Congratulations, you get 0.05% yield more and farm some points! Sounds great? Sure – until you realize that you’ve just staked risks across multiple layers without even knowing it. But you can ignore that – just like everybody else – until you can’t. Table of contents Time Leap The Basics: Staking, Liquid Staking, Restaking – … Read more
Gaorong Ventures, a prominent Chinese venture capital firm known for its early backing of internet giants in the country, has invested $30 million into the operator of Hong Kong’s largest licensed crypto exchange, HashKey Group, according to a Bloomberg report. The backing came at a pre-money valuation of over $1 billion, according to the report. … Read more
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The UK-based bank now holds 2,473,064 shares of IBIT, valued at $131 million as of December 31, as per the Thursday SEC filing.
By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin (BTC) continues to climb the wall of worry, pushing above $97,000 despite hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer and producer price inflation reports in the past couple of days. That’s a surprise. With prices rising and the likelihood of a Fed rate cut receding, you’d expect risky … Read more
In addition to beating Solana in daily fees for the first time since October 2024, BNB Chain is the first chain since Bitcoin to beat both Ethereum and Solana in daily fees.
Elizabeth Warren accuses Musk and Trump of dismantling the CFPB to push financial control as layoffs hit the agency and the crypto regulation debate heats up.
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Bybit was removed from France’s AMF blacklist and now seeks a MiCA license for the EU, while still facing regulatory challenges in India and Malaysia.
Such security, much open. The DOGE website created to document how Elon Musk’s team is eviscerating the US federal government is wide open for anyone to edit. This is the same DOGE organization that has gained unprecedented access to sensitive US financial systems with data on millions of Americans. Two web development experts reported the … Read more
The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation — principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive, a 2022 draft law which had been aimed at making it easier for consumers to sue over harms caused by AI-enabled products and services — were made in response to pressure … Read more
While AI can enhance financial forecasting and decision-making, its ability to prevent the next financial crisis remains uncertain due to complexities like unpredictable events.
Microsoft is adding a super useful button to Outlook mobile that will let you quickly minimize a draft email and task switch on the go. If you’re like me and you send a lot of emails from your iPhone or Android device, it can be really annoying to have to switch out of a draft … Read more
Solana bridge volumes surged from November 2024 to January 2025, with billions flowing into the network.
The open source code repository Codeberg has blamed the far right for a recent campaign of abuse and harassment across its systems. “Projects advocating tolerance and equal rights” were subjected to spam campaigns using abusive messages, which escalated to spam emails sent to users via Codeberg’s own automated systems. Codeberg says it stands strong “against … Read more
Bitcoin retail investor demand stays healthy despite rangebound BTC price action leaving new all-time highs out of reach.
The $28 million profit raised some insider trading allegations among the crypto community.
Short-term bitcoin (BTC) holders (STHs) have added 1.5 million bitcoin (BTC) since September taking the total to over 4 million bitcoin, according to Glassnode. This equates to an average accumulation of approximately 300,000 BTC per month. During this period, bitcoin surged from $60,000 to $109,000 before pulling back below $100,000. Glassnode defines STHs as those … Read more
Coinbase (COIN) finished 2024 with very strong business momentum as sentiment about the wider digital asset industry improved, broker JMP said in a research report on Thursday after the crypto exchange’s fourth quarter results. JMP raised its Coinbase price target to $475 from $400 and reiterated its market outperform rating. The shares dropped 1.3% to … Read more
Remixpoint (3825), a Japanese energy consulting firm that decided build up cryptocurrency reserves, boosted its holdings by more than 8,000% in the nine months ended Dec. 31 and is now close to having spent its target of 10 billion yen ($65 million). The Tokyo-based company held 5.8 billion yen ($38 million) of crypto at year-end, … Read more
Alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins, made waves Friday as XRP and dogecoin (DOGE) drew strength from spot ETF optimism and Solana-based decentralized exchange Jupiter’s JUP token cheered the platform’s buyback program. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has acknowledged Grasycale’s applications for XRP and dogecoin (DOGE) spot ETFs, Fed. 13 updates by the market regulator … Read more
Ex-business development manager Andrew Krynin accidentally revealed a pair of nude images on a public call, prompting responses from the Near team.
BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik was returned to Russia in a prisoner swap, exchanged for American teacher Marc Fogel.
The vague language of El Salvador’s $1.4 billion deal with the IMF may imply that it might stop buying Bitcoin at some point, according to Samson Mow.
Internal customer support platforms are moving from platforms like email ticketing systems and chat to channels like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and even Discord. But with Slack, for instance, able to host hundreds of channels, the whole thing can become quite unwieldy. Plain, out of the UK, thinks it has the answer. Its API-first platform consolidates … Read more
As we reach mid-February 2025, the pace of events has been so rapid that it feels as though half the year has already passed. Here’s a concise overview of the significant developments that have unfolded thus far: AI Innovations and Rivalries In the realm of artificial intelligence, French startup Mistral AI has emerged as a … Read more