Month: March 2025

From One-Off Transactions to Intelligent Payments: The Evolution of Open Banking with VRP

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By Michael Bystrov, Chief Revenue Officer at Noda. As Open Banking continues to transform the financial landscape, its journey from simple Pay-by-Bank solutions to sophisticated, automated payment mechanisms like Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) is a story of innovation, regulation, and customer-centric evolution. VRP represents the next frontier, enabling seamless, flexible, and intelligent payments that go … Read more

The fake promise of better Siri

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Apple Intelligence is technically lots of things, but there’s only one feature with the potential to actually meaningfully change the way you use your phone. That would be Siri, which Apple said last year it had turned from a quasi-helpful voice assistant into an AI-powered helper that could understand everything about you and accomplish things … Read more

US Rep. Byron Donalds to introduce bill codifying Trump’s Bitcoin reserve

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A new bill set to be introduced in Congress aims to formalize President Donald Trump’s executive order establishing a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a move that could further integrate Bitcoin into the nation’s financial strategy. Trump signed an executive order on March 7 to use Bitcoin (BTC) seized in government criminal cases to establish a … Read more

React vs. Vue vs. Angular: Which Framework is Best for Developers in 2025?

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“How can software development accelerate a company’s growth in a competitive market?” This question drives many businesses to explore the most effective tools and practices in web development. According to a 2024 report by Stack Overflow, JavaScript frameworks continue to dominate the front-end scene, with 78% of surveyed developers planning to use at least one … Read more

FTX liquidated $1.5B in 3AC assets 2 weeks before hedge fund’s collapse

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Newly revealed court documents show that FTX secretly liquidated $1.53 billion in Three Arrows Capital (3AC) assets just two weeks before the hedge fund collapsed in 2022. The disclosure challenged previous narratives that 3AC’s downfall was solely market-driven. Once valued at over $10 billion, 3AC collapsed in mid-2022 after a series of leveraged directional trades … Read more

ZKsync Sunsets Liquidity Rewards Program, Citing Bearish Market Conditions

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Layer-2 network ZKsync has announced that it will be sunsetting the Ignite Program, which rewarded users for providing liquidity, due to bearish market conditions. “After careful consideration, the DeFi Steering Committee (DSC) has decided to not renew Ignite for Season 2 and will be sunsetting the program starting March 17th, 2025 by turning off rewards … Read more

Kerry Washington invests in wedding marketplace Cheersy

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Kerry Washington is expanding her angel investment portfolio, serving as lead investor in the pre-seed round of the wedding marketplace Cheersy.  Cheersy, which was founded in 2024 by Amy Shack Egan, helps couples find day-of service wedding coordinators and has raised a total of $550,000, from other investors including Elizabeth Cutler, co-founder of Soul Cycle … Read more

AI’s Energy Dilemma: Can LLMs Optimize Their Own Power Consumption?

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When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, it sparked both delight and concern. Generative AI demonstrated remarkable potential—crafting essays, solving coding problems, and even creating art. But it also raised alarms among environmentalists, researchers, and technologists. The biggest concern? The massive energy consumption required to train and run Large Language Models (LLMs), prompting questions about … Read more

Gold’s Historic Rally Leaves Bitcoin Behind, But the Trend May Reverse

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Spot gold surpassed $3,000 an ounce for the first time before retreating to $2,990. Gold futures for April delivery also broke the $3,000 mark on Thursday. The precious metal is now up over 15% this year, driven by strong ETF inflows, geopolitical uncertainty, and continued concerns over U.S. equities amid ongoing tariff discussions by former … Read more

Crypto Daybook Americas: Gold’s Historic Rally Brings Back BTC’s ‘Store of Value’ Debate

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By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The recent market turmoil might have given gold the bragging rights of being the “store of value” while “digital gold” struggles, at least for now. Gold futures for April delivery have surpassed $3,000 an ounce for the first time ever, marking a historic milestone for … Read more

UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order triggers civil rights challenge

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The U.K. government’s secret order to Apple demanding it backdoor the end-to-end encrypted version of its iCloud storage service has now been challenged by two civil rights groups, Liberty and Privacy International, which filed complaints Thursday. They called the order “unacceptable and disproportionate” and warned of “global consequences” as the access order is thought to … Read more

Pump.fun memecoins are dying at record rates, less than 1% survive

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The memecoin frenzy on Pump.fun is hitting a wall, with the platform’s “graduation rate” sinking below 1% for a fourth straight week. “Graduation rate” is the memecoin launchpad’s term for tokens that make it through the incubation phase and become fully tradable on a Solana decentralized exchange (DEX). To graduate, a token must meet specific … Read more