Galaxy Digital Agrees to $200 Million Settlement Over LUNA ‘Misrepresentations’
The New York Attorney General and Galaxy Digital have agreed to a settlement over the firm’s handling of LUNA before its 2022 collapse.
The New York Attorney General and Galaxy Digital have agreed to a settlement over the firm’s handling of LUNA before its 2022 collapse.
The SteamOS-powered version of Lenovoâs Legion Go S handheld gaming PC debuted at CES 2025 with a somewhat attractive $499.99 price tag. At that price, The Vergeâs Sean Hollister considered it a true Steam Deck rival, wedged neatly between the cost of Valveâs $399 LCD and $549 OLED models. The handheld recently went up for … Read more
In an era where digital transformation initiatives often struggle with complexity and user adoption challenges, the remarkable success of the Oracle Fusion HCM implementation at Harbison Walker International (HWI) stands as a testament to exceptional technical leadership and operational excellence. Under the guidance of Mohammed Misbahul Khair, a leading Oracle HCM Solutions Architect, this ambitious … Read more
Traders are cashing in on GameStop’s fumbled Bitcoin announcement and BTC miners are in for a world of hurt as fees shrink.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said in a March 28 letter that institutions under its oversight, including banks, can now engage in crypto-related activities without prior approval. The announcement comes as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that digital asset derivatives wouldn’t be treated differently than any other derivatives. The FDIC letter rescinds … Read more
Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, has been granted a pardon by U.S. President Donald Trump, a White House official confirmed Friday. Trump also pardoned Hayes’ co-founders at BitMEX, Samuel Reed and Benjamin Delo. CNBC first reported the pardons, which the White House said were signed on Thursday. In 2020, the U.S. … Read more
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces the general availability of image content filters, enabling you to moderate both image and text content in your generative AI applications. Previously limited to text-only filtering, this enhancement now provides comprehensive content moderation across both modalities. This new capability removes the heavy lifting required to build your own image safeguards or … Read more
It has been a wild few years for GameStop, the video game retailer turned memecoin stock. After being pulled from the edge of bankruptcy in 2021 thanks to a surging stock price, the company has made sensible business decisions over the years, such as shrinking its physical footprint and focusing on higher-margin items. Now, GameStop … Read more
Halfway through its first season, Appleâs Mythic Quest threw a wild curveball with âA Dark Quiet Deathâ â an unexpectedly dramatic episode that chronicled the rise and fall of another video game development team. âA Dark Quiet Deathâ was the first instance of Mythic Quest switching up its comedic formula to tell an earnest story … Read more
BitMEX founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed have been pardoned by President Trump, according to a report.
In an era where cybersecurity threats pose increasingly complex challenges to enterprise systems, Sasibhushana Matcha’s innovative implementation of FIDO (Fast Identity Online) authentication stands as a breakthrough in secure, passwordless access solutions. As a distinguished Principal Application Engineer and enterprise architect, Sasibhushana has successfully transformed the traditional approach to authentication security through cutting-edge microservices architecture … Read more
US President Donald Trump has reportedly issued pardons to three of the co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty to felony charges. According to a March 28 CNBC report, Trump granted pardons to Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, who were facing a range of criminal charges related to money laundering … Read more
When I saw my colleague Kylie Robison’s story about OpenAI’s new image generator on Tuesday, I thought this week might be fun. Generative AI images raise all kinds of ethical issues, but I find them wildly entertaining, and I spent large chunks of that day watching other Verge staff test ChatGPT in ways that covered … Read more
Ether (ETH) price fell 9.3% between March 26 and March 28, testing the $1,860 level for the first time in two weeks. This correction led to over $114 million in liquidations of leveraged ETH futures and caused the premium relative to the regular spot market to drop to its lowest level in over a year. … Read more
Nintendo announced on Friday that its live-action “The Legend of Zelda” movie will premiere on March 26, 2027. It’s a little weird to announce this the day after a Nintendo Direct livestream, where the gaming company usually unloads all of its recent news. But that was intentional. The company wants fans to download its new … Read more
Bitcoin price is poised to hit $110,000 before retesting the $76,500 range, according to Arthur Hayes, pointing to easing inflationary concerns and more favorable monetary policy conditions in the US that are set to bolster risk assets, including the world’s first cryptocurrency. Still, the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry took another hit after an unknown whale … Read more
YouTube is switching off some push notifications for channels with frequent uploads in a new test that might make you miss alerts you’ve signed up for. The latest test announced by the official TeamYouTube community targets channels that users have notifications set to “all” for, but often don’t open those notifications. The test won’t turn … Read more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will no longer instruct banks to get prior sign-off before they engage in crypto activities — a standard that was set in 2022 and that effectively severed institutions from the digital assets sector as they waited for approvals that never came. The FDIC, which is the chief federal supervisor of … Read more
In an era where online gaming security faces unprecedented challenges from sophisticated cheating methods and evolving cyber threats, the remarkable achievements of Siddhey Mahadik in leading Activision’s Gaming Security Team for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III stand as a testament to innovation and technical excellence. Through his role as Scrum Master and security development … Read more
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Google will pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the company of charging for clicks on ads placed outside the geographic locations selected by advertisers, as reported earlier by Reuters. The proposed settlement was filed in a California court on Thursday and still requires approval by a judge. The lawsuit, first filed … Read more
Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are falling Friday alongside stocks amid growing inflation fears.
A portion of the Ethereum community is pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to make decisions that may “break the entire social fabric” of the smart contract network by restricting Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) networks, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said. Speaking during a March 28 episode of Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction show on X, the Polygon founder said that … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) is moving farther away from the crucial $90,000 mark, indicating that buying dries up at higher levels. Market participants seem nervous about the fresh round of US trade tariffs and the renewed inflation pressure as US Personal Consumption Expenditures data came in hotter-than-expected. Traders are divided about Bitcoin’s price trajectory in 2025. Analyzing … Read more
Shares of CoreWeave (CRWV) opened at $39 apiece during the company’s debut on Nasdaq on Friday afternoon, just under its initial public offering which closed Thursday evening. The cloud computing firm had sold roughly 37.5 million shares at $40 each, raising about $1.5 billion for its initial public offering (IPO), making it the largest tech … Read more
In an era where financial technology demands unwavering reliability and efficiency, Sandeep Keshetti’s groundbreaking work at a leading financial technology company has set new standards in testing frameworks for PEGA applications. His innovative one-box testing framework with local caching represents a significant leap forward in how customer care systems are tested and implemented, demonstrating the … Read more
Baanx, a cryptocurrency debit card enabler for the likes of MetaMask and 1inch, has introduced a rewards wallet combining on-chain finance with traditional loyalty perks and discounts, using underlying technology from Circle, the provider of the USDC stablecoin. Built on Circle’s programmable wallet tech, the Baanx platform allows crypto holders access to cashback, fee discounts, … Read more