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Month: July 2025
Price predictions 7/7: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE
Bitcoin failed to overcome resistance at $110,500, but charts suggest bulls will continue buying dips in BTC and altcoins.
Crypto VC Paradigm Leads $11.6M Round for Kuru Labs’ DeFi Liquidity Engine
Kuru Labs, a decentralized finance (DeFi) startup built on the Monad blockchain, has closed an $11.6 million Series A funding round led by crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm. The raise will help create a central-limit orderbook (CLOB) combined with automated market-making capabilities for Monad, a super-fast version of Ethereum, which was also backed by Paradigm in … Read more
Bitcoin Buying Sprees Accelerate as Metaplanet, Semler Stack More BTC
A pair of Bitcoin treasury firms added to their stash on Monday.
CoreWeave acquires data center provider Core Scientific in $9B stock deal
As a result of the deal, CoreWeave says it will gain access to more than a gigawatt of data center capacity — enough energy to power more than 850,000 homes.
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From Lagos to Ledger: How Creditcoin Is Rewriting the Rules of Trust in On Chain Lending
From Lagos to the Ledger Adesola runs a small tailoring shop behind a row of kiosks in Lagos, Nigeria. She buys fabrics in bulk, sews dresses, and delivers them by hand to customers. She doesn’t have a bank account, but she uses a mobile lending app like Okash to take micro loans and always repays … Read more
How Vietnam is using crypto to fix its FATF reputation
Vietnam is leveraging crypto regulation to meet FATF standards, combat digital asset fraud and rebuild its international financial reputation.
Apple’s latest AirPods are already on sale for $99 before Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow, July 8th, but you don’t have to wait until then to pick up Apple’s latest pair of AirPods at a discount. Right now, the AirPods 4 are available for around $99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, while the AirPods 4 with noise cancellation are going for around … Read more
Bit Digital shifts treasury strategy with 100K ETH buy; stock surges 29%
Bit Digital is now the second-largest publicly traded ETH holder, behind Coinbase.
Treasury Department Drops Case Over Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash
Months after dropping sanctions against Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash, the U.S. Treasury has agreed to end a related legal battle.
Waymo starts robotaxi testing in Philadelphia and NYC
Waymo kicked off two “road trips” to Philadelphia and New York City on Monday, signaling the Alphabet-owned company’s push to expand into cities in the Northeast.
Loans, Scams, and the Blockchain Way Out
Focus Plant is one of my favorite apps to stay productive, but since I’m using the free version, it comes with a price: endless ads. Weirdly enough, about 80% of those ads are for loan apps. That got me thinking, what data did these apps collect about me to decide I desperately needed a loan? … Read more
Without Operational Alpha, Bitcoin Treasury Company Premiums Will Collapse
Listed companies are rapidly transforming into bitcoin treasury vehicles, raising capital to buy BTC and hold it on their balance sheets. With bitcoin increasingly seen as a potential global reserve asset, gaining institutional traction and strong price expectations, this trend might seem sound. But there’s a problem: most of these companies have acquisition plans without … Read more
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Floats Gas Cap for ZK ‘Endgame’
Ethereum’s community has worked toward integrating zero-knowledge proofs into the network for nearly a decade.
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Nintendo wants to keep ‘traditional approach’ to development as costs skyrocket
A bigger, more powerful Switch means bigger, more intensive games that take more time and money to make. But as development costs skyrocket across the industry, Nintendo seems to have a plan to keep things in control as it transitions into the Switch 2 era. In response to a question during a recent shareholders meeting … Read more
Can Blockchain Rebuild Trust in Global Cooperatives?
Do you have people you can trust with your life? Regardless of your current situation, human society is built on the assumption of entrusting our lives to each other in public. It allows us more time to spend on enriching life than avoiding death, and in this way humanity exists as an implicit global cooperative. … Read more
ICP Rebounds From Intraday Lows as Support at $4.80 Holds Firm
Internet Computer (ICP) exhibited notable resilience over the past 24 hours, weathering a volatile trading session shaped by broader macroeconomic uncertainty. After falling to $4.78, the token rebounded to nearly $4.85, ultimately settling at $4.7771, down 0.98% on the day. ICP has respected its key support level at $4.80, which was tested and confirmed multiple … Read more
Gigaton Run: Space Technology vs Climate Change
It’s old news that Earth is on fire. How long till we’re cooked? By climate scientist estimates, 25 years. I chuckled when a colleague told me she had since accepted our fate. For the last 175 years, we’ve relied heavily on our liquid ancestors to support our lifestyle and we’re now soaking in ocean-deep debt. … Read more
AI Giant CoreWeave to Buy Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific in $9B Deal
The deal is expected to close by the end of this year.
Wicked’s Jon M. Chu will direct Mattel’s live-action Hot Wheels movie
Hoping to recapture the popularity of the Barbie movie that grossed over $1.44 billion worldwide, toy maker Mattel has announced that Wicked’s Jon M. Chu will direct its upcoming live-action Hot Wheels movie, with Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, whose credits include Creed II and They Cloned Tyrone, writing the script. The film was first … Read more
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What If Your Next Passive Income Stream Came From Space?
A “crazy” DIY idea reveals a very real possibility: setting up a tiny, decentralized satellite ground station in your backyard. With just a Raspberry Pi, a software-defined radio, and some open-source tools, hobbyists can downlink satellite data, contribute to decentralized networks, and earn microcrypto. This isn’t just sci-fi — it’s part of the DePIN movement … Read more
Secure Off-Chain Execution for Bitcoin Smart Contracts: A Failsafe Protocol
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction On-chain contracts Off-chain contracts Conclusions and References 3. Off-chain contracts We will now walk through the steps that are needed to move off-chain the execution of the best-of-three bet. First, Alice and Bob generate a slightly modified copy of the contract (see Figure 4a), where there is a … Read more