Crypto rally post CPI fails to hold. BTC dominance hits 4-year high. ETH/BTC hits 5 year low. ETH drops out of top 20 revenue protocols. Stablecoin market cap surpasses ETH market cap. SEC delays options on Fidelity ETH ETF. Fed classifies BTC as a ‘hard reserve asset’. UAE sovereign fund invests $2bn in Binance. Ripple … Read more
Facebook is rolling out the ability for creators to earn money for views on public stories. The new monetization option is available globally to creators who are part of the Facebook Content Monetization program. With this new monetization option, creators can earn money from content that they are already producing and sharing if they post … Read more
Polling of 19,000 households across 11 EU countries revealed that many people are perfectly happy with the payment methods they already use.
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has advanced the crypto industry’s stablecoin regulation bill, a first major step toward getting the effort to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law. With its first committee approval, the bill that would regulate U.S. stablecoin issuers at the federal level now needs passage by the overall Senate, … Read more
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Meghan Markle is launching a new podcast entitled “Confessions of a Female Founder,” which will hear the duchess talking about her entrepreneurial journey. It will also feature talks with other female founders about the reality of building a business, according to People magazine. The show will premiere April 8th on Lemonada Media and will have … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) continued to struggle on Thursday as it fought to stay above $80,000. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is currently down 3% on the day. It has declined 13% in the first quarter and is about 30% off its all-time high from January. According to Glassnode data, short-term holders — investors who have … Read more
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Top meme coins are bouncing as the broader market chops. Dogecoin is roughly flat, but Popcat and others are rising on Robinhood listings.
This post was co-written with Vishal Singh, Data Engineering Leader at Data & Analytics team of GoDaddy Generative AI solutions have the potential to transform businesses by boosting productivity and improving customer experiences, and using large language models (LLMs) in these solutions has become increasingly popular. However, inference of LLMs as single model invocations or … Read more
Cryptocurrency payments company MoonPay is expanding its presence in the enterprise stablecoin market with the acquisition of Iron, an API-focused stablecoin infrastructure developer, for an undisclosed amount. According to a March 13 announcement, the acquisition will give MoonPay’s enterprise customers the ability to accept stablecoin payments instantly and at a low cost. Iron’s integration also … Read more
Cryptocurrency app MoonPay, has acquired Iron, an API-focused stablecoin infrastructure platform, the company said in a press release Thursday. The acquisition will significantly increase Moonpay’s enterprise offerings, the Miami-based company said, and will allow businesses to accept stablecoin payments. No acquisition price was given, but a report said the deal was worth at least $100 … Read more
In a new policy proposal, OpenAI describes Chinese AI lab DeepSeek as “state-subsidized” and “state-controlled,” and recommends that the U.S. government consider banning models from the outfit and similar People’s Republic of China (PRC)-supported operations. The proposal, a submission for the Trump Administration’s “AI Action Plan” initiative, claims that DeepSeek’s models, including its R1 “reasoning” model, … Read more
After the meekest of rallies yesterday following some soft inflation numbers, U.S. stocks Thursday are once again headed sharply lower and apparently pulling bitcoin (BTC) along for the ride. Just ahead of the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq is lower by 1.7% and the S&P 500 by 1.2% After pushing to nearly … Read more
Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied many of the claims in a Wall Street Journal report suggesting that he has been actively seeking a federal pardon from US President Donald Trump. In a March 13 X post following the release of the report, Zhao said he had no discussions regarding a business deal … Read more
There are a lot of “simulator” games out there that gamify everything from driving your own big rig to running your own Japanese convenience store. Some of them hit, like the one about being a goat which is on its third iteration. And some of them hit like PowerWash Simulator which is getting a sequel … Read more
Solana (SOL) price completed a “death cross” on the one-day chart on March 12, as the altcoin consolidated near its long-term support level at $125. This could potentially accelerate the SOL price sell-off in the near term for a drop below $100 for the first time since February 2024. Solana’s 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView A … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 13, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Microsoft Goes Public in 1986, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Using Mavens Dependency Analyzer to Get Rid of Unused Dependencies is Dangerous Advice … Read more
Lexus RZ 550e F Sport in neutrino gray and black. Lexus is updating its RZ electric vehicle lineup and introducing new versions that include a simulated manual gearbox and a steer-by-wire system. The top-of-the-line 550e F Sport includes a “Interactive Manual Drive” system that gives the driver the feeling of shifting like a manual gas … Read more
Greetings! Welcome to another Startups of the Week feature! Each week, the HackerNoon team highlights standout Startups from our Startups of the Year database. Every featured startup, has been nominated as the best in their respective technology category or region. Under this week’s spotlight, we present to you: ROW Marketing Agency, Violet, and YellowMay. :::tip … Read more
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has reshaped the way assets are traded, borrowed, and lent on blockchain networks. It has done so with remarkable speed, offering open access to financial services without intermediaries. But for all its innovation, DeFi has yet to solve one of the fundamental issues that prevents large-scale institutional adoption: predictability. Unlike traditional finance, … Read more
With so many AI companies launching chatbots, Google is leveraging its biggest competitive advantage to make Gemini stand out: Search. With personalization enabled, Gemini can now automatically analyze your query to see if referring to your Search history can “enhance” its response. The feature is powered by the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model, and … Read more
In the AI chatbot wars, Google thinks the key to retaining users is serving up content they can’t get elsewhere, like answers shaped by their internet habits. On Thursday, the company announced Gemini with personalization, a new “experimental capability” for its Gemini chatbot apps that lets Gemini draw on other Google apps and services to … Read more
Today Sony is announcing the development of a new type of TV display that uses individual RGB LEDs for its backlighting. While Sony currently sells high-end Mini LED TVs alongside OLED models, this new system could combine many of the best qualities of both, and I recently got to see it in action at the … Read more
Fortnite is coming to Windows devices with Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon chips later this year. Epic Games announced today that it’s teaming up with Qualcomm to add Windows on Snapdragon support for Easy Anti-Cheat, which will let the game be compatible with those devices. “Over the last year, the introduction of Windows 11 Arm-based laptops has … Read more
President Trump’s Bitcoin reserve may prompt other governments to do the same, the CEO of Binance Richard Teng said.
If you’re looking to catch up on Andor before the second season’s April 22nd debut on Disney Plus, there’s a solid deal on both Disney Plus and Hulu. Now through March 30th, you can get the ad-supported Disney Plus, Hulu Bundle Basic plan for $2.99 per month for the first four months. Usually this bundle … Read more
Google announced new features around PC and mobile gaming today ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), including new titles, control customization, and developer tools for making mobile games available on PC. The company first introduced Play Games for PC in 2022 in the beta phase. Over time, it has introduced the program to various … Read more
Ahead of the Game Developers Conference next week, Google is announcing that all mobile Android games will be available by default on Google Play Games on PC unless a developer opts out. The change could significantly boost the number of games on the platform, as previously, developers had to opt in. Google Play Games on … Read more
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