Month: May 2025
OpenAI hires former head of the Facebook app
OpenAI has hired Fidji Simo, the CEO of Instacart and former Facebook app chief, as the head of the company’s apps business. In a post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says introducing the new role will allow him to “focus on research, compute, and safety.” After joining Facebook in 2011, the company appointed Simo … Read more
Kuwait Escalates Illegal Crypto Mining Crackdown, Questioning 116
Authorities in the Gulf nation have ramped up enforcement against crypto miners exploiting cheap electricity, with temperatures set to soar.
Ethereum and Dogecoin Lead Altcoin Rally as Bitcoin Retakes $100K
Ethereum has gained 11% over the past 24 hours at the time of writing and has broken through $2,000 for the first time since March.
Bitcoin Tops $100K for First Time in 3 Months; Are Upside Targets Too Low?
Bitcoin is back in six figures, continuing yet another of its famous zigs when most were expecting a zag. To review, the world’s largest crypto first pushed through $100,000 in December as it rallied hard following Donald Trump’s November election victory. The price eventually rose above $109,000 in the hours prior to the Trump inauguration … Read more
Wikipedia fights the UK’s ‘flawed’ and ‘burdensome’ online safety rules
The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation is challenging the United Kingdom’s online safety rules in court over concerns they may enable “vandalism, disinformation, or abuse” to go unchecked on its Wikipedia platform. Wikimedia announced on Thursday that its legal challenge specifically targets the Online Safety Act’s (OSA) categorization regulations, which the foundation says are written broadly enough … Read more
Bitcoin price reclaims $100K for first time since January
Bitcoin has reclaimed the $100,000 price level for the first time since January, reflecting renewed bullish sentiment among investors. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $100,000 mark on May 8 at 3:22 pm UTC, surging 4.2% from the intraday low of $95,967, according to data from CoinGecko. It marked the third time that BTC has broken through … Read more
Ex-Celsius CEO asks to travel for a wedding after sentencing
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky will probably be allowed to travel for his daughter’s wedding regardless of the outcome of his May 8 sentencing hearing. In a May 8 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge John Koeltl approved an application for Mashinsky to travel from New York … Read more
Senate Republicans Making Plea to Get on With Stablecoin Debate
The Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, took to the chamber floor on Thursday morning to make a case for moving forward with stablecoin legislation — marking his first significant foray into the topic of crypto as Republicans grow frustrated with keeping what was once a bipartisan effort on track. “Stablecoins should be made in … Read more
The Old Guard’s immortal action continues in sequel’s first trailer
The Old Guard was one of Netflix’s more memorable action flicks, and if the first trailer is anything to go on, the same will be true of its sequel. The streamer just released the first proper look at The Old Guard 2, which continues to follow Andromache (Charlize Theron) as the leader of a squad … Read more
BingX Unveils ChainSpot: A CeDeFi Innovation for Simpler and Safer On-Chain Trading
PANAMA CITY, May 8, 2025 – BingX, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, is proud to unveil ChainSpot, a pioneering CeDeFi (Centralized-Decentralized Finance) feature that empowers users to access decentralized tokens directly from their BingX accounts — without the need for external wallets or complex on-chain processes. As part of its 7th anniversary celebration, BingX becomes … Read more
Uncovering Hidden Bias in Blockchain Transaction Ordering
Table of Links Abstract/Zusammenfassung Publications Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 Overview of thesis contributions 1.2 Thesis outline CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND 2.1 Blockchains & smart contracts 2.2 Transaction prioritization norms 2.3 Transaction prioritization and contention transparency 2.4 Decentralized governance 2.5 Blockchain Scalability with Layer 2.0 Solutions CHAPTER 3. TRANSACTION PRIORITIZATION NORMS Transaction Prioritization Norms 3.1 … Read more
Meet YellowLyfe HQ, Sufle, and Green Cross United Kingdom: HackerNoon Startups of The Week
Greetings! Welcome to another series of Startups of The Week! Each week, the HackerNoon team highlights standout Startups from our Startups of The Year database. Every featured startup, has been nominated as the best in their respective technology category or region. Under this week’s spotlight, we present to you: YellowLyfe HQ, Sufle, and Green Cross UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_CrEKaTIko&embedable=true :::tip … Read more
Crypto for Advisors: Trends in Tokenizing Real-World Assets
Thank you to our sponsor of this week’s newsletter, Grayscale. For financial advisors near Chicago, Grayscale is hosting an exclusive event, Crypto Connect, on Thursday, May 22. Learn more. In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Tedd Strazimiri from Evolve ETFs writes about the evolution of tokenization and the value it brings to investors. Then, Peter Gaffney … Read more
User experience could be crypto’s superpower—or its kryptonite
Opinion by Jonathan Farnell, CEO of Freedx It’s 2025, and over 560 million people worldwide are already using cryptocurrency — roughly 17 times the population of Tokyo. That’s a vibrant community, yet for every user who’s embraced it, billions more stand on the sidelines, put off by the complicated interactions and clunky interfaces of protocols, … Read more
Apple asks court to halt App Store rule changes while it appeals
Apple asked a judge to halt an order forcing it to give up control over App Store payments while it appeals the decision. In a filing on Wednesday, Apple says the order contains “extraordinary intrusions” that could result in “grave irreparable harm” to the company. Last week, California District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found … Read more
Breakout Alert: Ether, Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Break Downtrends as DOGE, SHIB Bottom Out
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Traders looking for tokens that may see accelerated gains as bitcoin (BTC) rallies might want to focus on ether (ETH) and the ratio between bitcoin cash (BCH) and bitcoin. Both have broken prolonged downtrends alongside bullish bottom formations in leading … Read more
OpenAI launches a data residency program in Asia
OpenAI is introducing a new data residency program in Asia, the company announced Thursday, following the rollout of its data residency program in Europe in February. The new program, which is available for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and the OpenAI API, aims to help Asia-based organizations meet local data sovereignty requirements while using the … Read more
Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI
Today, I’m talking with Paul Bascobert, who is the president of Reuters, the news and information service you have undoubtedly heard of. This is part of a special Thursday series we’re running this month to explore how leaders at some of the world’s biggest companies make decisions in such a rapidly changing environment. You know, … Read more
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Bill Gates tells his foundation to spend it all by 2045
The Gates Foundation is expected to spend $200 billion over the next 20 years to support causes related to health and human development.
GSR’s Josh Riezman on Regulation, Risk, and Readying Crypto for the Next Phase
Crypto market maker GSR has long positioned itself as a leader in market structure, compliance, and global liquidity. With operations spanning centralized and decentralized platforms, the firm is actively shaping how capital flows through the digital asset ecosystem. Part of the company’s success can be attributed to Josh Riezman, a veteran at GSR and now … Read more
Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being ‘involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children’
Bill Gates took aim at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with The New York Times, saying funding cuts to USAID will cause childhood deaths to increase. “On childhood deaths, which over the next few years should have gone from five million to four million — now, unless there’s a big reversal, … Read more
The Delta emulator’s new update makes it easier to join its Patreon
The Delta emulator’s latest iOS update takes advantage of recent changes to Apple’s App Store policies. | Image: <a href=”https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114467929471303098″>Mastodon</a> Following companies like Amazon and Spotify, the Delta emulator is the latest iOS app to take advantage of last month’s ruling by Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Although it has appealed the … Read more
Peloton downplays tariffs and embraces AI
Peloton said it’s not sweating tariffs in its Q3 2025 earnings today, noting it is “predominantly a subscription business” while acknowledging that macroeconomic uncertainty could impact demand for its pricey bikes and treadmills. “During the period of GDP decline between 2008 and 2009, external data showed that us spend[ing] on fitness continued to grow, and … Read more