Month: March 2025

Can Early-Stage Tokens Survive the Liquidity Crunch? WOO X Dives Into the Challenge

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What happens when market volatility spikes and early-stage tokens scramble for attention? Picture a crowded room where only the loudest voices get heard—smaller projects, no matter their potential, often fade into the background. WOO X Research, the analytical wing of centralized crypto trading platform WOO X, flagged a growing issue: a liquidity squeeze is gripping … Read more

Before Lazarus hits Adult Swim, listen to some of its transcendent music

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A Shinichirō Watanabe production wouldn’t be complete without an absolute banger of a soundtrack, and his upcoming Adult Swim series Lazarus is no exception. Ahead of Lazarus’s premiere on April 5th, Adult Swim has released three singles from multi-instrumentalist / composer Kamasi Washington, British DJ Bonobo, and producer Floating Points that each come from different … Read more

Tariff fears Return, Hyperliquid thwarts Attack, GameStop to buy BTC

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Tariff fears Return, Hyperliquid thwarts Attack, GameStop to buy BTC – FOMO HOUR EP322 Crypto falls after tariff announcement sinks macro. Fear & Greed index back to ‘Fear’. Hyperliquid saves itself after JellyJelly short ‘attack’. Binance & OKX blamed for JellyJelly attack. Hyperliquid criticised for centralisation in response. Wyoming plans its own stablecoin. USDC market … Read more

Cryptocurrency Economics: Token Distribution, Ownership, and Market Decentralization

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 7 … Read more

Can Blockchain Stay Fair for the Long Haul?

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 6 … Read more

Eclipse Attacks, Network Clusters & DNS Seeding

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 5 … Read more

Blockchain’s Single Point of Failure? The Software Running It

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 4 … Read more

SoK: A Stratified Approach to Blockchain Decentralization

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 2 … Read more

Blockchain’s Hardware Problem

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Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case Studies 12 Discussion and References A. Decentralization and Policymaking B. Software Testing C. Brief Evaluations per Layer D. Measuring decentralization E. Fault Tolerance and Decentralization 3 … Read more

Why the Blockchain Might Not Be As Decentralized as You Think

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:::info Authors: (1) Christina Ovezik, University of Edinburgh (c.ovezik@ed.ac.uk); (2) Dimitris Karakostas, University of Edinburgh (dkarakos@ed.ac.uk); (3) Aggelos Kiayias, University of Edinburgh and IOG (akiayias@ed.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Hardware 4 Software 5 Network 6 Consensus 7 Cryptocurrency Economics 8 Client API 9 Governance 10 Geography 11 Case … Read more

Circle and Near Invest $14M in Remittances App for Indian Diaspora

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Remittance app Abound raised $14 million in a seed round following investment from crypto heavyweights Circle Ventures and the Near Foundation. The app aims to be a financial bridge between non-resident Indians (NRIs) and India, and has processed $150 million worth of remittances with about 500,000 monthly active users. Abound is incubated by the digital … Read more

Ex-FTX CEO moved to transit facility after interview

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Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to a transit facility days after right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed him. As of March 27, the Federal Bureau of Prisons website showed Bankman-Fried was being housed at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, suggesting that he … Read more

Enable Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference in multi-account environments

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Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference capability that provides organizations with flexibility to access foundation models (FMs) across AWS Regions while maintaining optimal performance and availability. However, some enterprises implement strict Regional access controls through service control policies (SCPs) or AWS Control Tower to adhere to compliance requirements, inadvertently blocking cross-Region inference functionality in Amazon Bedrock. This … Read more

Light Phone III review: everything in moderation

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The Light Phone III is the most impressive Light hardware yet – but it’s not quite finished. What are the essential features of a smartphone? That’s not a rhetorical question, and it’s actually a useful exercise: if I were to take away everything but the things you truly need on your phone, what would those … Read more

MahaKumbh signaled India’s readiness for the metaverse

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Opinion by: Shubham Kukrety, co-founder and CEO at QuoteIt  Strange sights were seen as India recently concluded MahaKumbh, a Hindu congregation that occurs once every 144 years. Every day, a man took dips at Sangam — the triple confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati — with several passport-sized photographs offering “Digital Snan,” symbolizing digital … Read more

Caterpillar taps Luminar’s lidar for self-driving construction equipment

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Caterpillar is adding lidar to its heavy-duty construction equipment after striking a deal with Luminar, which makes the laser sensor for a number of automakers and self-driving car operators. Caterpillar says it will integrate Luminar’s hardware into its Cat Command autonomy platform, which it uses to power self-driving features in its trucks and other vehicles. … Read more

Crypto for Advisors: What Is a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve?

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In today’s crypto for advisors, Alex Tapscott explains what the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve is and why it matters to investors. Then, Bryan Courchesne from DAIM answers questions investors have about setting up a personal strategic reserve in Ask an Expert. – Sarah Morton You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets … Read more

YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $35M Series B

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Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Corporate spend management platform Mendel last raised in December 2021 — a $15 million Series A round and $20 million in debt — after participating in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. With this latest capital infusion, the … Read more

How to keep your Venmo account private

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As if things weren’t embarrassing enough for national security adviser Michael Waltz, what with inviting a journalist into a private policy group chat and all, Wired discovered that his Venmo account was wide open, revealing the names of “hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates.”  Venmo is a popular and convenient way to transfer money … Read more