BTC price â Research
Bitcoin investors are not yet exhibiting typical BTC price blow-off top behavior, UTXO data concludes.
Donald Trump is clawing back clean energy funding
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 24, 2025. The Trump administration sent a memo instructing federal agencies to pause grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs. Itâs a catch-all for a wide range of programs President Donald Trump has crusaded … Read more
Hugging Face makes it easier for devs to run AI models on third-party clouds
AI dev platform Hugging Face has partnered with third-party cloud vendors including SambaNova to launch Inference Providers, a feature designed to make it easier for devs on Hugging Face to run AI models using the infrastructure of their choice. Other partners involved with the new effort include Fal, Replicate, and Together AI. Hugging Face says … Read more
You should âgo and buildâ your own AI agent: Jesse Pollak, X Hall of Flame
Base creator Jesse Pollak says AI + Crypto is âjust getting startedâ and users can easily build an AI agent to make money: X Hall of Flame
DeepSeek Rattles Markets, FED decision this Week, Abstract Launches Today
BTC dives on DeepSeekâs impact on tech stocks. FOMC this week also blamed for de-risking. Liquidations hit $500m, funding rates flip negative. MicroStrategy buys $1.1bn more BTC. BTC heading for $70-75k: Hayes. BTC dominance rises back to 60%. Elon wants blockchain for government .efficiency. Cheaper LLMs will just lead to more demand: Pal. IBIT applies … Read more
Metaplanet Begins ‘Asia’s Largest-Ever’ Raise to Buy More Bitcoin
âBitcoin is not just an asset; itâs the exit strategy,” said Dylan LeClair, director of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet.
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
President Donald Trump told reporters that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTokâs U.S. operations, Bloomberg reports. Although Trump didnât elaborate, he stated that âthereâs great interest in TikTokâ and that there will be âa lot of people bidding on it.â Microsoft and Oracle were in the running to acquire the ByteDance-owned app back in … Read more
Ex-BitPay, NerdWallet Leaders Drive Belugaâs 85K-User Crypto Education Push
Beluga, a crypto education platform started in 2024, has gotten over 50,000 people to subscribe to its newsletter and has given out 100,000 starter packs since coming out of the beta phase. The platform that offers free guides on how to adopt blockchain has partnered with Gemini, Aptos, Litecoin, Eclipse Labs, and Hemi Labs to … Read more
All the news about Nvidiaâs RTX 50-series GPUs
Nvidiaâs RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases â the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 â dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the GPUsâ software benefits through … Read more
Binance Is Being Investigated for Money Laundering by French Authorities
The crypto exchange vehemently denies the allegations, saying it’s “deeply disappointed” they’re being pursued.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Gains 6.6% as Index Trades Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3796.28, up 3.3% (+120.73) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Seventeen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+6.6%) and XLM (+5.3%). Laggards: RENDER (-2.7%) and NEAR (-0.7%). … Read more
X announces a partnership with Visa to power X Moneyâs wallet
Elon Musk-owned social network X announced a partnership with Visa to handle person-to-person payments for its upcoming X Money product. The company will use Visa Direct, which is Visaâs solution for real-time money transfers, to load money into X Moneyâs wallet, connect to a debit card for paying other users, and transfer money back to … Read more