Michael Saylor Touts Bitcoin-Tied Preferred Stock as ‘High-Yield’ Option for Retirees
Bitcoin-backed yield products may appeal to retirees seeking alternative income, but only if structured with safeguards, sources told Decrypt.
Bitcoin-backed yield products may appeal to retirees seeking alternative income, but only if structured with safeguards, sources told Decrypt.
Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative.
XRP edged out Ethereum in Coinbase’s Q2 retail revenue even as ETH regained ground from a weaker first quarter.
Major cryptocurrencies experienced two-way price action early Friday, as the dollar remained bid against major fiat currencies following President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $114,290, nearly testing the bullish trendline drawn off April and June lows, but has since recovered to trade near $115,900, according to CoinDesk data. Ether (ETH), … Read more
Comparison of Pandas and Polars for data analysis.
An NFT Explorer is a Decentralized Application (dApp) that allows users to get information about an NFT collection from the blockchain.
If you’re like me and grew up grinding MVPs and trading items in MMORPG like Ragnarok Online, you’ve probably imagined what it would be like if those precious in-game items actually had real-world value. I’m talking about a full-on blockchain-based MMORPG. Imagine Ragnarok Online but upgraded for the Web3 era. Let’s dive into that dream … Read more
The EU Space Act will offer a lot of support to the industry. But is it the right kind of support?
In a single weekend, I built an AI-powered service that takes a screenshot of a food menu, extracts dish names using OCR (Tesseract), parses them with OpenAI, and generates realistic food images using a generative model. The project is open-source and live — check out the code and demo at the end of the article.
I made a backup using pg_dump and restored it 21 times. I made backups in 4 different formats using 1 to 7 compression levels for each format. I recorded the results and compared the different types to understand which methods are more effective for my use case. Details and measurements are below. Table of content: Why do … Read more
Bitcoin faces near-term pressure from whales and miners cashing out, even as long-term models and seasonal trends point to renewed upside.
AI is often seen as a tool for efficiency, but McKinsey took a different approach. Instead of adding AI as a feature or an afterthought, they rebuilt their entire business model around it. At the center of this transformation is Lilli, McKinsey’s generative AI platform, which is now the driving force behind how 45,000 professionals … Read more
Git has become a fundamental part of our developers’ daily routine that it’s hard to remember our lives without it. And yet, most of us use a limited set of commands and options. Today, I want to focus on two commands most developers probably use every day and look at the defaults behind them. git … Read more
As we continue experimenting with various autonomous navigation technologies for drones—especially in conditions where GPS fails—we’re constantly facing a hard truth: existing solutions just don’t work as seamlessly as they should. Why? Because each individual approach has its own inherent limitations. Let’s break it down. The Drift Problem with Inertial Navigation System At first glance, … Read more
Hong Kong’s new stablecoin licensing regime takes effect, tightening rules as the city vies for a global crypto edge.
Strategy’s Michael Saylor wants the US government to clearly define digital securities and commodities, as well as state when it is allowable to tokenize securities.
Corporation in Corpore: Why the Future of Tech Depends on Decentralizing the Self DAODK Manifesto Dragorad Knezi: corporation in corpore Decentralization and autonomy of organization and corporation are not possible without thinking decentralization and autonomy of organism and body. Without decentralization of the system of the self in which body is entrapped as a subsystem … Read more
Growing up in a middle-class South Asian family, first in the Bay Area and then in Dallas-Fort Worth, I always knew the path that was expected of me. Conformity. Good grades. Top college. Safe job. No surprises. But while others focused on resume lines, I couldn’t stop building. Even when no one understood why. Even … Read more
When I first started developing an AI agent for video analysis, I thought it would be easy-peasy – what an optimistic guy! My optimistic belief was that multimodal large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o would be powerful enough to make such analysis on any video. But the reality hit harder than expected. Despite the hype, … Read more
Let’s be honest – ‘Invest like the uber rich’ sounds like classic headliner clickbait. But here’s the thing… in a tokenised world, that headline is actually starting to hold up because the old barriers to high-value, long-horizon investing are crumbling fast and blockchain is the earthquake shaking the establishment’s foundations. There’s always been a bit … Read more
Cointelegraph analyzed 16 company statements made this week and found a whopping $7.8 billion has been earmarked or used to buy crypto.
Skyrexio, an AI‑assisted crypto trading platform used by traders in 100+ countries, today announced full Spot and Futures integration with BitMart via secure API keys and Fast OAuth. BitMart becomes Skyrexio’s 9th connected exchange, reinforcing Skyrexio’s mission to deliver automated crypto trading, copy trading, and multi‑exchange execution from a single, non‑custodial interface. All core features, … Read more
ETH’s funding rate turns negative as the price drops below $3,600. The good news is, traders are buying the dip!
What to Know DOGE dropped 8% from $0.22 to $0.21 between 03:00 on July 31 and 02:00 on August 1, marking one of the steepest daily declines this month. The price action unfolded within a wide $0.03 range—between a peak of $0.23 and a low of $0.20—amid heavy resistance at the upper bound and capitulation … Read more
Bitcoin tumbled to a three-week low near $114,000 as Trump’s tariff executive order triggered a stock and crypto sell-off.
Old Bitcoin being sold to new institutions is a sign of its “integration with the financial system,” Ryan McMillin, chief investment officer at Merkle Tree Capital told Cointelegraph.
The LeapMove could make gaming a more active pastime. | Image: LeapFrog LeapFrog has announced a new electronic learning system that swaps controllers for a camera. In fact, the LeapMove looks like an oversized, kid-friendly webcam, but is designed to connect to TVs like a console and get kids off the couch using educational games … Read more
What to Know XRP declined 8% over the past 24 hours, falling from a session high of $3.17 to a low of $2.94, as intense sell pressure overwhelmed initial strength. The sharpest drop occurred during the midnight trading window on August 1, when XRP fell 2.7% in a single hour, accompanied by 259.21 million units … Read more