Month: February 2025
Comstruct raises $13.5M to simplify the procurement process for construction firms
When you think about platforms in the construction industry, chances are the concrete slabs designed to support steel beams and tall pillars will come first to your mind. Munich-based startup Comstruct wants to design a different kind of platform for the construction industry — a software platform. At its core, Comstruct is a procurement platform for … Read more
Origami by Meenakshi
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Berachain’s BERA Trades at $8 Ahead of 79M Token Airdrop and Mainnet Launch
Layer 1 Berachain will airdrop just under 80 million of its BERA tokens to ecosystem and exchange users as the decentralized finance (DeFi)- focussed network goes live later on Thursday, per a release. The total initial supply of BERA is 500 million tokens, with 48.9% allocated for community engagement, including airdrops, ecosystem development, and research. … Read more
Cameras of 1930s Era
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Avelios nabs $31M led by Sequoia to fix the ailing world of healthcare IT
The race is on to build a new generation of healthcare software to replace legacy hospital systems that in some cases may not have been updated in decades. A startup out of Munich, Germany called Avelios has ambitions to build a new kind of end-to-end administrative system, leaning into more modern tooling using AI and … Read more
Law Firm Behind Pump.Fun Class Action Demands Removal of Tokens Mocking It
Two law firms that are involved in a proposed a class action suit against Pump.fun say they are now victims of tokens that are impersonating the firm’s likeness, and are demanding in a cease and desist letter that the memecoin factory immediately remove them. At the center of the controversy is a token called ‘DOGSHIT2‘ … Read more
XRP Price Outlook Grim as Traders Go Short, Exchange Inflows Increase
Net inflows to spot XRP tokens turned positive early Thursday after days of outflows, putting the token in focus following a record-breaking month for its native decentralized exchange (DEX). Over $15 million in XRP flowed to centralized exchanges on Thursday led by deposits to Bybit and Kraken, Coinglass data shows. Spot inflows to exchanges may … Read more
CFTC fines EmpiresX founders $130M in crypto fraud case
A US court fined the Brazilian founders of EmpiresX over $130 million for operating a fraudulent crypto scheme that misled investors.
Cloudflare R2 Global Outage
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Paper Apps
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OpenAI Sales Agent Demo
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European VC firm Emblem raises $85 million for its initial fund
Emblem, a relatively new European VC firm based in Paris, is announcing the final closing of its first fund. Eighteen months after the first closing, the Emblem team managed to secure €80 million in total (around $85 million at current exchange rates). This is no small feat in the current funding environment. According to Atomico’s … Read more
The TechBeat: A Basic AI Prompt Helped Me Learn Rust (2/6/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Developers Are Ditching Basic Text Editors—Here’s What They Want Instead By @filestack [ 6 Min read ] Many developers find that … Read more
Hotline for modern Apple systems
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Some terminal frustrations
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Trump’s Aim to Lower The 10-Year Yield Could Bode Well for Bitcoin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Trump administration aims to reduce borrowing costs in the economy by lowering the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. “He and I are focused on the 10-year Treasury,” Bessent told Fox Business when asked about plans to lower interest rates. “He is not calling for the … Read more
Linux Running in a PDF
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The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is skipping the US
The Zenfone 12 Ultra officially launches today, but unlike previous generations, this one won’t be sold in the US. As expected, the 12 Ultra is a de-gamer-ified ROG Phone 9 Pro with a big screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a unique gimbal-like stabilizer in the main camera. It’s the same formula Asus followed … Read more
Jupiter DEX, ex-Malaysian prime minister shill memecoins in X hack
In a series of hacks, decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter and a former Malaysian prime minister had their accounts hijacked to promote sham coins.
Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round
Modern product engineering requires the production of highly accurate digital simulations, allowing engineers to create prototypes and understand the real-world performance of materials. Currently, legacy software platforms from companies like IBM and Dassault are generally deployed, but now startups are joining the arena, powered by generative AI. One such is Trace.Space, coming out of Riga, … Read more
Kraken’s Powell claims in lawsuit he was denied housing due to crypto ties
Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell filed a housing discrimination suit, alleging a San Francisco building’s management blocked a sale due to his involvement with crypto.
Swedish digital asset manager launches Avalanche, Cardano ETP on Nasdaq Helsinki
Swedish crypto asset manager Virtune is now giving investors in Finland exposure to Avalanche and Cardano via its newly launched crypto ETP products.
71% of institutional traders have ‘no plans’ for crypto: JPMorgan survey
Institutional investors remain wary of crypto trading, according to a JPMorgan survey.