Wall Street heavyweight JPMorgan (JPM) initiated coverage of stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) with an underweight rating and an underwhelming $80 price target. The shares were trading 4.5% higher at around $189 at publication time. Circle is well positioned, the bank said, and its USDC stablecoin has an “early-mover advantage,” with growing use cases in payments. … Read more
To effectively convey complex information, organizations increasingly rely on visual documentation through diagrams, charts, and technical illustrations. Although text documents are well-integrated into modern knowledge management systems, rich information contained in diagrams, charts, technical schematics, and visual documentation often remains inaccessible to search and AI assistants. This creates significant gaps in organizational knowledge bases, leading … Read more
BitMine Immersion Technologies raised $250 million through a private placement to establish an Ethereum treasury, signaling a shift away from its previous Bitcoin-centric approach.
Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape,” happening … Read more
The new Gemini tab for educators in Google Classroom. Google announced a variety of new features for its Classroom software suite, including free Gemini AI tools for educators and NotebookLM for users under 18 — the first time the tool has been available to minors. Teachers with a Google Workspace account will have a new dedicated … Read more
Today, I’m talking with Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, Tumblr, and a whole host of other products like the new cross-platform messaging service Beeper. This is Matt’s third time on Decoder; back in 2022, we had him on twice, first to talk about Automattic and WordPress broadly … Read more
Prominent financial advisor Ric Edelman says investors should consider putting as much as 40% of their wealth into cryptocurrency, a bold recommendation that reflects how far digital assets have come in recent years. “Today I am saying 40%, that’s astonishing,” Edelman told CNBC’s Crypto World on Friday. “No one has ever said such a thing.” … Read more
Creating professional AWS architecture diagrams is a fundamental task for solutions architects, developers, and technical teams. These diagrams serve as essential communication tools for stakeholders, documentation of compliance requirements, and blueprints for implementation teams. However, traditional diagramming approaches present several challenges: Time-consuming process – Creating detailed architecture diagrams manually can take hours or even days … Read more
Tinder is requiring new users in California to use facial recognition technology to verify their profiles.
Apple is rumored to launch a lighter — and cheaper — version of the Vision Pro. Apple seems to have big plans to expand its lineup of extended-reality (XR) devices by launching new Vision series headsets and smart glasses, according to a report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his report, Kuo shares Apple’s … Read more
The SEO game has changed more this year than it has in the past 10 years. And that’s actually to your advantage. People are finding answers on ChatGPT, Reddit, and YouTube, not just Google. Google itself is rewriting search with AI Overviews. And now there are tools that can do 80% of the work without you. … Read more
Bitcoin adoption grew considerably in June, with 26 firms adding it to their balance sheets; meanwhile, Bitcoin’s hashrate fell 15%.
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has secured $250 million via a private placement of common stock and will use the funds to launch an ether (ETH) treasury. When the deal closes, expected July 3, the Las Vegas-based miner said it will rank among the largest publicly traded holders of ETH. The financing, priced at $4.50 a … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3017.9, up 2.5% (+75.0) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Eighteen of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: FIL (+7.3%) and SOL (+6.2%). Laggards: BCH (-2.2%) and APT … Read more
More than 60 tokenized stocks are now live on Kraken, Bybit and Solana DeFi via Backed Finance’s xStocks.
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant.
CFS is building its pilot fusion plant in Devens, Massachusetts. Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called holy grail of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for more than half a century. While the fusion industry reached a significant milestone a few years ago, the technology … Read more
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In Project Hail Mary Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a science teacher who finds themselves a reluctant astronaut on a mission to save Earth’s dying sun. | Screenshot: YouTube Following the success of 2015’s The Martian, Amazon MGM Studios has released the first trailer for Project Hail Mary based on another best-selling Andy Weir novel. … Read more
Financial derivatives provider Eightcap is now offering a contract for difference (CFD) based on the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), which offers a weighted performance of the largest digital assets. The CD20 CFD is now available to traders in both fiat and USDT pairs as an over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives product to retail traders, according to an … Read more
Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer initiated coverage of Metaplanet (3350.T) with a buy rating and a ¥2,400 price target, calling the company “Japan’s answer to MSTR” due its aggressive bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy. That’s about 50% upside from the stock’s close of ¥1,650 overnight. ADRs for the shares trade in the U.S. under the MTPLF symbol … Read more
Bitcoin’s price hovers around $107,000, showing technical strength as BTC’s chance of rising to new all-time highs appears to be increasing, new analysis suggests.
Five years ago, the world stood still. Planes were grounded. Cities fell silent. And the travel industry, a $9 trillion economic engine, was brought to its knees. Yet while we waited, the pace of innovation accelerated, leading us to new advances that have fundamentally changed travel. Much has been written about AI-powered itineraries and personalized … Read more
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy now holds 597,325 BTC, purchased for about $42.4 billion at an average price of $70,982 per coin.