SEC Acknowledges Grayscale’s Revised Staking Proposal for its Ethereum ETF
The NYSE Arca filing details how the SEC could allow Grayscale’s Ethereum funds to earn staking rewards while maintaining custody safeguards.
Month: February 2025
Leveraging Big Data for Startup Growth in 2025
Big data has evolved into a cornerstone of business success, especially for startups navigating competitive landscapes. Harnessing its power can enable deeper customer insights, more efficient operations, and data-driven decision-making that fuels sustainable growth. This guide explores practical strategies for startups to collect, analyze, and apply big data insights effectively in 2025. Why Big Data … Read more
Reducing Memory Overhead in AI Models
:::info Authors: (1) Ben Athiwaratkun, AWS AI Labs; (2) Sujan Kumar Gonugondla, AWS AI Labs; (3) Sanjay Krishna Gouda, AWS AI Labs; (4) Haifeng Qian, AWS AI Labs; (5) Sanjay Krishna Gouda, AWS AI Labs; (6) Hantian Ding, AWS AI Labs; (7) Qing Sun, AWS AI Labs; (8) Jun Wang, AWS AI Labs; (9) Jiacheng … Read more
US spot Bitcoin ETFs see largest-ever daily outflow of $938M
Bitcoin ETFs in the US have seen more than $2.4 billion in net outflows over February as Bitcoin struggles to maintain a price rally.
CFTC’s Christy Goldsmith Romero to exit when Trump’s chair pick confirmed: Report
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has said she’ll exit the CFTC once Donald Trump’s pick for chair, Brian Quintenz, is confirmed by Congress, Reuters reports.
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs See Record Daily Outflow of Over $930M as Carry Trades Lose Shine to The 10-Year Treasury Note
Tuesday was a rough day for the crypto market, as bitcoin (BTC) fell to three-month lows below $87,000, dragging the broader market down. More importantly, investors withdrew funds from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) at an unprecedented rate. The 11 spot ETFs registered a cumulative net outflow of $937.78 million, the most significant single-day … Read more
XRP, BNB Edge Higher as Bitcoin Bulls Eye $90K After Tuesday Bloodbath
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $89,000 in Asian morning hours after a 24-hour low of $86,200, slightly improving market sentiment with major tokens showing signs of a recovery. XRP and BNB Chain’s BNB led a gradual majors rebound Wednesday as traders continue to reel from Tuesday’s carnage — one that saw overall capitalization drop as much as … Read more
Crypto shows how powerful tokenizing private stocks would be — Robinhood CEO
The ability to create a cryptocurrency that’s trading in five minutes shows how easy it would be for private firms to seek outside funding, says Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev.
AI Agents Ditch Human Talk, Switch to ‘Gibberlink’ in Viral Video
A viral video shows two AI agents recognizing each other mid-call—then abandoning human speech for a secret machine-only language
Cipher Mining shares down 17% as 2024 losses mount
The mining firm had some major expenses last year, resulting in operating losses that saw shareholders dent its stock price.
Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Under Pressure: Could a Forced Liquidation Happen?
Despite a sharp drop in its stock, Strategy’s structural safeguards and ability to raise equity make a forced Bitcoin liquidation “unlikely.”
ElevenLabs now lets authors create and publish audiobooks on its own platform
Voice AI company ElevenLabs is now letting authors publish AI-generated audiobooks on its own Reader app, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. The announcement comes days after the company partnered with Spotify for AI-narrated audiobooks. ElevenLabs, which raised a $180 million mega-round last month, started inviting authors to try out their publishing program through … Read more
Crypto market is seeing a ‘tactical retreat, not a reversal’ — Binance CEO
Binance CEO Richard Teng says that crypto markets generally ”bounce back with remarkable resilience” after volatility due to macroeconomic events.
German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design
Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old, German nuclear fusion startup, has published plans for a working fusion power plant in a peer-reviewed journal, in what is being touted as a step-change in the race to generate limitless energy. Today’s nuclear fission reactors create radioactive waste, whereas nuclear fusion releases vast amounts of energy, with zero carbon emissions and … Read more
Hackers are making fake GitHub projects to steal crypto: Kaspersky
Kaspersky found that at least one victim lost 5 Bitcoin, worth around $442,000, to a malware-riddled fake project in November.
GameStop CEO Responds to Proposal to Convert $5 Billion Cash to Bitcoin
The firm urged GameStop to avoid investing in other cryptos, calling Bitcoin the only “true store of value” among digital assets.
‘We’re nowhere near done with Framework Laptop 16’ says Framework CEO
Two years ago, the last time Framework had an event in San Francisco, California, the highlight was the Framework Laptop 16 — a laptop promising the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics cards, and easily one of the most ambitious laptops ever made. But today, the Framework Laptop 16 got little mention at its new event, … Read more
Razer’s new Blade 18 offers Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs and a dual mode display
Razer is adding a fresh gaming laptop to the pile of new models up for preorder today: the Blade 18. Like its smaller (but far from small) Blade 16 cousin, the new Razer Blade 18 will come with Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs and Intel Arrow Lake CPUs. But one major way it differs is its … Read more
GameStop buying Bitcoin would ‘bake the noodles’ of TradFi: Swan exec
Swan Bitcoin’s John Haar says shockwaves would be sent through the markets if GameStop uses its $4.6 billion in cash to buy Bitcoin and commits to buying more.
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Samsung’s first Pro series Gen 5 PCIe SSD arrives in March
The first PCIe Gen 5 SSDs from the likes of Seagate and Crucial began hitting the market nearly two years ago, but Samsung has been notably absent with its own model. That will change in March with the arrival of the Samsung 9100 Pro series, its first consumer-ready pure PCIe Gen 5 SSD built with … Read more
Claude AI Can Now Play Pokémon—And It’s Winning
Anthropic says Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperformed older models in gaming, mastering how to win Pokémon battles.
‘Hamster Kombat’ Telegram Game Launches Its Own TON Layer-2 Network
The Hamster Network, a layer-2 chain built on The Open Network, will be used to launch games and apps built around messaging app Telegram.