Month: April 2025

Bitcoin ETFs Lose Over $800M in April as Institutions Stick With Bonds Amid Tariff Volatility

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‘Sell bonds, buy bitcoin,’ proclaimed a popular social media account last week, echoing the sentiments of many crypto advocates who believe that tariff-induced volatility in the U.S. Treasury market – a cornerstone of global finance – has revealed the fragility of the dollar-denominated monetary system. However, institutions are not buying into this narrative. As of … Read more

Binance, KuCoin, MEXC report service issues due to AWS network interruption

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Update April 15, 9:17 am in UTC: This article has been updated with information throughout. Binance, KuCoin, MEXC and other exchanges and wallet providers have been experiencing service issues due to a significant network interruption by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) were hit by an AWS data center outage, which reported “connectivity … Read more

Binance, KuCoin, and Other Crypto Firms Hit by Amazon Web Service Issue

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Crypto exchanges Binance and KuCoin temporarily suspended withdrawals amid reported issues with their data center provider Amazon Web Services (AWS). “We are aware of an issue impacting some services on the #Binance platform due to a temporary network interruption in the AWS data center,” Binance said in an X post. “Some orders are still successful, … Read more

How to Setup a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions

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Let’s be real, tech moves fast. New frameworks, tools, and best practices seem to pop up every other week. It’s exciting, but also a bit overwhelming. If you’re trying to build and ship projects while keeping up with everything, it can feel like a lot. That’s where CI/CD, short for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, … Read more

Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani spills business tea with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

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Reshma Saujani, founder of the non-profit Girls Who Code, got straight to the point.  “If I had applied to be the CEO of Girls Who Code, I wouldn’t have gotten the job,” she told Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on the latest episode of the duchess’ podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder.” “I didn’t code,” Saujani … Read more

DEX KiloEx Loses $7M in Apparent Oracle Manipulation Attack

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KiloEx, a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading perpetual futures, was hit by a sophisticated attack earlier Tuesday that left users reeling with losses of around $7 million. The exploit unfolded across multiple blockchain networks and appeared to stem from a vulnerability in the platform’s price oracle system, per blockchain analysis firm Cyvers. An attacker, using … Read more

Japanese Bonds Stir Unease as Bitcoin Recovers From Last Week’s Tariff Panic

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Trading in financial markets feels like dodging a barrage of stones, each demanding constant vigilance and agility. Just as bitcoin (BTC) and traditional risk assets stabilize after last week’s Trump tariff-led panic, unsettling movements in Japanese bonds emerge, throwing a spanner into the mix. The yield on the 30-year Japanese government bonds rose to 2.88% … Read more

The TechBeat: Google Gemini Did Not Disappoint on These Blockchain x AI Use Cases (4/15/2025)

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Ethereum could be AI’s key to decentralization, says former core dev

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There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer.  Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,” said Eric Connor on X on April 15.  While AI is on a fast track to reshape … Read more

Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation

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U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to build car insurance policies for immigrants and other consumers who have been overlooked or priced out of traditional insurance. Now, with a million drivers insured and a profitable annual revenue run rate of $500 million, Marshmallow has raised a … Read more

Northern Marianas vetoes bill for Tinian to launch its own USD stablecoin

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The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, a small Pacific US territory just north of Guam, has killed the legislation that would have allowed one of the territory’s local governments to launch a fully backed US dollar-pegged stablecoin. In an April 11 letter seen by Cointelegraph, Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold Palacios said he vetoed … Read more

Meta gets EU regulator nod to train AI with social media content

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Tech giant Meta has been given the green light from the European Union’s data regulator to train its artificial intelligence models using publicly shared content across its social media platforms. Posts and comments from adult users across Meta’s stable of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, along with questions and queries to the company’s … Read more

US has ‘countless’ ways to bolster Bitcoin reserve: Bo Hines

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The US is exploring many ways to increase its Bitcoin reserve without taxpayer dollars, including through tariff revenue and revaluing the government’s gold certificates, according to the executive director of the Trump administration’s crypto council. “We’re looking at many creative ways, whether it be from tariffs, there’s literally countless ways in which you can do … Read more

Dogecoin Slumps 3%, Bitcoin Steady Around $85K as Traders Fear U.S. Recession

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Dogecoin (DOGE) shed 3% while bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) remained flat in the past 24 hours as tariff concerns gradually subsided among traders, though fears of a U.S. recession increased in betting markets. “Prominent financial figures have started to warn that the U.S. is heading into an imminent recession, with betting markets placing 40% … Read more