Pompliano Bitcoin Treasury ProCap Unveils $1 Billion SPAC Merger
Instead of simply buying and holding Bitcoin, the company plans on putting capital to work.
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World War Solana Meme Coins Explode in Latest Attention Trend Amid Middle East Tensions
Following the United States bombing Iran on Sunday morning, crypto traders pumped some war-related meme coins.
New York State wants more nuclear power in a big way
Gov. Kathy Hochul is directing the New York Power Authority, which owns and operates two dozen power plants — mostly dams and gas turbines — to develop the new facility. The plans are still in their infancy: NYPA, a state government entity, has yet to pick a location or a design.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is available online at Best Buy
Update, June 23rd: Best Buy has sold out of the standalone console, but it still has stock of the $499.99 Mario Kart World bundle. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been difficult to find in stock since its June 5th launch, though restocks are beginning to ramp up. If you’re looking for one, head over to … Read more
AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don’t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. AllSpice’s platform has landed customers such … Read more
India wants 30% of your crypto gains, but that’s not the worst part
A 30% tax on crypto profits in India is only part of the story. Traders face even bigger hurdles under the current tax regime.
Strategy Scales Back Bitcoin Buys as BTC Dips
The company bought 245 Bitcoin as tensions escalated in the Middle East.
Crypto hedge fund execs to raise $100M for BNB treasury vehicle — Report
According to Bloomberg, former executives at Coral Capital Holdings want to create a BNB treasury company.
BNB Sees Modest Gains Following Iran Strikes
BNB saw a modest gain of 2% in the past 24 hours, pushing past $627 before settling with firm support at $616.55. The move comes as the BNB Chain, the blockchain tied to BNB, saw its daily transactions nearly double to 17.6 million since mid-May, according to data from DeFiLlama. Crypto markets have been jittery … Read more
$1,400 can get you a powerful (and huge) HP Omen laptop with an RTX 5070
Many people gravitate toward compact laptops for their convenience, but there’s a subset of gamers who want a big ass gaming laptop that offers desktop-class performance. If you fall into the latter bucket, you may appreciate knowing that HP is offering 20 percent off its latest Omen gaming laptops, which are equipped with Nvidia’s powerful … Read more
Midnight Network Unveils NIGHT Tokenomics, ‘Glacier Drop’ Airdrop Mechanism
Midnight Network, a privacy-focused blockchain leveraging zero-knowledge smart contracts, published its tokenomics paper and unveiled its ‘Glacier Drop’ airdrop mechanism in advance of claims for the native NIGHT token starting next month. The project said Glacier Drop is a novel process that allocates all NIGHT tokens to users across eight major blockchain ecosystems and rolls … Read more
The new lies spreading about climate change
New strains of misinformation about climate change are spreading, meant to slow the growth of renewable energy needed to fix the problem. Rather than flat-out denying the mountains of evidence that show that humans are causing climate change, more recent talking points aim to mislead people by casting doubt on potential solutions. Renewable energy has … Read more
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Bitcoin supply is shrinking: Will Saylor’s relentless BTC buying cause a supply shock?
As Michael Saylor’s Strategy and other whales keep buying Bitcoin, the stage may be set for a historic supply shock.
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JLab’s new party speaker puts a light show in your pocket
JLab’s new Pop Party speaker is small enough to fit in your pocket but still includes RGB accent lighting. | Image: JLab JLab has announced a new Party line of wireless speakers that continues an industry trend of adding animated RGB lighting to anything that plays music. That even includes the new budget-minded JLab Pop … Read more
CoinFund-backed Veda raises $18M as stablecoin yield becomes ‘inevitable’
The DeFi vault platform has received funding from several VCs, including CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures and Animoca Ventures.
Missiles fly, yet Bitcoin holds, revealing BTC’s strength in global chaos
Bitcoin’s June price action during the Israel–Iran conflict shows that it remains a macro asset, albeit one increasingly shaped by global instability.
Microsoft adds Steam games to its Xbox PC app on Windows
Microsoft is starting to test its new aggregated gaming library in its Xbox PC app on Windows. Xbox Insiders will now be able to see their Steam and Battle.net games all within the Xbox app this week — making it a single launcher for most installed PC games. This new consolidated library will roll out … Read more
Senators urge FTC to investigate Spotify’s higher-priced bundled subscription
Two U.S. senators have requested that the FTC investigate Spotify due to allegations that the company bundled its subscription without user consent, while also undercompensating creators.
A Startup Raises $15M, Led by Paradigm, Aiming to Rival HyperLiquid
Decentralized trading venue GTE has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm, according to an announcement made on X. GTE describes itself as the “world’s fastest decentralized exchange,” a label often attributed to HyperLiquid. The derivatives exchange is one of this crypto cycle’s success stories, having racked up more than $1 … Read more