Trump Media, Crypto.com to Build $6.4B CRO Treasury Firm, CRO Jumps 25%

Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) has signed a strategic partnership with Crypto.com to integrate the cronos (CRO) cryptocurrency and the exchange’s digital wallet infrastructure into its platforms Truth Social, according to a press release. The partnership coincides with the launch of Trump Media Group CRO Strategy Inc., a separate vehicle that has entered into … Read more

Zooming in on weird cameras

Unconventional cameras are having a bit of a moment. From the Sigma BF to the Fujifilm Half to young photographers reaching for old digital point-and-shoots, the camera industry has looked a little different over the past few years. Are these moments just flashes in the pan, or part of something bigger? This week on The … Read more

Ethereum DeFi Lags Behind, Even as Ether Price Crossed Record Highs

Ether (ETH) set a new all-time high at $4,946 earlier this week, but the fuel from on-chain finance looks weaker than in prior cycles. However, the total value locked (TVL) across the network’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem stalled at $91 billion, significantly below the $108 billion record set in November 2021, according to DefiLlama data. … Read more

From Curiosity to Control: Veera Malisetty’s Self-Hosted Smart Home System

Engineer Veera Malisetty designed a custom smart home platform to unify devices across brands without cloud reliance. Using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, and Z-Wave, he built a local, private system controllable via Apple HomeKit. The platform enhances security, avoids outages, reduces fees, and adapts to his family’s routines — a model for efficient, resilient … Read more

When Graphs Have Gaps: LIFAGU Finds Symmetry and Speeds Up Inference

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Preliminaries and 2.1 Factor Graphs and Parameterised Factor Graphs 2.2 The Colour Passing Algorithm The LIFAGU Algorithm Empirical Evaluation Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and References 4 Empirical Evaluation In this section, we present the results of the empirical evaluation for LIFAGU. To evaluate the performance of LIFAGU, we start with … Read more

When Some Factors Go Missing, LIFAGU Finds the Symmetries

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Preliminaries and 2.1 Factor Graphs and Parameterised Factor Graphs 2.2 The Colour Passing Algorithm The LIFAGU Algorithm Empirical Evaluation Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and References 3 The LIFAGU Algorithm As our goal is to perform lifted inference, we have to obtain a PFG where all potentials are known. To transform … Read more

Bitcoin ETFs Need Almost $1B Inflows to Sidestep Second-Biggest Outflow on Record

Bitcoin BTC bulls face a lofty challenge this week: funnel nearly $1 billion into the U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and prevent these publicly listed institutional investment vehicles from registering their second-worst performance on record. In January 2024, Nasdaq listed 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, allowing investors to take exposure to the cryptocurrency while eliminating the need … Read more

OpenServ Names Joey Kheireddine Head Of Blockchain, Joining From Eliza Labs (formerly AI16z)

London, United Kingdom, August 20th, 2025/Chainwire/–OpenServ, the leading full-stack AI app-building infrastructure in Web3, today named Joey Kheireddine as Head of Blockchain. Kheireddine joins OpenServ from his former role as Head of Engineering for Eliza Labs, bringing enterprise-scale experience at the intersection of agentic AI and crypto to accelerate OpenServ’s onchain roadmap. “OpenServ is doubling … Read more