Month: March 2025
Bitcoin price bounces 4% as data gives '89% chance' stocks bottom is in
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded above $81,000 on March 11 as US stocks’ futures sought relief from a brutal sell-off. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price bounces back amid calls for short squeeze Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed daily BTC price gains approaching 4%. New four-month lows had accompanied the previous day’s Wall … Read more
Trump’s First Inflation Report Due as Risk investors Seek Signs of Cooling
The consumer price index (CPI) report due Wednesday will be the first under President Donald Trump’s tenure, with signs of cooling likely to raise the chance of an interest-rate cut and lift the spirits of investors in risk assets, who have been hammered in recent weeks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is forecast to say … Read more
Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app
Microsoft is ending support of its Remote Desktop app for Windows on May 27th. If you use the Remote Desktop app to connect to Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, or Microsoft Dev Box machines then you’ll have to transition to the Windows app instead. The new Windows app, which launched in September, includes multimonitor support, … Read more
Will Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Drain Liquidity from the Crypto Market?
Over the past three months, the tokenized U.S. Treasury bond market has surged by $1.57 billion, surpassing the $4 billion milestone. This rapid growth signals increasing institutional adoption, but also raises an important question—will this expanding sector disrupt the crypto market? Institutional Inflows and the Rise of Tokenized Treasuries The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) … Read more
Coinbase Plans India Comeback After Securing Regulatory Registration With FIU
Coinbase (COIN) is one step closer to fully returning to India after securing registration with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the crypto exchange said on Tuesday. The Nasdaq-listed company, which was active in the country several years ago, faced a number of issues due to regulatory pressure and eventually backed away from India. In 2022, … Read more
Despite Setback, AstroForge Steams Ahead With Plans to Mine Space Asteroid
This week in space exploration has been marked by both groundbreaking achievements and significant setbacks. Let’s dive into the key events involving AstroForge, SpaceX’s Starship, Intuitive Machines, and Varda Space Industries. AstroForge: The Odyssey of Odin Mission Overview: AstroForge, a California-based startup, launched its Odin spacecraft on February 26 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. … Read more
Ditch AutoLayout, Speed Up Your App: The Old-School Trick That Works
This is a second part of a cycle of articles about improving the iOS app’s performance, please read the first part ==here.== Why AutoLayout might be slowing down your app and how to fix it AutoLayout is the standard way to position and size UI elements in iOS apps. It’s flexible, powerful, and great for … Read more
BTC touches $80K, Strategy wants $21B more BTC, Banks to enter Crypto
BTC touches $80k then rebounds. Feed & Greed index hits 20 in ‘Extreme fear’. OCC allows banks to broadly access crypto. Strategy files $21bn perp stock issuance. Stablecoin legislation by August: Trump. Utah senate passes watered down BTC bill. US could sell gold for BTC reserve: StanChart. Sacks talks down gold selling expectations. Fold Holdings … Read more
What is yield farming in decentralized finance (DeFi)?
What is yield farming? Yield farming, also known as liquidity mining, is a decentralized finance (DeFi) strategy where cryptocurrency holders lend or stake their assets in various DeFi protocols to earn rewards. These rewards often come in the form of additional tokens, interest or a share of transaction fees generated by the platform. In the … Read more
NFTs Are Back—And This Time, They Actually Do Something
With Bitcoin’s price surging earlier this year; and then diving again after the recent Ethereum heist and Trump’s tariffs dominated headlines, NFTs have largely flown under the radar. But while they may not be grabbing the limelight of late, the innovators behind them have done anything but lie low. A far cry from their beginnings … Read more
Brompton G e-bike review: truth in advertising
The Brompton G electric bike. It fit! Despite Brompton embiggening everything on its iconic folding bike, I was chuffed to see the new model G e-bike collapse into a compact package I could hoist onto the narrow tray inside my adventure van â the first crucial step in testing what Brompton calls âthe most versatile … Read more
Dogecoin, Ether Slump 9% as Bitcoin Tumble Leads to $700M in Bullish Liquidations
Dogecoin (DOGE) and ether (ETH) cratered 9% in the past 24 hours as bitcoin (BTC) stumbled 4.5%, dipping below $80,000 and leading a brutal sell-off that wiped out $700 million in long positions. Leveraged traders betting on a rally got torched with $420 million in BTC longs and $150 million in ETH longs being liquidated, … Read more
In Challenge to React Native, TikTok Unveils Lynx
Hello JavaScript Enthusiasts! Welcome to a new edition of “This Week in JavaScript“! Today, we’re diving into TypeScript’s major update, shocking JavaScript usage stats, TikTok’s revolutionary new framework, and essential tool updates that will supercharge your development workflow! Lynx: TikTok’s Answer to Cross-Platform Development TikTok has unveiled Lynx, an exciting new approach to cross-platform app … Read more
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Here’s How the Pros Use Hugging Face to Run Countless AI Models on their PCs
In this article, I’ll introduce Hugging Face — a company that provides tools and platforms for building machine learning applications. We’ll explore what Hugging Face offers, how to use its resources, and how it’s transforming the field of artificial intelligence. Whether you’re an experienced data scientist or a curious beginner, this guide will help you … Read more
ChatGPT 4.5 Fails To Provide Reasonable Value for Emotional Intelligence
I have written a series of articles on AI and Empathy and the next quarterly benchmarks across major LLMs are coming soon. However, with the recent release of ChatGPT 4.5 and OpenAI’s claims of a higher EQ coupled with its extraordinarily high cost in preview ($75.00 per million tokens input and $150.00 per million output … Read more
Leveraged ETFs Tied to Strategy See Trading Volume Surge as Bitcoin-HODLer MSTR Teeters on 200-Day Average
Defiance’s leveraged Strategy (MSTR) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a surge in activity on Monday as the bitcoin (BTC)-holding firm’s shares fell to their 200-day average. A record 24.33 million shares in the Defiance daily target 2x long MSTR ETF, trading under the ticker MSTX, changed hands as the ETF price slipped 32% to $17.90, the … Read more
Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech
African VC firm Equator has raised $55M for its first fund, which will back early-stage climate tech startups on the continent. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
CleanSpark Set to Become Second Bitcoin Miner in S&P SmallCap 600 Index
Bitcoin (BTC) miner CleanSpark (CLSK) is set to join the S&P SmallCap 600 index before the market opens on March 24, the company announced. CleanSpark is the second crypto miner to be added to the index after peer Marathon Digital was added to the list last year. The index measures the performance of smaller publicly … Read more
Meteora says co-founder’s X account hacked after ‘parasitic’ memecoin post
The X account of Meteora co-founder Ben Chow was reported to have been hacked after it posted a tweet reigniting the controversy around the launch of the Libra (LIBRA), Melania Meme (MELANIA) and Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin tokens that ultimately led to his resignation. On March 11, Chow’s X account posted an “official statement” about … Read more
Yescoin’s Web3 Expansion Continues With $2.4M Prize Pool And Public Sale On Yescoin Foundation
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, March 10th, 2025/Chainwire/–Yescoin has announced its anticipated public sale, hosted exclusively on the Yescoin Foundation website on March 11 at 17.00 UTC. With a public sale valuation set at 35 million FDV, Yescoin is set to redefine how blockchain technology delivers tangible value to everyday users, while ensuring that … Read more
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Web3 Way
In my previous piece, I outlined my roadmap for transforming Tonga into the Web3 Tech Hub of the Pacific. Today, I want to expand on what true digital sovereignty means and why this vision transcends traditional geopolitical boundaries. True Sovereignty in the Digital Age The concept of sovereignty has traditionally been tied to land, borders, … Read more
X Outage Exposes Musk’s Poor Digital Hygiene
Twitter/X had a massive outage on Monday morning EST, with Downdetector spikes surging; In a post, Elon Musk has claimed this was due to a “massive cyberattack” against X. Mashable seem skeptical of Elon, citing the lack of evidence in Musk’s reporting, alongside his prior claim that Trump suffered an attack in August, 2024 – … Read more
Crypto Prices Are Chaos, But Maybe That’s a Feature, Not a Bug
:::info How much for that shiny digital gold? n Depends; who’s asking and how much you got? ::: The foundation of commercial activity is trading (buying and selling). n The foundation of trading is the dynamics between supply vs demand. n And the foundation of supply vs demand is pricing. Prices of goods on the … Read more
The strategic crypto reserve will fuel ecosystem growth
Opinion by: Tim Haldorsson, founder of Lunar Strategy When US President Donald Trump announced the US strategic crypto reserve on March 2, the immediate focus fell on the price surges of the included coins. Behind the market excitement lies a much bigger story that extends far beyond the named assets themselves. The real opportunity lies … Read more