Month: January 2025

Social Discovery Group’s Kolesnikov Shares How AI, VR, and Web3 Are Changing Dating Culture in 2025

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In an era where nearly half of all adults identify as single — a stark contrast to just 50 years ago — the dating landscape is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Social Discovery Group (SDG) stands at the forefront of this evolution, wielding cutting-edge technology to reshape how people connect in the digital age. SDG’s portfolio, which includes popular communications … Read more

Prediction Markets Don’t Have a Gambling Problem, Says Crypto Attorney

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Singapore and Thailand recently moved to ban Polymarket from their respective jurisdictions, arguing that the site was just another gambling platform. On the surface, that argument seems logical. Polymarket’s inclusion of sports prediction markets makes it seem like a competitor to licensed sportsbooks around the world. After all, even prediction market’s harshest critics acknowledge that … Read more

Crypto Venture Capital Funding to Rise This Year, Won’t Hit Previous Highs: JPMorgan

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Crypto venture capital (VC) funding is expected to recover this year as regulatory clarity and more crypto-friendly policies emerge during the tenure of President Donald Trump, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Wednesday. The Wall Street bank noted that venture funding for the industry has been subdued in recent years. This may have been … Read more

TRUMP, MELANIA Memecoins Made Millions for Some, Less Than $100 for Many

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Donald Trump’s official memecoin has been extremely profitable for early buyers and likely unprofitable for many, a Chainalysis finding shows. An estimated 60 whales — a colloquial term for influential token holders — have realized profits exceeding $10 million each. However, a majority of retail investors were at break-even as of Thursday. “After 1B $TRUMP … Read more

Tata acquires 60% stake in Apple partner Pegatron’s India unit

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Tata Electronics has acquired a 60% controlling stake in the Indian arm of Apple assembly partner, Pegatron, as the conglomerate expands its iPhone manufacturing capacity in the country. Taiwan-based Pegatron operates an iPhone production plant near Chennai in India’s sourthern state of Tamil Nadu. The deal comes less than a year after Tata Electronics acquired … Read more

Vitalik Buterin Calls for Added Focus on Ether as Part of the Network’s Scaling Plans

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Ethereum scaling plans and network applications should start supporting the network’s native ether (ETH) to further bump value for the asset, co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote in a post on Friday. “We should pursue a multi-pronged strategy, to cover all major possible sources of the value of ETH as a triple-point asset,” Buterin said as part … Read more