Month: April 2025
XRP Could Hit $12.5 Before President Trump’s Term Ends: Standard Chartered
XRP could rise to $12.50 before President Trump leaves office, investment bank Standard Chartered (STAN) said in a report on Tuesday initiating coverage of the Ripple-related token. Standard Chartered predicts that XRP will reach $5.50 by the end of this year, $8 by 2026 year-end, $10.40 by the end of 2027, and $12.50 by end-2028. … Read more
Web3 active developers drop nearly 40% in one year
Weekly active developers in the crypto space dropped by almost 40% in one year as “narrative-led” developments took over the industry. Crypto data and analytics platform Artemis Terminal shows that on March 17, 2024, the number of active developers tagged on open-source repositories in a week was 12,380. The number dropped to around 7,600 on … Read more
Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants
A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty. Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some of the … Read more
Teen restrictions expand on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger
Instagram is adding new restrictions for teens, while existing protections get baked into Facebook and Messenger. Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, bringing those protections to Facebook and Messenger and adding new limits for teenage Instagram users. After introducing “Teen Accounts” to Instagram in September … Read more
How to use ChatGPT to turn crypto news into trade signals
Key takeaways ChatGPT can analyze crypto news headlines and generate actionable trade signals, helping traders make faster and more informed decisions. Well-crafted prompts are essential — the more specific your instructions, the more accurate and useful ChatGPT’s responses will be. News-based signals work best when combined with broader market context, like Bitcoin trends or altcoin … Read more
Remember FastCGI? (2021)
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Returns are Rising Fast — and Not Enough Tools are Focused on Stopping Them at the Source
The average return rate in eCommerce is estimated at 17.6% for 2024. Nearly 1 in 5 products sold was returned. There are many factors affecting this high number, including the two opposing trends that I will elaborate on in this article. The first is the increase in the number of products and alternatives offered by … Read more
One Decision Tree Is a Risk—A Forest? That’s Smart Machine Learning
Have you ever tried to make a tough decision all on your own and ended up second-guessing everything? Sometimes it helps to ask around—maybe a friend, a coworker, or even your know-it-all neighbor. Random Forests work on a similar idea. Instead of letting one decision tree call all the shots (and risk overfitting), you invite … Read more
Sizl raises $3.5M to expand its cook-to-order food delivery service
Dark kitchens– also referred to as ghost kitchens, cloud kitchens, or virtual kitchens– often receive criticism for their food quality. Sizl, a cook-to-order delivery service based in Chicago, seeks to change this perception by delivering meals made with fresh ingredients in around 30 minutes flat. The company announced its recent $3.5 million seed round on … Read more
XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power
The startup has commissioned a demonstration unit of its organic flow battery.
Lyzi Raises $1.4M to Expand Tezos-Based Crypto Payments Service for Retail
Tezos-based crypto payment hub Lyzi said it raised 1.3 million euros ($1.4 million) in a seed funding round to expand the development of its platform. The round included participation from angels investors Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines, founder of Dfns, and Jean-Luc Bernard, founder of Astek, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Tuesday. … Read more
Trump tariff negotiations are ‘all about’ China deal — Raoul Pal
Global trade tensions triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff measures may come to an end with a potential deal with China as investors remain concerned about escalation from both sides. Trump’s April 2 announcement of reciprocal import tariffs sent shockwaves through global equity and crypto markets. The measures include a 10% baseline tariff … Read more
BoE’s Andrew Bailey Nominated to Lead G20-Crypto Supervisor FSB
Bank of England (BoE) governor Andrew Bailey has been nominated to be the next chair of the G20’s financial overseer, the Financial Stability Board (FSB). The FSB’s Nomination Committee agreed to recommend that Bailey take on the role for a three year term from the beginning of July, it said in a statement on Monday. … Read more
MEV bot loses $180K in ETH from access control exploit
A maximal extractable value (MEV) bot lost about $180,000 in Ether after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in its access control systems. On April 8, blockchain security firm SlowMist reported that the MEV bot lost 116.7 Ether (ETH) because of the lack of access control. Threat researcher Vladimir Sobolev, also known as Officer’s Notes on … Read more
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Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin’s Haven Claim Hit as U.S., China Face Off Over Tariffs
By James Van Straten and Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) One thing markets despise is uncertainty, and right now it’s coming from all corners of the globe, largely fueled by Trump’s tariffs. Markets rebounded somewhat on Tuesday following Monday’s bloodbath in Asia and Europe, but it was more of a relief rally … Read more
Mint, Match, Mingle: A Better Way to Connect on the Blockchain
Most people think NFTs peaked with overpriced jpegs and Twitter flexes. Cute. But here’s a seriously slept-on use case: matchmaking NFTs. Imagine tokens that aren’t just tradable—they’re destined. My project idea, SOLmates, flips NFTs into connectors. Each token is minted with a soulmate, but that pair stays locked until the right two holders come along. It’s Tinder … Read more
Melania Solana Meme Coin Team Quietly Dumps $30 Million in Tokens: Bubblemaps
“No one from the MELANIA team has addressed this. Not the movements. Not the selling,” Bubblemaps said.
How to Check SSL expiration with Bash
There are a few easy ways to check when an SSL certificate expires. Write Your Own Shell Script Here’s a simple script that checks the expiration date of an SSL certificate: #!/bin/sh TARGET=$1 if [ -z “$TARGET” ]; then echo “Provide a host as a parameter” exit 1 fi echo “Checking $TARGET…” expirationdate=$(openssl s_client -connect … Read more
Escape Prompt Hell With These 8 Must-have Open-source Tools
Remember when prompt engineering meant clever ChatGPT hacks and intuition-driven guesswork? Those days are long gone. As large language models (LLMs) become embedded in enterprise workflows, the tools we use to build with them need to grow up too. Today, prompt engineering is shifting from creativity and trial-and-error to something that resembles software development. It’s … Read more
Panicked Bitcoiner mistakenly pays over $70K of BTC in fees
One presumably panicked Bitcoin user paid nearly 0.75 BTC ($70,500) in a replace-by-fee (RBF) transaction fee. The transaction in question was sent about 30 minutes after midnight UTC on April 8. It was the second attempt at performing an RBF that changed the transaction’s target address, sending 0.48 Bitcoin ($37,770) with 0.2 BTC of change … Read more
Muddy Waters Didn’t Short AppLovin. They Shorted You.
Muddy Waters’ recent short report on AppLovin reads serious. Abuse, violations, an impending takedown. But the discerning will realize something’s missing—like the stuff real short reports usually include. Somehow people are still treating it like they’ve found a dead unicorn in the server logs. See, the brilliance of the report isn’t the facts. It’s the … Read more
Cloudflare Acquires Outerbase
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Coinbase, Uniswap Join SEC for First Crypto Trading Roundtable
Key players in the crypto industry are joining the SEC’s first of four scheduled roundtables, led by the agency’s Crypto Task Force.