Month: July 2025
Canary Files for Staked Injective ETF as Interest in Altcoin Funds Grows
The asset manager filed Thursday with the SEC to debut its Staked INJ ETF, which would allow investors to earn yield on its fund’s underlying tokens.
Rivian restarting work on its Georgia factory, emails show
Emails obtained through a public records request show Rivian has resume the prep work for its planned factory in Georgia.
Substack raises $100M from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Skims CEO and more
The New York Times reports that the funding brings Substack’s valuation to $1.1 billion, almost 70% higher than its 2021 valuation of $650 million.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: AI Race With China Risks Undermining Western Values (7/17/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 17, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, American and Soviet Spacecraft Dock in Orbit in 1975, Willis Carrier Invents Air Conditioning in 1902, and we present you with these top quality stories. From You Want … Read more
Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Now Richer Than Bill Gates—And Closing In on Buffett
Satoshi Nakamoto is richer than Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Dell founder Michael Dell—and Bitcoin critic Warren Buffett is next.
ETH SURGES ON INFLOWS, HOUSE ADVANCES CRYPTO BILLS, BASE REVAMP
ETH nears $3,500 on huge ETF inflows. Sharplink stock hits $35, completes ATM program. US House advances crypto bills. Coinbase renames wallet Base, integrates Farcaster. Unclear if US has sold 80% of BTC reserves. Bill to allow crypto collateral for mortgage launched. BofA & Citigroup to launch stablecoin. Plasma to begin XPL sale today. Phantom … Read more
Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone
The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users’ “plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data,” per GreyNoise.
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Effective Data Chunking and Querying with Pinecone and GPT-4o
In our previous article, we saw how to scrape this newsletter with Firecrawl and transform the posts into markdown files that can be loaded into a VectorDB in Pinecone. After releasing the first part of the article, I kept querying the VectorDB with different queries. I was unhappy with the results, so I wanted to … Read more
Boulevard raises $80M to power self-care boom driven by Botox and GLP-1 surge
The nine-year-old salon and spa software provider has hit a valuation of nearly $800 million.
Zuckerberg and Meta investors reach settlement in $8B privacy case
The shareholders’ lawsuit alleges Facebook execs intentionally violated an FTC agreement by sharing user data with third-party apps without user consent.
Cantor, Adam Back Team Up to Launch Bitcoin Treasury Firm With $3.5 Billion in BTC
After launching Twenty One (XXI), Cantor Fitzgerald is making another big Bitcoin treasury move with early Bitcoiner Adam Back.
Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research’ mode
French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot on Thursday that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google. The new update includes a new “deep research” mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing.
LINK news update: Pro crypto convergence in TradFi and DeFi may start rally to $18
LINK price is on the verge of confirming a historically bullish pattern, which could send the altcoin’s price above $18.
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Meet TreeCoin Assets, AVADA Group Limited, and TalentSpotify: HackerNoon Startups of the Week
Hey Hackers! Welcome to another edition of Startups of The Week! Each week, the HackerNoon team highlights a list of startups from our Startups of The Year database. These startups have been nominated as one of the best in their respective category or regions. This time, we’re proud to present 3 amazing startups: TreeCoin Assets, AVADA … Read more
Confident Security, ‘the Signal for AI,’ comes out of stealth with $4.2M
San Francisco-based startup Confident Security wants to be “the Signal for AI.” The company just came out of stealth with $4.2 million and a tool that wraps around AI models to guarantee data stays private.
Bhutan should embrace decentralized identity systems
Bhutan’s unique naming culture and values of sovereignty make it a strong candidate for adopting blockchain-based identity systems.
FDA Authorizes Juul E-Cigarettes
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Epstein, Antichrists & Dragons: Crypto Week in Congress Nearly Goes Off the Rails
What does Crypto Week in Congress, and the drama that ensued Wednesday, have to do with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal? More than you might think, according to D.C. policy insiders.
Japan just found a way to let you earn XRP without spending yen
Aplus and SBI VC Trade launch Japan’s first point-to-crypto program, letting users earn XRP, BTC and ETH from everyday spending.
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North Korean hackers blamed for record spike in crypto thefts in 2025
Chainalysis said crypto thefts during the first half of 2025 were at record levels, thanks in large part to a single breach at a major crypto exchange.