UK NCA Officer Charged Over Alleged Bitcoin Theft in 2017
The 50 BTC allegedly stolen by the National Crime Agency officer would have been worth $77,000 in 2017—and $4 million today.
Month: March 2025
AI Should Amplify QA, Not Replace It
Until recently, conversations about AI in software testing fell into two extremes. On one side, the enthusiasts were convinced that AI was about to revolutionize QA overnight, automating every test, predicting every bug, and making manual effort obsolete. On the other side, the skeptics — who dismissed AI as just another overhyped trend, a distraction … Read more
Trump family is reportedly in talks to acquire stake in Binance’s US arm
President Trump’s family has been weighing an investment in Binance.US, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The investment would come just a couple of years after Binance’s U.S. arm pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering regulation. As part of that guilty plea, Binance’s founder Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, paid a … Read more
Knowledge Graphs May Be the Missing Link Businesses Need for an AI that Works
Organizations are facing a critical challenge to AI adoption: how to leverage their domain-specific knowledge to use AI in a way that delivers trustworthy results. Knowledge graphs provide the missing “truth layer” for AI that transforms probabilistic outputs into real world business acceleration. :::info • 🚀 AI adoption is accelerating, but most implementations fail to … Read more
AI Replacing Humans Was Sci-Fi. Now It Can Do 43% of Modern Jobs, Anthropic Finds
I. How soon will AI replace humans? I’d like to share two research papers that paint a stark picture of AI’s impact on the job market. The first comes from Stanford economics professor Brynjolfsson, who predicted in 2022 that advanced AI would disrupt the global power balance. That future is already here – Anthropic’s latest … Read more
Meet Ed25519, The Tiny Crypto Algorithm That Makes Solana Insanely Fast and Secure
Prelude: Ed25519 Asymmetric algorithm, also known as public-key cryptography, is a cryptographic algorithm where a secret key can be divided into two parts: a public key and a private key. Here, the public key can be given to any party, trusted or not, while the private key must be kept secret. This algorithm thrives in … Read more
Bitcoin panic selling costs new investors $100M in 6 weeks — Research
Bitcoin speculators suffered losses of over $100 million in just six weeks thanks to panic selling, new research calculated. Data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed the extent of recent capitulation by short-term holders (STHs). Bitcoin speculators run to the exit “in the red” Bitcoin (BTC) entities hodling coins between one and three months bore … Read more
SoftBank buys $676M old Sharp plant for its OpenAI collab in Japan
SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam and in strategic partnership with others like OpenAI. On Friday, the tech company confirmed it would pay $676 million for factory previously used by Sharp to build LCD panels to convert … Read more
Here’s How To Connect an Azure Kubernetes Cluster Using Kubectl
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes. To interact with an AKS cluster, you need to establish a connection using kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line tool. This guide provides a step-by-step process to explain How To Connect Azure Kubernetes Cluster Using Kubectl Why Kubectl needed? Connecting to an … Read more
AMD’s Strix Halo under the hood
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No Waiting, No Mempool: How Solana Moves Crypto at Lightning Speed
n In this report, we focus on the Solana transaction lifecycle. We delve into the core concepts of a transaction, such as its size, message header, compact-array format, and so on. We also emphasize the Solana runtime process and explain why the transaction cost on Solana is low. What is a Solana transaction? Structure of … Read more
Behind Elon Musk’s X outage: What really happened and why it matters
What caused the X outage? On March 10, 2025, X’s services went down for many users, causing frustration and confusion across the platform. The outages were significant enough to make headlines and draw attention from the tech community and the media. Elon Musk, ever the outspoken owner, quickly attributed the disruptions to a “massive cyberattack.” … Read more
Hong Kong crypto payment firm RedotPay wraps $40M Series A funding round
Hong Kong-based crypto payment platform RedotPay closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from HSG and Galaxy Ventures. RedotPay aims to enable cryptocurrency use in everyday transactions while simplifying blockchain transactions for spenders, akin to fiat. In November 2023, the company launched its own physical Visa cards, which can … Read more
Bitcoin logo shines over Austin, Texas as Gemini sets new world record
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini set a new Guinness world record by deploying 1,000 drones to form the Bitcoin logo in the sky, marking the largest-ever aerial display of a currency symbol. The event, held on March 13 in Austin, Texas, celebrated the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve initiative. Source: Gemini Gemini’s drone show featured depictions of a … Read more
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial nets $550M in token sales
World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance (DeFi) project backed by the Trump family, has completed its second public token sale, raising $250 million from investors. WLFI launched on Sept. 16, 2024, with the goal of promoting DeFi and stablecoins pegged to the US dollar. The project is endorsed by President Donald Trump and his sons … Read more
Calls for stricter rules on political memecoins after $4B Libra collapse
Industry voices warned that politically endorsed cryptocurrencies must adopt stronger investor protections and liquidity safeguards to prevent another major market collapse. Investor sentiment remains shaken after the Libra (LIBRA) token, which was endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei, suffered a $4 billion market cap wipeout due to insider cash-outs. According to blockchain analytics firm DWF … Read more
The End of YC
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XRP price poised for 46% gains after Ripple secures first Dubai license
XRP’s price is eyeing a breakout from a classic chart pattern in the near future after Ripple acquired its first-ever license in the Middle East. XRP price chart hints at possible 46% gains XRP (XRP) has been consolidating inside a descending triangle pattern since topping out at its seven-year high of $3.40 on Jan. 16. … Read more
Russia using Bitcoin, USDt for oil trades with China and India: Report
Russian companies have been using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and USDt to facilitate trade with China and India amid international sanctions, according to a Reuters report. Russian oil companies have used crypto assets including Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether’s USDt (USDT) for international trade, Reuters reported on March 14, citing four sources with direct knowledge of the … Read more
From Languages to Language Sets
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