Month: July 2025
Ex-Gemini, Kraken exec appointed as CEO of crypto advocacy group
Ji Hun Kim became acting CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation in December 2024 after the departure of Sheila Warren.
The Secret Life of Fsync (2023)
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MEV arbitrageurs on Ethereum increasingly centralized — Research
Arbitrageurs who exploit price discrepancies between centralized and decentralized crypto exchanges are harming network decentralization, new research finds.
Why XRP Ledger Is a ‘Different Network’ Than Last Year: Analyst
XRP is flying high, but activity on the Ripple-linked XRP Ledger points to a clear shift in user activity, according to analysis.
Ethereum Treasury Firm Buys $5M CryptoPunk—And Is Borrowing Stablecoins Against It
GameSquare, a digital media company with an Ethereum treasury strategy, is borrowing stablecoins against its newly acquired CryptoPunk NFT.
Upsides and Downsides
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Revisiting Moneyball
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New Aarch64 Back End
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Bitcoin is losing its bullish momentum: Is a drop to $115K next?
Bitcoin may face a short-term dip as a bearish divergence, CME gap, and a high IBCI reading point to downside below $115,000.
No, Instagram didn’t suspend Zohran Mamdani’s account for being ‘too socialist’
In a story published earlier this week, a site called “NYC Journals” claimed to have a bombshell: that Instagram had suspended the account of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for being “too socialist.” The story claimed that Mamdani’s account was down for three hours; it also cited a “leaked memo” from inside Instagram that … Read more
Intel CEO Letter to Employees
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Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere
Since around 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website first confirmed the issue with a banner message saying “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating.” On X, Starlink posted a more detailed message at 4:05PM ET, saying “Starlink is … Read more
Ripple’s Chris Larsen Has Moved $140 Million in XRP to Exchanges During Record Surge
The moves came as XRP reached an all-time high. It has more recently retreated.
Elon Musk’s xAI Partners With Kalshi to Bring Grok to Prediction Markets
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is partnering with regulated prediction market Kalshi to bring its chatbot Grok into the world of real-money event forecasting, the companies said Thursday. The collaboration will allow Grok to analyze news, historical data and economic indicators in real time to support users trading on Kalshi’s federally regulated platform. Kalshi … Read more
Intel reveals it will lose 33,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica
In April, Intel attempted to announce layoffs without announcing layoffs. “We have not set any headcount reduction target,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger told The Verge. But the company has laid off thousands of employees since — and today, in the company’s Q2 2025 earnings, it has revealed that Intel will dramatically shrink as a result of … Read more
Tom Lee’s BitMine Now Largest Corporate Ethereum Treasury With $2.1 Billion in ETH
The NYSE-traded firm said that it now held 566,776 ETH.
X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes
X is piloting a new feature that will help to identify the platform’s best posts. The system is similar to how Community Notes fact-checking works.
Boost cold-start recommendations with vLLM on AWS Trainium
Cold start in recommendation systems goes beyond just new user or new item problems—it’s the complete absence of personalized signals at launch. When someone first arrives, or when fresh content appears, there’s no behavioral history to tell the engine what they care about, so everyone ends up in broad generic segments. That not only dampens … Read more
XRP vs ETH: Which token is quietly outperforming in whale-fueled rallies?
XRP vastly outperformed ETH over the past year, but institutional investor demand for Ether could change the trend.
ETH core developer testifies in Roman Storm defense as gov’t rests case
After about two weeks of hearing from US government witnesses, Roman Storm’s legal team called Preston Van Loon to the stand to kick off its defense case.