Asia’s wealthy shifting from US dollar to crypto, gold, China: UBS

High-net-worth clients across Asia are gradually pivoting away from US dollar-based investments, favoring gold, cryptocurrencies and Chinese assets instead, according to financial services giant UBS Group. “Gold is getting very popular,” Amy Lo, the Swiss bank’s co-head of wealth management for Asia, said during Bloomberg’s New Voices event held in Hong Kong on May 13. … Read more

GDPR Rollout a Success—Except When It Comes to Knowing the ICO

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background to the GDPR Literature Review 3.1 Consumer awareness and knowledge of the regulation 3.2 Consumer awareness and knowledge of the regulator 3.3 Consumer perceptions of privacy 3.4 Business response to Data Protection regulation 3.5 Employee awareness of their employer’s Data Protection regulator 3.6 Employee perception of benefit … Read more

Why I Ditched JavaScript and Built a SaaS Stack With HTMX, Go & Postgres That Just Works

Introduction Recently, I have started to build apps using the web stack: frontend htmx tailwindcss daisyui alpine backend go templ postgres devex gitlab ci nix devshells I have now built two apps using this stack, one of them being banterbus.games a browser-based party game (currently broken). Using web sockets, so it isn’t the most normal … Read more

Standard Chartered Will Provide Banking Services for FalconX to Enhance Cross-Border Settlement

Standard Chartered (STAN) is now providing banking services for institutional prime broker FalconX. The San Mateo, California-headquartered broker will access a range of currency pairs, helping to enhance the speed and reliability of its cross-border settlement, FalconX said in an announcement on Wednesday. Prime brokers are an important cog in financial markets, providing financing, trading … Read more

Traditional Monitoring Is Dead. Long Live Data Observability

Traditional monitoring no longer meets the needs of complex data organizations. Instead of relying on reactive systems to identify known issues, data engineers must create interactive observability frameworks that help them quickly find any type of anomaly. While observability can encompass many different practices, in this article, I’ll share a high-level overview and practical tips … Read more

When Should You Use a Cache With MongoDB?

This article was written by Andrew Morgan of MongoDB. From time to time, I’ll run a design review for an application being migrated from a relational database onto MongoDB, where the customer shares an architectural diagram showing a caching layer (typically Redis) sitting between the app server and MongoDB. I like to keep the architecture as simple as … Read more

This Is How JP Morgan Trades with AI

In this article, we mainly focus on the paper, “Risk-Sensitive Compact Decision Trees for [Autonomous ]()Execution in Presence of Simulated Market Response”, to discuss how Machine Learning helps us get a better execution strategy. During the process, we add more information from other papers, which are basic theories for this paper and additional sources to … Read more

Synthetix Considers Purchase of Options Platform Derive in $27M Token-Swap Deal

Ethereum-based derivatives powerhouse Synthetix is considering buying options trading platform Derive in an token-for-token deal valued at $27 million that would see the project absorbed back into the protocol that gave it birth. The proposal, SIP-415 on Synthetix and DIP on Derive, needs to be approved by both communities and would see Derive’s treasury, codebase … Read more

The Startup Playbook Is a Lie. Ask Better Questions.

We all hear the “reasons why.” Industries run on them. “We prioritize X because it’s efficient.” “Our media covers Y because it’s newsworthy.” “This is the path to success because it’s proven.” For years, I nodded along, trying to fit my own entrepreneurial journey into these accepted narratives. But something always felt… off. The stated … Read more

What Happens When Hackers Get Your DNA Data? Ask 23andMe

In late 2023, DNA testing company 23andMe disclosed a breach that compromised the personal and genetic data of millions of users [1]. Unlike a typical cybersecurity incident involving passwords or payment information, this attack exposed deeply personal insights—ancestry details, genetic markers, family connections—that are impossible to reset. This breach was a turning point in the digital … Read more

Why Hybrid API + NL2SQL Wins: The Smart Way to Talk to Your Database

Hybrid is not a fallback — it’s the real strategy. Subtitle: Why Pure AI Isn’t Enough — And How Combining Bulletproof APIs with Smart NL2SQL Creates the Future of Database Interaction 1. Introduction Databases weren’t designed to “listen” — meaning understand flexible human intentions. They were designed to “obey” — meaning strictly execute SQL commands. … Read more

Fix App Crashes on Older iPhones by Replacing SwiftUI’s AsyncImage with Custom Resizer

I was helping my friend Freddy with his project called BritMap — an interactive map of the city of York, UK. It lets you explore the secrets, buildings, and historic figures around you. SwiftUI. Mapbox SDK. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. We received a lot of positive feedback. But some of my friends complained that it was crashing … Read more

Turning Flat Images into 3D Worlds: The Math and Mechanics Behind Stereo Vision

Pinhole Camera Projection Basic Definitions The object (flower) is said to be in the world and its position is given by world coordinates in 3D (x,y,z) Now imagine the light rays from the object pass through a hole and get projected on a wall. The wall is the IMAGE plane and the hole it passes through is called the PINHOLE. The camera … Read more

Standard Chartered scales institutional crypto banking with FalconX

Global bank Standard Chartered has beefed up its banking support to the cryptocurrency industry by inking a new partnership with the crypto prime broker FalconX. Standard Chartered will provide a comprehensive suite of banking services to FalconX’s global institutional clients following the strategic partnership announced on May 14. As part of the collaboration, FalconX will … Read more

NFTs May Be Entering Their Financial Renaissance

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets on a blockchain. These digital assets can represent anything. The first experiments in tokenization via NFTs began with the most obvious applications, such as works of art. The unique nature of NFTs allows for new forms of NFT ownership, monetization, and trading. Over time, the technology became more … Read more

Meet Forescribe AI, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in SaaS and Top 3 in Enterprise Productivity

Tell us about you. At Forescribe, we’re on a mission to revolutionize how enterprises see, secure, and scale their software ecosystems. As a next-gen SaaS and Cloud Spend Intelligence platform, we bring FinOps, IT, and Procurement together—eliminating blind spots, reducing digital Opex, and restoring full control over Shadow IT. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: … Read more

How to Do Digital Marketing: The Bro Code Way

Listen up, Internet bros, broskies, and brofessionals. If you’re reading this, you’re probably wondering how to take your brand, your business, or your “passion project” (aka your side hustle you started after watching The Wolf of Wall Street three times in a row) and make it pop, sizzle, explode—go viral. Well, you’ve come to the … Read more