Month: April 2025

Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp

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While working on their MBAs at Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrants Stephanie Murra and Lorenza Vélez noticed that most of the workers in the cafeteria were Hispanic. In conversations with them, a common theme kept coming up: how difficult it was for people who legally moved to the U.S. from Spanish-speaking countries to find their … Read more

Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant hard fork is inevitable — It’s the only chance to fix node incentives

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Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) has long been hailed as unbreakable and untouchable, a digital stronghold against the forces of change. Bitcoin’s bedrock of security is facing its first true test with quantum computing, which should be addressed sooner rather than later. Its cryptographic armor will crack if not … Read more

Bybit to shut down NFT marketplace as trading volumes decline

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the shutdown of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. In an April 1 announcement, Bybit warned its users that its NFT marketplace will cease operations on April 8, 2025, at 4:00 pm (UTC). Furthermore, at that time, the exchange will also shut down its Inscription Marketplace and its initial decentralized exchange … Read more

U.S. Openness to Crypto Could Raise Risk Levels in TradFi, European Regulators Say

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The U.S.’ crypto-friendly stance could increase the level of risk in financial markets by deepening the connections between traditional finance (TradFi) and the digital asset economy, according to regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority. “This crypto-friendly stance has the potential to accelerate crypto adoption, including by institutional investors,” a spokesperson for the European Union’s … Read more

Searching for the perfect minimalist smartphone

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Smartphones are great. They’re also… a lot. The idea of a more balanced device, one that gives you all of the most important and useful features of a smartphone but keeps you out of the infinite-doomscrolling loops, has been an enticing one for a long time. Nailing that balance, though, turns out to be almost … Read more

AWS App Studio introduces a prebuilt solutions catalog and cross-instance Import and Export

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AWS App Studio is a generative AI-powered service that uses natural language to build business applications, empowering a new set of builders to create applications in minutes. With App Studio, technical professionals such as IT project managers, data engineers, enterprise architects, and solution architects can quickly develop applications tailored to their organization’s needs—without requiring deep … Read more

U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Shed 25% of Their Market Cap in March: JPMorgan

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The total market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin (BTC) miners tracked by JPMorgan (JPM) dropped 25% in March, the third-worst monthly performance on record, the Wall Street bank said Tuesday. Only one stock, Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG), outperformed bitcoin (BTC) last month, the report noted. Bitfarms (BITF) completed its acquisition of the company on … Read more

April Fools’ 2025: Dbrand’s new skins let you ‘touch grass’ without the hassle of going outside

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Dbrand’s Touch Grass collection is available for over 100 devices. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand wants you to feel less guilty about having your face buried in a screen all day and not getting outside to ‘touch grass.’ The company’s latest collection of skins lets you wrap your gadgets in bright green artificial turf so you … Read more

Substack says it’ll legally defend writers ‘targeted by the government’

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Substack plans to protect foreign writers “residing lawfully” in the US who may be targeted by the government for what they write. The company is partnering with the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) to provide legal support to impacted writers — whether they publish on Substack or not — citing recent attacks … Read more

Go Fast, Get Rekt

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The world of blockchain and crypto is undergoing a significant acceleration. The regulatory environment globally is converging, and it is converging on an operating model that permits a wider range of products and services. Companies that were sitting on the sidelines are jumping in and those already in are working through how to bring a … Read more

Zodia Custody CFO Jonathan Hugh Left the Crypto Firm Earlier This Year

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Zodia Custody’s Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Hugh, has departed the London-based firm earlier this year, the company said. Samuel Howe, the company’s former COO, also recently left the crypto custodian, as reported by CoinDesk. “Jonathan has been a valued member of the Zodia Custody team for the last two years and we remain grateful for … Read more

Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX

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Update April 1, 1:42 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Cyvers co-founder and chief technology officer Meir Dolev. An unauthorized party withdrew approximately $70 million in digital assets from open-source payment platform UPCX, according to a security alert issued on April 1. The blockchain security firm Cyvers flagged suspicious activity … Read more

How to watch the Switch 2 Direct

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Switch 2 It’s finally time for the biggest video game event of the last few years. In January, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, helpfully called the Switch 2. The short video showed off some of the console’s features, like magnetized Joy-Cons, and provided a brief glimpse at a new Mario Kart game. … Read more