Millions of people still lack access to basic banking. Can blockchain change that? Point to a real solution—or propose your own—and show us how this tech could open doors for those left out of the financial system. Your story could win you a share of 15,000 USDT in the Spacecoin Writing Contest. :::info Note: This … Read more
Users will eventually be able to transfer ASTR to any Superchain network, according to OP Labs’ Zain Bacchus.
Global credit rating giant Moody’s Ratings and tokenization startup Alphaledger have completed a test run showing that municipal bond credit ratings can be embedded into blockchain-based securities, the companies told CoinDesk. The trial, conducted on the Solana SOL blockchain, showcases how credit ratings—typically distributed through proprietary data terminals—could be integrated into tokenized assets on public … Read more
Tokenization platform Ondo Finance ONDO has debuted its flagship U.S. treasury-backed token on XRP Ledger (XRPL), giving institutional investors new tools to manage cash on the blockchain. Qualified purchasers can mint and redeem Ondo Short-Term U.S. Government Treasuries (OUSG) tokens around the clock using Ripple’s U.S. dollar stablecoin RLUSD, the press release said. Initial supply … Read more
PayPal (PYPL) is bringing its PYUSD stablecoin to the Stellar blockchain network to strengthen the dollar-pegged token’s position in cross-border remittances and payment financing, the companies said on Wednesday. PYUSD, which already operates on Ethereum and Solana, will expand to Stellar to explore new areas like payment financing, or “PayFi”. This allows small and medium-sized … Read more
Cryptocurrency staking platform Everstake has appointed Grayscale and Fidelity veteran David Kinitsky as its new chief executive officer, the company said on Wednesday. Kinitsky succeeds Sergii Vasylchuk, who founded Everstake in 2018 and will now transition to the role of its president. The leadership change marks Everstake’s acceleration into institutional and broader global markets, according … Read more
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Surging onchain activity, rising spot Solana ETF approval chances, and derivatives metrics suggest that SOL’s bullish price momentum could continue toward $300.
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Large Language Models 2.2 Fragmentation and PagedAttention 3 Issues with the PagedAttention Model and 3.1 Requires re-writing the attention kernel 3.2 Adds redundancy in the serving framework and 3.3 Performance Overhead 4 Insights into LLM Serving Systems 5 vAttention: System Design and 5.1 Design Overview … Read more
Bitcoin BTC and AI data center operator IREN plans to raise $450 million through a private sale of convertible senior notes, the company said in a press release. The notes, due in 2029, will be offered to qualified institutional buyers and could expand by another $50 million if initial purchasers take up an optional allotment. … Read more
There was good news on the U.S. inflation front in May as both the headline and core rates of the Consumer Price Index rose less than forecast. The CPI rose 0.1% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economist forecasts had been for 0.2% and April’s pace was 0.2%. On a year-over-year basis, … Read more
The Pura 80 Ultra has more lenses than it initially appears. Huawei has just announced the Chinese launch of its Pura 80 flagship phones, and the Ultra comes with a clever trick: a “switchable” dual-lens telephoto camera that allows two different lenses to share the same sensor. You can see both lenses side-by-side in the … Read more
Interactive Strength aims to launch the world’s largest corporate AI-crypto treasury to boost shareholder value and incorporate AI tools.
This post is co-written with Eliuth Triana Isaza, Abhishek Sawarkar, and Abdullahi Olaoye from NVIDIA. Today, we are excited to announce that the Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B V1 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 are available in Amazon Bedrock Marketplace and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. With this launch, you can now deploy NVIDIA’s newest reasoning models to … Read more
Standard Nuclear was the winning bidder for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s fuel-related assets at a bankruptcy auction.
HP has become the first company to preview hardware built with Google Beam, the 3D video communication technology formerly known as Project Starline. It’s launching the HP Dimension, a device that features a 65-inch light field display with six high-speed cameras inside the bezel to create “a true-to-life” 3D video of your caller. Google first … Read more
Fitness-equipment manufacturer Interactive Strength (TRNR) said it entered into a securities purchase agreement to raise as much as $500 million for buying Fetch.ai’s FET token as a crypto treasury strategy. The Nasdaq-listed company is already in the process of buying the tokens after raising $55 million of new capital from ATW Partners and DWF Labs, … Read more
Binance Wallet rolled out its Binance Alpha Earn Hub on Wednesday. The hub will reward users that provide liquidity on Alpha token token pools, offering a form of annual interest generated by trading fees generated from these pools. The introduction of the hub comes as Binance Wallet surpassed $12.5 billion in daily on-chain volume, a … Read more
FTX creditors are awaiting progress on at least $2.2 billion worth of disputed claims, with some users reporting issues with the KYC verification process.
Nintendo was expecting the Switch 2 would be just as successful as the original, and it’s already become the fastest-selling game console of all time after a strong launch. Nintendo revealed today that it has sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the console’s first four days, surpassing records for any of Nintendo’s … Read more
:::info Authors: (1) Goran Muric, InferLink Corporation, Los Angeles, (California gmuric@inferlink.com); (2) Ben Delay, InferLink Corporation, Los Angeles, California (bdelay@inferlink.com); (3) Steven Minton, InferLink Corporation, Los Angeles, California (sminton@inferlink.com). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation 2 Related Work and 2.1 Prompting techniques 2.2 In-context learning 2.3 Model interpretability 3 Method 3.1 … Read more
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin (BTC) briefly rose past $110,000 after headlines out of London pointed to progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations. It’s now dropped back to remain little changed over 24 hours while the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rose 2%, suggesting a rotation into altcoins. One factor keeping bitcoin … Read more
Ukrainian lawmakers have taken the first step towards the creation of a crypto reserve. A group of eight deputies of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, submitted a bill which would authorize the country’s National Bank to include “virtual assets in the gold and foreign exchange reserves,” on Tuesday. The bill’s principal sponsor is Yaroslav Zheleznyak, … Read more
The CBI’s investigation revealed advanced social engineering operations being used to exploit jurisdictional gaps to target foreign victims.