Month: August 2025
AI bot ‘Clanker’ racks up $34M in swap fees launching Base memecoins
Users of Clanker, an AI-powered memecoin generator, have created over 355,000 tokens and earned over $34.4 million in fees amid rising AI agent adoption.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: AAVE Declines 2.1% as Index Trades Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3823.76, down 0.2% (-7.53) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Eight of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: POL (+6.4%) and LTC (+4.6%). Laggards: AAVE (-2.1%) and XLM (-1.7%). … Read more
Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold might not go on sale until October
Google is set to take the wraps off the latest additions to the Pixel lineup in just a couple of weeks, but some devices might not be available at launch. A new report from WinFuture suggests that Google is having “supply chain problems” that could push back the release of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, … Read more
‘Time is now’ for US to lead global crypto race, says CCI chief
With the White House’s latest digital assets report, CCI chief Ji Kim says the US is finally stepping up to claim its place at the front of the global crypto race.
Litecoin Hits Five-Month High Amid ETF Optimism and $100M MEI Pharma Treasury
Analysts told Decrypt though ETF approval rumors are adding to optimism, it’s MEI Pharma’s buy-in last month that is really pushing the surge.
Bitcoin Treasury Firm Semler Scientific Still Has 3X Upside: Benchmark
Semler Scientific (SMLR) is trading just above the market value of its bitcoin holdings, with a market NAV (mNAV) of 1.04, highlighting what broker Benchmark calls a significant valuation disconnect. Markets, argued analyst Mark Palmer following the company’s second quarter earnings yesterday, are giving “virtually no credit for [Semler’s] ample room to use ‘intelligent leverage’ … Read more
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Galaxy Digital posts $31M profit as Bitcoin holdings climb to 17,102 in Q2
Galaxy Digital added over 4,200 BTC in the second quarter, helping the company return to profitability after a $295 million loss in Q1.
Online shopping is full of copycats
Let’s be real: the internet is full of a lot of the same stuff. From derivative content on social media to websites that all look the same, what was once a portal to new worlds and experiences has been feeling a bit dry recently, like I’ve seen all this stuff before. And now, even the … Read more
Aptos-Backed Decibel Unveils On-Chain Trading Platform With CEX Speed
Decibel, an on-chain trading protocol, started operations on the Aptos devnet, combining spot trading, perpetual futures and yield strategies into a single interface. The test environment, invite-only for now, offers simulated access to cross-margin trading, composable vaults and high-speed order execution. The system is designed to mimic centralized exchange performance while preserving the transparency of … Read more
BounceBit Adds Franklin Templeton Tokenized Fund for Treasury-Backed Yield Strategies
BounceBit, a crypto infrastructure provider that combines features of centralized and decentralized finance (CeDeFi), is bringing Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market fund into its structured yield platform BB Prime, combining U.S. Treasury yields with crypto funding and basis arbitrage strategies. The tokenized fund, which belongs to the suite of BENJI products, will serve as a … Read more
Why Your Auction Mechanism Might Be Vulnerable to Collusion
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 1.1 Our Contributions 1.2 TFM Incentive-Compatibility Notions: A Cheat Sheet Definitions 2.1 Transaction Fee Mechanism 2.2 Incentive Compatibility Notions Preliminary: Myerson’s Lemma Warmup: Impossibility of UIC + MIC + Global SCP for Deterministic Mechanisms Impossibility of UIC + MIC + Global SCP for Randomized Mechanisms and 5.1 Proof … Read more
Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
The Windows XP Crocs. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft isn’t done celebrating its 50th anniversary just yet. Multiple employees tell me that Microsoft has created limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. They even come with a Clippy shoe charm if the Bliss wallpaper on your feet wasn’t enough 50-year nostalgia. The anniversary edition Crocs are currently available … Read more
EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum
With 19 EU member states backing it, the Chat Control proposal could mandate pre-encryption message scanning on apps like WhatsApp and Signal by October.
Coinbase to Raise $2B in Convertible Notes as COIN Sags in Pre-Market Trading
Centralized crypto exchange Coinbase is set to raise $2 billion in convertible senior notes, as COIN sagged in pre-market trading.
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Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year
Amazon says it will offer several Project Kuiper terminal models, but pricing hasn’t yet been announced. Amazon’s unproven Project Kuiper satellites will be put to work next year, supplying internet access to rural Australians. The retail giant announced an agreement with Australia’s state-owned National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) on Tuesday to provide satellite internet … Read more
Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data
The class-action suit was brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.
Learning About Threads: An Essential Guide for Developers
Process vs Threads, Hardware Threads vs Software Threads, Hyperthreading In today’s world of high-performance and responsive software, concurrency is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Whether you’re building a real-time trading engine, a game engine, or a simple web server, understanding how to execute tasks in parallel can dramatically improve performance and user … Read more
We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies
It’s not always easy to understand the difference between Assistant and Gemini on the wrist. Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It’s now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series, the Pixel Watch, and rolling out to a handful of other smartwatches. This is big. Huge, even. AI is out here disrupting life as … Read more
Solana Treasury Company Upexi Surpasses 2M in SOL Holdings
Upexi Inc. (UPXI), a diversified brand owner, said its holdings of Solana’s sol (SOL) more than doubled in July, taking the total to more than 2 million tokens. The Tampa, Florida-based company, whose brands include LuckyTail, Prax and Cure Mushrooms, said it funded the purchases raising more capital through the sale of common stock and … Read more
Coinbase plans $2B dual-tranche note sale to fund buybacks, acquisitions
Coinbase plans to raise over $2 billion in a dual-tranche offering to fund future investments and stock buybacks.
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How Bidding Rule Metadata Could Reinvent Blockchain Incentives
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 1.1 Our Contributions 1.2 TFM Incentive-Compatibility Notions: A Cheat Sheet Definitions 2.1 Transaction Fee Mechanism 2.2 Incentive Compatibility Notions Preliminary: Myerson’s Lemma Warmup: Impossibility of UIC + MIC + Global SCP for Deterministic Mechanisms Impossibility of UIC + MIC + Global SCP for Randomized Mechanisms and 5.1 Proof … Read more
Sergey Nazarov compares Chainlink’s CRE to Ethereum’s early breakthrough
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said the Chainlink Runtime Environment could be as transformative as the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
UK Police Force Gets $665K Bitcoin Windfall From Seizures
Lancashire Police seized stolen funds that criminals had converted to Bitcoin—but British law prevents victims from being overpaid.