Month: March 2025

What are exit liquidity traps — and how to detect them before it is too late

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Key takeaways Exit liquidity traps occur when new investors unknowingly provide liquidity for insiders to cash out, leaving them with devalued assets.​ FOMO drives impulsive trades, often leading to costly mistakes and becoming exit liquidity for early movers. Beware of projects with exaggerated claims, low liquidity, anonymous teams or sudden price surges. Investing in high-market-cap … Read more

Waze is dropping Google Assistant on iPhone after leaving it broken for ‘over a year’

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Waze is getting rid of Google Assistant for users on iPhones, citing “ongoing difficulties” with the integration. In an update on Tuesday, Waze said it plans on replacing it with an “enhanced voice integration solution” in the future, which is most likely Gemini. “As many of you have likely experienced, this feature [Google Assistant] has … Read more

Bitcoin price just ditched a 3-month downtrend as 'key shift' begins

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Bitcoin (BTC) saw the return of US selling pressure at the March 26 Wall Street open as analysis eyed a “key shift in market structure.” BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin sees classic US dip as dollar gains Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD heading below $87,000. The pair had enjoyed support … Read more

U.S. House Stablecoin Bill Poised to Go Public, Lawmaker Atop Crypto Panel Says

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives should have the actual text to debate on Wednesday of a bill that would regulate stablecoins, according to a key lawmaker pushing that legislation, which should get the House ready to potentially catch up with a parallel Senate effort. Rep. Bryan Steil, the Republican who leads the … Read more

Are Black-Box Oracles a Risk? DIA Lumina Launches a New On-Chain System

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How can decentralized finance (DeFi) operate transparently if its core data sources remain unverifiable? The reliance on oracles—systems that feed external data into blockchain networks—has long been a challenge. Most oracles function as closed systems where data sourcing, aggregation, and computation happen off-chain, leaving users with a final output that cannot be independently verified. DIA, … Read more

Nintendo’s next Direct is about Switch 1 games

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While the games industry patiently waits for the proper reveal of the Switch 2 on April 2nd, Nintendo isn’t quite done with its current console. The company announced that it will be holding a Nintendo Direct on March 27th at 10AM ET, which will feature “around 30 minutes” of news about upcoming Switch games. Notably, … Read more

Amazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI push

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Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a new feature called “Interests,” aimed at creating a more personalized and conversational search experience.  With the new feature, customers can enter tailored prompts in the search bar, reflecting their interests, preferences, and even … Read more

XRP ETF ‘obvious’ as Polymarket bettors up approval odds to 85%

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Crypto community members are growing more optimistic about an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval following the resolution of a multi-year legal battle between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  On March 19, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced the case had concluded. In an X post, the Ripple executive said the SEC … Read more

Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Stablecoin Business, Eyeing LatAm Cross-Border Payments

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Bitso, a crypto exchange focusing on Latin America, is entering the increasingly attractive stablecoin market as global adoption accelerates. The company’s business development unit, Bitso Business, has established Juno, a subsidiary dedicated to issuing and managing digital assets including stablecoins. Bitso Business also recently appointed Ben Reid as head of stablecoins to drive the firm’s … Read more

No Man’s Sky gets prehistoric with Relics expansion

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The latest update for No Man’s Sky is going back in time. Called Relics, the expansion launches today and introduces paleontology and archaeology elements to the sci-fi exploration game; players can now unearth the bones of alien creatures, piece them together, and even erect museums. Perhaps most interesting is that players will be able to … Read more

What’s on your desk, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy?

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Our smart home reviewer’s home office. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge’s smart home reviewer, and she’s mind-bogglingly impressive in the number of devices she covers. As she says, “On any given day, I can be evaluating anything from robot vacuums, smart locks, and lights, to smart chicken coops, smart ovens, and connected coffee makers.” … Read more

Firms without business models ‘buy Bitcoin’ — Angel investor Jason Calacanis

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Prominent US-based angel investor Jason Calacanis poked fun at GameStop’s decision to invest in Bitcoin. In a March 26 X post, Calacanis suggested that buying Bitcoin (BTC) was a solution well-suited for public companies that do not have a suitable business model: “If you’re a public company that can’t figure out a business model, buy … Read more

US expands export blacklist to keep computing tech out of China

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The US has added 80 organizations and companies to a trading export blacklist in an effort to prevent China from acquiring computing technology for military purposes. The new restrictions announced by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are the latest attempt to block foreign access to cutting-edge American chips, despite … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Polygon (POL) Gains 7.4%, as Index Trades Flat

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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2805.5, down 0.0% (-0.17) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Fourteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: POL (+7.4%) and SUI (+6.0%). Laggards: AVAX (-2.0%) and NEAR (-1.0%). … Read more

How World Chain Ensures Humans Stay in Control: The Blockchain Built for Verified Humans

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AI agents and bots increasingly dominate digital spaces, and distinguishing real human interactions from automated systems has become a pressing challenge. Steven Smith, Head of Protocol and Applied Research at Tools for Humanity, is in charge of solving this through the World project. With the recent mainnet launch of World Chain—a blockchain designed to prioritize … Read more

Rivian spins out a new micromobility startup called Also with $105M from Eclipse

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Before RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009, he had micromobility on his mind. More than a decade later, his musings took root in a small skunkworks program inside Rivian that set out to answer one question: Could the company’s technology be condensed down into something smaller and more affordable than its electric vans, trucks, and SUVs? … Read more

Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix ‘configuration hell’

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A trio of cloud industry leaders have launched a new company with the mission of modernizing software configuration data management. Emerging from stealth today with $4 million in funding, ConfigHub is the handiwork of CEO Alexis Richardson, founder of cloud-native container management platform Weaveworks; CTO Brian Grant, former Google software engineer and original lead architect … Read more

Studio Ghibli’s archive is the key to its 4K restoration process

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When Princess Mononoke first debuted back in 1997, it marked a major turning point for Studio Ghibli. The studio had already dabbled in computer-generated imagery and digital compositing with films like Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko and Yoshifumi Kondō’s Whisper of the Heart. But Mononoke was the first instance of Ghibli really embracing CGI as a … Read more