Month: August 2025
Arthur Hayes Joins Wave of Whale Buys as Ethereum Briefly Tops $4,300
The BitMEX co-founder and other major holders have scooped hundreds of millions in ETH and DeFi tokens in recent days.
Bitcoin ETFs Bounce Back—But Ethereum Funds Are on Top
Many large investors see Ethereum as more than just a higher-risk trade, viewing it as “the backbone for DeFi, tokenized assets, and staking,” Decrypt was told.
BitMine’s Ethereum Stash Nears $5 Billion After Largest ETH Buy Yet
The firm now owns 1% of Ethereum’s circulating supply.
Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision language model for physical AI applications and robots.
Crypto helps emerging economies bypass legacy financial constraints
Developing nations can use crypto to bypass financial constraints, hedge inflation and attract investment. Emerging economies are discovering crypto’s power.
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China
The Trump administration has ordered Nvidia and AMD to pay the federal government a 15 percent cut of their AI chip sales revenue to China, according to reports from The New York Times and The Financial Times. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly reached an agreement with President Donald Trump just days before the Commerce Department … Read more
Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’
“Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday.
Ninja’s latest ice cream maker has never been cheaper
Ninja’s Swirl can make soft serve ice cream and frozen yogurt, and it’s $50 off at Amazon. Ninja’s Swirl ups the ante for ice cream machines by also allowing you to make soft serve or frozen yogurt at home. It normally costs $349.99, but now you can pick one up for $299.99 at Amazon, its … Read more
ALT5 Sigma to raise $1.5B for first World Liberty Financial corporate treasury
ALT5 Sigma is raising $1.5 billion through a 200 million-share sale to fund a corporate treasury centered on Trump-backed World Liberty Financial tokens.
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade set for November: What you need to know
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade arrives in November 2025, quietly boosting scalability and network resilience without changing smart contracts
Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America
The automaker is investing $2 billion into the Louisville Assembly Plant with a $30,000 EV pickup slated for 2027.
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Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta
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Trump Family’s DeFi Play Pulls ALT5 Sigma Into $1.5B WLFI Treasury Plan
ALT5 Sigma Corp. (ALTS) said it plans to load up on WLFI tokens in a $1.5 billion deal that will see the token of the Trump family’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, become a core treasury asset. The company said it will issue and sell 200 million shares, split between a direct offering and a … Read more
Coinbase Is Becoming a Major Ethereum-Focused Player, Bernstein Says
As Ethereum continues to power an expanding ecosystem, crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) stands out as one of the leading public companies aligned with the blockchain, Wall Street broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday. The network’s native token ether (ETH) has rallied 80% since June 5, the report noted, catalyzed by Circle’s (CRCL) listing … Read more
This collaborative doodling website is like Google Maps plus MS Paint
The screenshot shows the pixel art painted over Maceió, Brazil. A new website that lets you paint over a world map with other users in real-time has taken the digital illustration community by storm. Wplace is a collaborative pixel art platform that serves as a spiritual successor to Reddit’s r/Place April Fools’ Day experiments, placing … Read more
Crypto Exchange Bullish Seeks $4.8B Valuation in Upsized IPO Backed by BlackRock and Ark Invest
Crypto exchange Bullish has raised the size of its initial public offering to $990 million from $629 million, as the company looks to take advantage of a hot market for crypto firms. CoinDesk is a subsidiary of Bullish. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Bullish is aiming to sell … Read more
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Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. This is the second episode of my productivity-focused Decoder series that I’m doing while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with Notion cofounder and CEO Ivan Zhao. I’ve followed Notion for … Read more
Decoding Cloud Storage Innovation: A Strategic Guide for Smarter Data Management
Mohan Babu Talluri Durvasulu presents a strategic framework for navigating cloud storage innovation. His research blends architecture analysis, performance benchmarking, automation, user sentiment, and security to guide data-driven, future-proof decisions. The article helps organizations adapt to evolving providers and optimize data strategy.
Ethereum Surge Shifts Focus to Altcoins as Speculation Heats Up
Analysts remain cautiously optimistic, but expect Ethereum and Bitcoin’s breakout to fuel altcoin season.