Month: May 2025

Bitcoin price rallied 1,550% the last time the ‘BTC risk-off’ metric fell this low

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Key Takeaways: The Bitcoin Risk-Off signal dropped to 23.7, its lowest since March 2019, indicating low correction risk and a high likelihood of a bullish trend developing. Despite the recent decline in network activity, bullish macro indicators like the Macro Chain Index (MCI) suggest Bitcoin could soon rally above $100,000. On May 5, the Bitcoin … Read more

Opera has new ways for Android users to manage tabs

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Opera has added new tab features to its Android web browser that give users more control when organizing web links. Opera says version 89 of its browser introduces “the best tab management system for Android devices,” providing new tab layout options, grouping features, and capabilities for searching, muting, and restoring tabs. This update includes Tab … Read more

Are You Hiring UX Designers or Their AI Tools?

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Dear tech companies still hiring like it’s 2015: In an AI-powered world, everyone can look like a rockstar. So what are you really evaluating—and what actually makes a UX designer irreplaceable? The Illusion of Perfect Answers In the age of AI, a junior designer can generate a flawless design process in under five minutes. Case studies? … Read more

North Korean spy slips up, reveals ties in fake job interview

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For months, Cointelegraph took part in an investigation centered around a suspected North Korean operative that uncovered a cluster of threat actors attempting to score freelancing gigs in the cryptocurrency industry. The investigation was led by Heiner Garcia, a cyber threat intelligence expert at Telefónica and a blockchain security researcher. Garcia uncovered how North Korean … Read more

Xbox is selling a lot of games on PlayStation

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Oblivion. More than a year after Microsoft announced plans to start releasing games on rival platforms, the publisher seems to have hit its stride on PlayStation. Sony released its monthly most-downloaded charts for PS5 games, and for April, the top three titles in both Europe and North America all came from Microsoft. No sales numbers … Read more

Unblocked raises $20M for AI to help devs understand codebases

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Every developer has their own unique style of writing code. Despite companies establishing best practices and drawing up documentation, it can be hard for developers to understand someone else’s codebase. To solve this problem, Dennis Pilarinos built a tool called Unblocked — an AI-powered assistant that answers contextual questions about lines of code. Pilarinos is … Read more

ECB Establishes Innovation Hub to Test Digital Euro as Preparation Phase Nears End

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The European Central Bank (ECB) said it set up an innovation hub with 70 participants to test its digital euro project. The participants included start-ups, banks and payment services including global professional services company Accenture, Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom, Spanish bank CaixaBank and audit and tax firm KPMG, it said in a Monday release. The … Read more

DeFi Development Adds $11.2M in SOL, Bringing Holdings to More Than 400K Tokens

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Formerly known as Janover (JNVR), DeFi Development Corporation (DFDV has added an additional 82,404 solana (SOL) tokens to its treasury, pushing its total holdings to 400,091 SOL. At SOL’s current price of $143, the company stack is worth more than $57 million. The newly acquired tokens include locked SOL, purchased through BitGo’s over-the-counter desk, according … Read more

DOJ asks court to split up Google’s ad tech empire

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The US Department of Justice filed a plan in court to make Google divest its advertising marketplace and ad management platform, part of a proposal to address the company’s “decade-long campaign of exclusionary conduct,” which a judge has declared violates antitrust law. On Monday, the DOJ and Google both filed requests for remedying the tech … Read more

Saaniya Chugh, Senior Technical Consultant: On Writing and Inspirations

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So let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests. Hello Hello to my fellow hackers and to my wonderful set of readers here, Namaste! 🙏 I’m Saaniya Chugh – a Senior Technical Consultant at ServiceNow, community builder, speaker, and passionate writer focused on the intersection of AI, ITSM, … Read more

Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?

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It is often said that crypto is part technology and part religion. As such, it is hardly surprising that the unfolding regulatory overhaul has been accompanied both by vigorous soul searching related to the state of crypto’s (often anti-establishment) core values and palpable excitement over potential new use cases. With the blessing of CoinDesk, I … Read more

Trump’s Crypto Play Fuels Senators’ Backlash and Bill to Ban President Memecoins

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President Donald Trump’s personal involvement in crypto has inspired a vigorous Democratic response in the Senate, including a new bill from Senator Chris Murphy to ban presidents and their families from dabbling in memecoins or issuing other financial assets. As the Connecticut lawmaker was introducing the Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act overnight, fellow … Read more