Coinbase Receives Greenlight to Offer Crypto Trading in India
Coinbase received its approval roughly two years after it left the market due to regulatory issues and amid encouraging signs for the crypto industry in the country.
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Is Tesla cooked?
Tesla stock plunged 15 percent on Monday, its steepest drop in five years. The price is down over 50 percent since its December highs. Tesla owners, disgusted with Elon Muskâs slash-and-burn tactics for the Trump administration, are selling their vehicles at a big loss. And Tesla showrooms across the country are becoming magnets for large … Read more
Trump says he’ll label attacks on Tesla locations as domestic terrorism
U.S. President Donald Trump gets out of a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025. At a White House event where he promised to buy a Tesla, President Donald Trump says he’ll label violence at Tesla locations as domestic terrorism. Over the past few weeks, protests against … Read more
U.S. House Votes to Overturn IRS DeFi Broker Rule
A majority of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn an IRS rule treating crypto entities as brokers and requiring them to collect certain taxpayer and transaction information, including decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. With a 292-132 vote, a bipartisan majority in the House joined the U.S. Senate in advancing the Congressional Review … Read more
Bitcoin, XRP and Solana Bounce Back After Crypto Market Bloodbath
Bitcoin and other top crypto assets are rising again after getting hit hard by President Trump’s tariff twists and recession fears.
What Are Cloud Native Buildpacks? A Simple Walkthrough
Do you ever get tired of fiddling with a Dockerfile? Dockerfiles and Docker images are a great way to package your app for reusable, containerized deployments. However, writing and maintaining a Dockerfile is not always intuitive, and it takes up time that could otherwise be used for adding features to your app. Enter Cloud Native … Read more
YouTuber says SEC will recommend dropping lawsuit over 2018 token ICO
Ian Balina, the CEO of Token Metrics and a YouTuber with more than 100,000 subscribers, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission will stop pursuing him in court over allegations he violated securities laws by promoting Sparkster (SPRK) tokens in 2018. Speaking to Cointelegraph on March 11, Balina said the SEC had informed him it … Read more
SEC Delays XRP ETF Decision as Franklin Templeton Joins Hopefuls
The agency may delay its decision on XRP ETF applications until mid-October.
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow explains his troubled $30M personal loan, announces new ‘super app’
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended the $30M personal loan he took out from his startup, while announcing Bolt’s latest launch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Americans May Have Missed Out on Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Crypto Airdrops: Dragonfly
Geoblocking crypto users from airdrops has left a massive hole in some American users’ wallets, according to a new report.
BC.GAME Team Compete For Top Prizes As BC.GAME ESPORTS Expands Its Line-Up
NICOSIA, Cyprus, March 11th, 2025/GamingWire/–Global iGaming platform BC.GAME has announced plans to expand upon its first esports team led by a quintet of world-class players. The BC.GAME ESPORTS team will compete on the global stage in 2025 against the world’s best CS2 players and be complemented by the formation of new BC.GAME teams. The creation … Read more
BC.GAME Team Compete For Top Prizes As BC.GAME ESPORTS Expands Its Line-Up
NICOSIA, Cyprus, March 11th, 2025/GamingWire/–Global iGaming platform BC.GAME has announced plans to expand upon its first esports team led by a quintet of world-class players. The BC.GAME ESPORTS team will compete on the global stage in 2025 against the world’s best CS2 players and be complemented by the formation of new BC.GAME teams. The creation … Read more
Bitcoin ‘Heading Toward’ $73K Amid Macro Headwinds, Meme Coin Swoon: 10X Research
10x Research’s Bitcoin report noted parallels between the end of the previous bull market and current conditions, including macroeconomic uncertainty.
Cboe seeks to add staking to Fidelity’s Ether ETF
Securities exchange Cboe BZX is seeking permission from US regulators to incorporate staking into Fidelity’s Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a March 11 filing. The filing marks Cboe’s latest attempt to support staking for the Ether (ETH) funds traded on its US exchange. Cboe’s proposed rule change would allow Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) to … Read more
Trump says he will label violence against Tesla as domestic terrorism
President Donald Trump said he will label violence against Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, per a transcript shared by the White House pool reporters, a sign of deepening ties with Elon Musk. “Tesla Takeovers” have been breaking out across the globe at Tesla dealerships as people protest what they see as a hostile takeover of … Read more
Texas lawmaker seeks to cap state’s proposed BTC purchases to $250M
A member of the Texas legislature has proposed a bill that could limit the amount local and state authorities invest in cryptocurrency as a reserve asset. In a bill filed on March 10, Texas Representative Ron Reynolds proposed the state’s comptroller not be allowed to invest more than $250 million of its Economic Stabilization Fund … Read more
The New Yorker has finally embraced modernity
When the first email was sent in 1971, Richard Nixon was president. The video game “Pong” was still in development. The Pittsburgh Pirates were a good baseball team. This is to say, technological achievements like the email have lived long enough to have their own grandchildren. And yet, one of the most storied magazines in … Read more
IBM’s CEO doesn’t think AI will replace programmers anytime soon
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that, despite the Trump Administration’s attacks on globalism, global trade isn’t dead. In fact, he thinks that the U.S.’s key to growth will be embracing an international exchange of goods. “So, I actually am a firm believer — I think it goes all the way back to the economists who … Read more
iRobot launches eight new Roombas and finally adds lidar mapping
iRobot’s new lineup of Roomba robot vacuum and mops now all come with lidar navigation and mapping and a whole new look. After a tumultuous 2024, in which iRobot lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, Amazon abandoned its acquisition plans, and the company laid off a large portion of its staff, iRobot is back with a … Read more
EU watchdogs scrutinizing OKX over $100M in Bybit laundered funds: Report
European Union regulators are reportedly looking into a service offered by crypto exchange OKX that may have played a role in the laundering of $100 million in funds from the Bybit hack, according to Bloomberg. A March 11 Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter claims that national watchdogs from the EU’s member states … Read more
YouTubers Blackmailed Into Promoting Crypto Mining Malware: Kaspersky
“This tactic of coercing influencers shows how cybercriminals are evolving,” a security researcher at Kaspersky told Decrypt.
Cantor Fitzgerald’s Bitcoin Business to Use Anchorage Digital and Copper
The firms selected by Cantor Fitzgerald are at the forefront in working with traditional financial services firms eager to participate in the crypto space.
Y Combinator founders raising less money signal a ‘vibe shift,’ VC says
Otherwise Fund’s Terrance Rohan, investing in Y Combinator since 2010, says he noticed a “vibe shift” with this batch thanks to AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.