Citigroup CEO Confirms the Bank Is ‘Looking at the Issuance of a Citi Stablecoin’

On Tuesday, Citigroup (C) had its second quarter of 2025 earnings call. During the call, Ebrahim Poonawala, Head of North American Banks Research at BofA Securities, asked how Citi is using stablecoins internally for treasury and global liquidity management and whether their adoption could disrupt the bank’s service revenues. Citi CEO Jane Fraser said the … Read more

Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums

Related Articles Date, Time & Timestamp Integer, Float and Bit Enums and Sets (this one) Introduction This article continues my series on MySQL data types. Previously, I covered numeric types and date/time types. This article focuses on SET and ENUM types, specialized data types that can be used for limited lists of data and make … Read more

From Chatbots to Guardians of Data: How BChat Harnesses AI for Secure Messaging

Digital communications are today hotwired — fast, unchecked, and silently monitored. Most of our conversations are overheard by big corporations or even the State. Why? Because data is the new oil. Data drives how elections are conducted and presidents elected. Data is used to wage information warfare. Data fuels economies. Alright, let’s be honest. It’s … Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Google’s AI Mode (and How to Adjust Your Content Strategy)

In May 2024, Google rolled out a major update that disturbed the still waters of the SEO and content marketing community: the AI Overview (AIO). As if that weren’t disruptive enough, during Google I/O this May, they announced the launch of a more comprehensive AI-powered search experience for all U.S. users. Enter AI Mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NiE3XMPrM&ab_channel=Google&embedable=true … Read more

Gated Communities Are Actually Great for Crypto—Marc Vanlerberghe

For more than a decade, the crypto industry has championed decentralization, transparency, and self-sovereignty. These principles are noble—and in many ways, essential. But, if we’re honest, they haven’t yet translated into broad, mainstream adoption. The dream of billions of people using blockchain every day is still largely that—a dream. To make it reality, we need … Read more