The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Video Game Industry Is Having Its Peter Pan Moment Now With AI (7/4/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 4, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Hotmail Launches as a Free Email Service in 1996, Lou Gehrig’s Retirement Speech in 1939, Scientists Discover the Higgs Boson Particle in 2012, and we present you with … Read more

Bank of Canada Identifies Technical Path for Retail CBDC in New Research Paper

The Bank of Canada took a significant step in exploring the technical feasibility of a digital Canadian dollar, proposing a specific system designed for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) focused on simple, everyday payments, according to a new research paper. The central bank’s research team examined OpenCBDC 2PC, a model developed in collaboration … Read more

BONK Eyes Breakout as ETF Buzz and Burn Trigger Spark Fresh Rally

Solana-based memecoin BONK dropped back after jumping in excess of 20% earlier this week, but remains in bullish mode amid increased trader activity. BONK surged 21% in a 24-hour period into Thursday and positioned itself as the strongest performer among major cryptocurrencies. It was recently trading at $0.00001673, a 1.68% gain, with price action ranging … Read more

Valhalla, FLOKI’s Flagship Browser-Based, Play-to-Earn MMORPG, Officially Launches On Mainnet

Miami, Florida, July 1st, 2025/GamingWire/–FLOKI, the people-powered crypto brand, is set to launch its highly anticipated blockchain game, Valhalla, on mainnet today, June 30th, 2025. Backed by over a multi-million dollar treasury, Valhalla is FLOKI’s boldest product yet — a browser-based, play-to-earn MMORPG built to bring Web3 gaming to the masses. Valhalla is FLOKI’s flagship … Read more

Hackers Behind $140M Brazil Banking Heist Turn to Crypto to Launder Their Loot

A group of hackers that gained unauthorized access to the Central Bank of Brazil’s service provider has started laundering a portion of its $140 million haul using cryptocurrencies, according to On-chain analyst ZachXBT. The researcher revealed on Friday that between $30 million and $40 million of the stolen funds was converted to bitcoin BTC, ether … Read more