Month: August 2025

Coinbase Revives Stablecoin Funding Program to Bolster DeFi Liquidity

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Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) said on Tuesday it is reviving its Stablecoin Bootstrap Fund, aiming to boost stablecoin liquidity on decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. The initiative will be managed by Coinbase Asset Management and begins with deployments on Aave, Morpho, Kamino and Jupiter, according to a blog post. The exchange first launched the program in … Read more

Polkadot’s DOT Advances Over 4% Amid Robust Recovery

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DOT demonstrated resilience with a robust recovery rally, rising over 4% to $4.12 after defending pivotal support levels around $3.84-$3.86, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the cryptocurrency breached resistance at $3.92 with exceptional volume exceeding 7 million, suggesting institutional accumulation and continued upward momentum towards $4.15-$4.20 targets. Developer activity … Read more

Crypto Trading Drove Over 90% of eToro’s Second Quarter Revenue

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Crypto trading remained the backbone of eToro’s business in the second quarter, generating roughly 91% of the company’s total revenue, according to its latest earnings report. That’s down slightly from the 93% share recorded in the first quarter, suggesting a modest increase in the contribution from equities and other trading segments. For the three months … Read more

Apple Cinemas responds to Apple lawsuit

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Apple Cinemas, a theater chain not affiliated with Apple, has responded to Apple’s recent lawsuit over alleged trademark infringement, as reported by MacRumors. In its lawsuit, Apple alleged that Apple Cinemas and owner Sand Media have tried to “capitalize on the highly-regarded Apple brand” in connection with an “aggressive nationwide expansion.” “We are committed to … Read more

NEAR Faces Whipsaw Action as Institutional Flows Bolster Long-Term Outlook

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NEAR Protocol saw sharp intraday swings on Aug. 12, with prices climbing from $2.643 to $2.678 by 13:35 before reversing swiftly. The sell-off, concentrated between 13:38 and 13:49, erased most hourly gains as the token fell to $2.634 on heavy volume exceeding 200,000 tokens per minute. Profit-taking at the $2.675–$2.680 resistance level—identified in prior sessions—capped … Read more

Ether Pumps to 5-Year High of $4.47K Alongside Tom Lee’s Massive ETH Treasury Bet and Fed Rate Cut Hopes

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Ether (ETH) has climbed 5% in the past 24 hours to $4,470, its highest price since December 2021. Helping the bullish action in crypto in general was Tuesday morning’s Consumer Price Index report. While the data was mixed and inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, market participants lifted bets on the U.S. central … Read more

Monero’s 51% Attack Problem: Inside Qubic’s Controversial Network Takeover

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Monero, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is facing one of the most serious security challenges in its history. Qubic, a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, says it now controls more than 51% of the network’s hashrate. In blockchains secured by proof-of-work algorithms, that’s the same method used by Bitcoin, that level of control can … Read more

Efficient Price and Greeks Computation for American Options via Gradient-Enhanced LSM

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:::info Authors: (1) Jiefei Yang, †Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (jiefeiy@connect.hku.hk); (2) Guanglian Li, Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (lotusli@maths.hku.hk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Bermudan option pricing and hedging Sparse Hermite polynomial expansion and gradient Algorithm and complexity Convergence analysis Numerical … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: How Graphs Boost LLM Precision and Explainability in Cybersecurity (8/12/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 12, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The very first PC was introduced by IBM in 1981, The Singer Sewing Machine is Patented in 1851, Erwin Schrödinger was born in 1887, and we present you … Read more