Month: June 2025
ETH Foundation restructures, HYPE hits ATH, China tariffs delayed
ETH Foundation restructures, HYPE hits ATH, China tariffs delayed FOMO HOUR EP370 BTC reclaims $105k, ETH leads crypto gains. ETH Foundation restructures, shares new targets. ETH ETF inflows begin to outpace BTC. Robinhood acquires Bitstamp. Strategy to sell equity to raise $250m to buy BTC. HK’s Reitar Logtech to buy $1.5bn BTC. HYPE hits ATH, … Read more
Indian grocery startup KiranaPro was hacked and its servers deleted, CEO confirms
The company said the cyberattack destroyed its servers and customer data.
Crypto policy trends to watch in 2025: Privacy, development and adoption
As crypto goes mainstream, regulation is no longer a distant threat or bureaucratic detail — it’s the new foundation.
Build a scalable AI assistant to help refugees using AWS
This post is co-written with Taras Tsarenko, Vitalil Bozadzhy, and Vladyslav Horbatenko. As organizations worldwide seek to use AI for social impact, the Danish humanitarian organization Bevar Ukraine has developed a comprehensive virtual generative AI-powered assistant called Victor, aimed at addressing the pressing needs of Ukrainian refugees integrating into Danish society. This post details our … Read more
Enhanced diagnostics flow with LLM and Amazon Bedrock agent integration
Noodoe is a global leader in EV charging innovation, offering advanced solutions that empower operators to optimize their charging station operations and provide exceptional user experiences. Their universal charging stations are compatible with all EV brands and feature intuitive payment options, including credit cards and Apple Pay. Powered by the Noodoe EV OS cloud management … Read more
Why Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF Investments Are Diverging
Bitcoin ETFs see $1.2 billion in outflows as investors take profits, while Ethereum ETFs mark 12 days of inflows amid growing institutional interest. Here’s what analysts have to say.
iOS 19: All the rumored changes Apple could be bringing to its new operating system
As Apple prepares to unveil iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 on Monday, several rumors have surfaced, including a potential new name for the operating system, an entirely new design inspired by the Vision Pro, and more. Here’s a roundup of the most notable features rumored to be coming to iOS 19. New name Sources … Read more
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The Polestar 4 now comes from South Korea instead of China
The 2026 Polestar 4 — the one without a rearview window — is now on sale in the US. And instead of being manufactured in China like the 2025 version, this all-electric coupe will be imported from South Korea. Of course, Polestar is a Volvo offshoot based in Sweden, and like Volvo it’s owned by … Read more
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iFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairability
The Nintendo Switch, opened. Would you call the Nintendo Switch easy to repair, what with its infamously drifting joysticks, glued-in battery, tiny and easy-to-damage ribbon cables, and lack of official repair instructions and replacement parts? iFixit doesn’t think so anymore. After giving Nintendo’s handheld a rosy welcome at its 2017 debut, the online repair site … Read more
Bitcoin taps $106K liquidity as bulls defend price with $260M bid
BTC price action is already hunting liquidity immediately above price as support thickens, but market analysis doubts that new highs will come this week.
ATOM Surges 5% Before Forming Bearish Head-and-Shoulders Pattern
Geopolitical tensions and evolving trade policies continue to shape cryptocurrency markets as stablecoin giant Circle prepares for its landmark NYSE listing. The company behind USDC has increased both share count and price range, signaling strong institutional confidence in the stablecoin sector despite ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Meanwhile, industry associations have issued a joint statement urging lawmakers … Read more
Litecoin Breaks $90 Barrier as Traders Watch for Sustained Momentum
Litecoin LTC edged higher, climbing 2.1% in the last 24 hours and breaking through the $90 resistance level. The move came as global markets grappled with rising geopolitical friction and a shifting macroeconomic outlook. LTC briefly pierced the psychologically significant $90 threshold during early trading hours. While prices retreated slightly, the overall trend remains bullish, … Read more
Agri-Tech Firm Dimitra Partners With MANTRA to Bring Cacao, Carbon Credits onto the Blockchain
Dimitra, a blockchain-based agricultural technology company, has partnered with Layer 1 blockchain platform MANTRA to bring real-world agricultural assets on-chain. Jon Trask, Dimitra’s founder CEO, told CoinDesk at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas last week that the partnership aims to eventually bring a billion dollars worth of agricultural assets, starting with cacao in Brazil and … Read more
When Robot Shows Human-Like Recovery and Safety Behaviors
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 TRANSIC: Sim-to-Real Policy Transfer by Learning from Online Correction and 3.1 Learning Base Policies in Simulation with RL 3.2 Learning Residual Policies from Online Correction 3.3 An Integrated Deployment Framework and 3.4 Implementation Details 4 Experiments 4.1 Experiment Settings 4.2 Quantitative Comparison on Four Assembly … Read more
Multi-Token Prediction: Architecture for Memory-Efficient LLM Training
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Method 3. Experiments on real data 3.1. Benefits scale with model size and 3.2. Faster inference 3.3. Learning global patterns with multi-byte prediction and 3.4. Searching for the optimal n 3.5. Training for multiple epochs and 3.6. Finetuning multi-token predictors 3.7. Multi-token prediction on natural language 4. … Read more
One week left to spotlight your brand with a Side Event at TechCrunch All Stage
Want to connect with 1,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gathering in Boston for TechCrunch All Stage on July 15? Apply by June 10 to host a Side Event during “TC All Stage Week” (July 13-19) — and put your brand front and center. Whether you’re planning a workshop, cocktail hour, product demo, or panel … Read more
DeFi must go back to its P2P roots to gain mass adoption
To achieve true mass adoption, DeFi must return to its P2P origins, empower people with permissionless interactions, and restore the transparency that early DeFi promised.
Cango produced over $100M of Bitcoin in two months after mining pivot
Cango mined 954.5 BTC worth more than $100 million in April and May, following its full pivot to Bitcoin mining and sale of its legacy operations.
Epic is bringing AI Darth Vader’s tech to Fortnite creators
Epic Games is going to allow Fortnite creators to make AI-powered NPCs that work similar to the recently-launched AI Darth Vader. The company showed off the tech at its State of Unreal show on Tuesday. Using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), creators can make characters with personalities that they can voice chat with. Creators … Read more
AVAX Rises 3.8% on Strong Volume, Breaking Key Resistance Levels
AVAX broke through key resistance levels on high volume, establishing new support zones around $21.30 as traders navigate complex market conditions influenced by international trade disputes and monetary policy speculation. Technical Analysis • AVAX climbed from $20.52 to $21.31, representing a 3.8% gain with a total range of $1.28 (6.2%). • Price formed a clear … Read more
Crypto-Friendly Bank Revolut Eyes Expansion Into Derivatives
Digital bank Revolut could be planning to expand the scope of its cryptocurrency exchange with a derivatives offering, a new job posting on its website suggests. Revolut is recruiting a general manager of crypto derivatives who will be tasked with taking a new derivatives offering “from zero to scale,” according to the job specification. The … Read more
TRANSIC Demolishes Competition: 81% Success Rate vs 45% for Best Baseline
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 TRANSIC: Sim-to-Real Policy Transfer by Learning from Online Correction and 3.1 Learning Base Policies in Simulation with RL 3.2 Learning Residual Policies from Online Correction 3.3 An Integrated Deployment Framework and 3.4 Implementation Details 4 Experiments 4.1 Experiment Settings 4.2 Quantitative Comparison on Four Assembly … Read more
The TRANSIC Challenge: Furniture Assembly vs Every Other Robot Learning Method
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 TRANSIC: Sim-to-Real Policy Transfer by Learning from Online Correction and 3.1 Learning Base Policies in Simulation with RL 3.2 Learning Residual Policies from Online Correction 3.3 An Integrated Deployment Framework and 3.4 Implementation Details 4 Experiments 4.1 Experiment Settings 4.2 Quantitative Comparison on Four Assembly … Read more
Apple’s 2024 M4 MacBook Pro with a 1TB SSD has never been this cheap
If you’re thinking about getting a MacBook Pro, but you aren’t exactly sure which of the many configurations is best for you, perhaps this discounted model might be just what you’re after. The latest 14.2-inch model with an M4 chip (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU), 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage is $1,457.87 at Amazon, … Read more