Vitalik Buterin takes aim at ‘unlimited political bribery’ using tokens
The Ethereum co-founder warned against crypto projects offering “sugar-high short-term fun” rather than those used to build wealth.
The Ethereum co-founder warned against crypto projects offering “sugar-high short-term fun” rather than those used to build wealth.
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1. Introduction Circuit-breakers are used nowadays to avoid an excessive amount of requests being done to one or another non-responsive service. When, for example, a service shuts down, for whatever reason, a circuit-breaker should, as its name states, break the circuit. In other words, in a situation where 1 million requests are being done at … Read more
Apia, Samoa, Jan. 23 – Phemex is currently investigating a report involving one of its hot wallets used for daily operations. As part of the platform’s commitment to user security, withdrawals have been temporarily suspended to allow for a thorough inspection and the enhancement of wallet security measures. It is important to emphasize that Phemex’s … Read more
The financial services giant is also considering adding crypto to its trading platform, E-Trade, due to a change in regulatory climate.
Pengu Unleashed (PUNGU) has officially announced the launch of its cryptocurrency token, introducing a fresh approach to the meme coin market. The project has gained significant traction, raising substantial funds on the first day of its presale. What Makes PUNGU Stand Out? Pengu Unleashed is more than just another meme coin. The project integrates advanced … Read more
Make your class hierarchy clear and flexible TL;DR: Extract a common abstract class to mimic real-world structure. Problems Addressed Duplicate Code Inappropriate Inheritance Shotgun Surgery Big Class Feature Envy High Coupling Concrete classes subclassified Parent class not abstract Related Code Smells https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xiv?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/code-smell-255-addressing-parallel-hierarchies-in-code?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xiii?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-ix-7rr33ol?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xxxiii?embedable=true Steps Identify common behaviors in both classes. Create an … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 23rd, 2025/Chainwire/–Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has shared its vision for 2025 during the livestream event: Keynote with Ben: In the Driving Seat to the Moon — Beat the Unknown. Ben Zhou, Co-founder and CEO, reflected on Bybit’s 2024 journey, emphasizing the company’s dedication to growth, … Read more
The working group established under the EO will explore federal regulations for stablecoins and a national digital asset stockpile.
Donald Trump signed his first executive order on crypto, establishing a working group and prohibiting CBDCs without mentioning Bitcoin.
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In an announcement perhaps timed to divert attention away from OpenAI’s Operator, Anthropic Thursday unveiled a new feature for its developer API called Citations, which lets devs “ground” answers from its Claude family of AI in source documents such as emails. Anthropic says Citations allows its AI models to provide detailed references to “the exact … Read more
Fitbit has settled with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over a longstanding defeat that caused some wearers to sustain burns. The deal finds the Google-owned fitness company paying a $12.25 million penalty for the issues surround its Ionic smartwatch. The issue dates back to 2018, continuing on into 2020. Fitbit agreed to recall … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump has come through with an eagerly awaited executive order on crypto that directs his administration to establish friendly policies to put the industry on solid U.S. footing and work toward establishing a “digital asset stockpile.” After years of courtroom combat with federal authorities, Trump’s order could allow the digital assets sector … Read more
A screenshot from a video of TerraPower’s groundbreaking ceremony for its demonstration project in Wyoming. TerraPower, a nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, struck a deal this week with one of the largest data center developers in the US to deploy advanced nuclear reactors. TerraPower and Sabey Data Centers (SDC) are working together on … Read more
While Meta lures TikTok creators to Instagram and Facebook with cash bonuses, its X competitor Instagram Threads is now making things easier for creators, brands, and others who need more professional tools to manage their presence on the app. On Thursday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced a small handful of new features coming to Threads, … Read more
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, January 23rd, 2025/Chainwire/–Nibiru a secure and high-performance blockchain, has reached successful code completion for its upcoming Nibiru EVM (Nibiru V2) upgrade. “This milestone marks a key step in the evolution of Nibiru. Smoothly launching an initiative like this is about doing small things right to make a big difference. Nibiru places … Read more
Autograph, the $3.1 billion valuation NFT company co-founded by Tom Brady, is merging with the digital fitness company Future. As part of the merger, Brady will join the board of directors of Future and serve as co-chair of the company. Brady co-founded Autograph in 2021 to find ways to connect athletes and artists with fans, … Read more
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he’s “a huge believer in crypto” and urged the SEC to “rapidly approve” asset tokenization. Is this a net positive for the crypto sector?
It took institutions over a decade to take bitcoin (BTC) seriously as an investment vehicle, even though well-known financial pioneers had embraced the largest cryptocurrency on the market years earlier. But not even one year after the launch of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which saw adoption from pension funds, hedge funds and even … Read more
Security researcher Jane Wong found a hidden feature that let her change the top display of a Waymo robotaxi. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
President Donald Trump isn’t happy with how European Union regulators have treated U.S.-based tech companies including: Google, Meta, and Apple. On stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump put EU regulators on blast. He said that the EU’s cases against these U.S. tech companies are “a form of taxation,” according to Bloomberg reporting. … Read more
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Image: The Verge Perplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such as writing an email, setting a reminder, booking dinners, and more. It’s also multimodal, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen … Read more
Institutional demand for high-yield Bitcoin funds is growing following the successful launch of BTC ETFs.