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Month: March 2025
Puerto Rico Resident Defies Bitcoin Seizure Order, Faces $10,000 a Day Fine
The court filing described these transfers as “frenzied,” and having taken place with “intuition more accurate than the Oracle at Delphi.”
4 signs that $76.7K Bitcoin is probably the ultimate low
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to a four-month low of $76,700 on March 11, following a 6% weekly decline in the S&P 500 index. The stock market correction pushed the index to its lowest level in six months as investors priced in higher odds of a global economic downturn. Despite Bitcoin’s 30% drop from its all-time high … Read more
The masters of Commodore 64 games
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Paraguay Is Only Waiting for Crypto Law: El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator
Paraguayan agencies are ready to integrate the crypto sector. All that’s missing is the legislation. That’s according to Juan Carlos Reyes, the president of the Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales (CNAD), the agency in charge of regulating cryptocurrencies in El Salvador. “From my perspective, Paraguay seems to have the groundwork laid for supervision, regulation, and … Read more
As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift
After years in which crypto insiders desperately sought to get the attention of the U.S. Congress, the pro-digital-assets witnesses at the latest congressional hearing on stablecoins include a senior executive from the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and a Davis Polk & Wardwell lawyer who spent his career representing Wall Street. As congressional momentum … Read more
New tools for building agents
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OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents
On Tuesday, OpenAI released new tools designed to help developers and enterprises build AI agents – automated systems that can independently accomplish tasks – using the company’s own AI models and frameworks. The tools are part of OpenAI’s new Responses API, which lets businesses develop custom AI agents that can perform web searches, scan through … Read more
OpenAI launches new tools to help developers build AI agents
Agents are said to be the future of AI, and now OpenAI is trying to help developers build their own. The company is releasing a new Responses API that offers building blocks for developers to create agents capable of searching the web, digging through files, and performing tasks on a computer on their behalf. “There … Read more
With a tea-making fantasy game, Davey Wreden gets real
Davey Wreden does not tend to make conventional games. He exploded onto the indie scene in 2013 with The Stanley Parable, a choose-your-own adventure story set in a workplace hall of mirrors. Its follow-up, 2015âs The Beginnerâs Guide was a tour through a series of games created by an untraceable hobbyist developer. Both are undeniably … Read more
Media Matters sues X to stop lawsuits outside of the US
The nonprofit Media Matters for America filed suit against X this week, accusing Elon Musk’s social media company of “harassment” and Musk of a “globetrotting litigation campaign against Media Matters.” After Media Matters reported on X placing ads next to pro-Nazi content in 2023, X filed three lawsuits against the nonprofit accusing it of threatening … Read more
The city that forgot itself
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Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’
Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his thoughts on how AI technology can help small businesses outperform their competition. In short, he told the crowd that AI was not the answer, in and of itself, but is meant to serve as an aid that can help … Read more
CoreWeave strikes $11.9B deal with OpenAI to deliver AI infrastructure
CoreWeave announced on March 11 that it had struck a five-year deal worth up to $11.9 billion with OpenAI, the nonprofit research and development company that created ChatGPT. Through the deal, OpenAI will become an investor in CoreWeave through the issuance of $350 million of stock, while CoreWeave will deliver AI infrastructure. The deal comes … Read more
Ethereum L2 Starknet Seeks ‘Bitcoin’s DeFi Take-Off Moment’ With BTC Wallet Xverse
One of the foremost projects aiming to increase the speed of the Ethereum network is ramping up its work on the world’s original blockchain: Bitcoin. Ethereum layer-2 Starknet, in partnership with BTC wallet Xverse, is aiming to deliver a “full DeFi experience to Bitcoin users.” Xverse said it will “achieve Bitcoin’s DeFi take-off moment,” through … Read more
Anker’s compact travel charger works in over 200 countries
Up to five devices can be plugged into Anker’s new travel adapter, but it doesn’t deliver enough power for your laptop. | Image: Anker Looking to spend some time outside the US? Anker has announced a new travel adapter featuring a relatively slim design that’s less than an inch thick thanks to plugs that can … Read more
BTC rebounds after Crash, Stock rout Continues, Rate-cut odds surge
BTC hits 4-month low, taps $76k before rebound. Liquidations $1.1bn, follows several huge wipe outs. Fear & Greed index falls to 14, lowest since 2022. ETH hits 16-month lows, underperforms again. Huge ETH liquidation in focus at $1127. Stablecoin market cap hits new ATH. Investors discounting stimulus: Cathie Wood. Trump to sign EO to end … Read more
Sen. Lummis Reintroduces Bitcoin Act, Which Would Allow US to Buy $80 Billion in BTC
The BITCOIN Act would codify President Trump’s Bitcoin reserve plan—but also take it a step further.
Hugging Face expands its LeRobot platform with training data for self-driving machines
Last year, Hugging Face, the AI dev platform, launched LeRobot, a collection of open AI models, data sets, and tools to help build real-world robotics systems. On Tuesday, Hugging Face teamed up with AI startup Yaak to expand LeRobot with a training set for robots and cars that can navigate environments, like city streets, autonomously. … Read more
A new Pixel 10 leak shows Google adding another camera
The Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL. Google could be adding an extra camera to the base model Pixel 10, according to renders from leaker OnLeaks published by Android Headlines. The images show that the Pixel 10 looks nearly identical to the Pixel 9, but with a wider pane of glass on the rear camera bar that hints at a third … Read more
Coinbase plans India comeback with FIU registration
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is one step closer to relaunching its services in India after securing a license with the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). On March 11, the crypto exchange revealed on social media that “we’re approved to launch in India,” which prompted a follow-up from Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal. “Coinbase is now … Read more
Robinhood Crypto Trading Fell 29% as February Price Slide Distanced Retail Investors
Robinhood’s (HOOD) crypto trading volumes took a steep hit in February, tumbling 29% from the previous month in a retail-trader-led decline that might carry a message for other platforms including Coinbase (COIN). The month-over-month drop to $14.4 billion outpaced declines in equities and options trading, which each fell 1%. Even so, the figure was more … Read more
Mt. Gox Moves Another $930M Bitcoin as Payout Deadline Looms
Bitcoin (BTC) held by Mt. Gox, the defunct crypto exchange that imploded in 2014, was on the move again on Tuesday following last week’s maneuver, a potential sign of resuming creditors payout after distributing crypto assets worth billions last year. A Bitcoin address linked to Mt. Gox transferred 11,834 BTC, worth about $930 million, to … Read more