Bitcoin analysts point to ‘manipulation’ as BTC price falls to 17-day low
Analysts say Bitcoin’s price action is looking increasingly orchestrated, as BTC taps its lowest levels since Aug. 3 amid ongoing US selling.
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Plasma’s $250M USDT Yield Program on Binance Filled in Less Than an Hour
Stablecoin-focused blockchain startup Plasma’s new on-chain yield program with crypto exchange Binance attracted $250 million in deposits on Wednesday, reaching the facility’s limit in less than an hour. Crypto investors flocked to the offering to get their hands on the hyped-up chain’s native token XPL being offered as rewards. The offering, called the Plasma USDT … Read more
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Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages
A new gadget called Dex allows kids to take pictures of objects and the AI translates the word into different languages.
Google signs Stephen Curry to pitch its Pixel, health, and AI gear
Stephen Curry will likely be making some appearances in future Pixel ads. Google has brought NBA star Stephen Curry on board to help shape the company’s hardware, features, and AI services. The long-term partnership was announced today at the Made by Google event, with Curry joining the company as a “performance advisor” for Google’s Health, … Read more
Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google
Whenever a Grok user clicks the “share” button on a conversation with the chatbot, it creates a unique URL that the user can use to share the conversation via email, text or on social media. According to Forbes, that also makes the URL indexable by search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, which in turn … Read more
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New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone
Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity.
FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics.
Crypto Exchange Kraken Acquires No-Code Trading Firm Capitalise.ai to Expand Pro Platform
Crypto exchange Kraken has acquired the assets and technology of Capitalise.ai, an Israel-based startup that built a natural-language, no-code platform for automating trading strategies across multiple asset classes, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel company, acted as financial advisor to Capitalise.ai. Financial details of the acquisition were … Read more
Green RWAs recast climate assets as profitable cutting-edge tech
Blockchain-based tokenization of climate assets could unlock trillions in green investments as regulatory frameworks drive carbon trading growth.
Microsoft and Asus’ new Xbox Ally handhelds launch on October 16th
The Xbox Ally X. | Photo: Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft and Asus are putting a date on their new Xbox Ally handhelds: October 16th. Both the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X will be available on the same day in a variety of markets worldwide, but Microsoft and Asus aren’t opening preorders yet … Read more
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Chainlink (LINK) Gains 5.9% as Nearly All Assets Rise
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 3984.95, up 1.1% (+41.61) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Nineteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+5.9%) and AAVE (+4.2%). Laggards: BCH (-0.8%) and XRP (+0.1%). … Read more
Dogecoin Whales Accumulate as Short-Term Holders Capitulate: What’s Going On?
The wealth transfer to long-term investors is “shaking out short-term price chasers,” experts told Decrypt.
Code Smell 03: Functions Are Too Long – Here’s How to Fix That
Humans get bored after line five. TL;DR: Refactor and extract functions longer than 5 lines. Problems 😔 Low cohesion High coupling Hard to read Low reusability Solutions 😃 Refactor Create small objects to handle specific tasks. Unit-test them. Compose methods Divide and conquer Refactorings ⚙️ https://maximilianocontieri.com/refactoring-010-extract-method-object?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/refactoring-025-decompose-regular-expressions?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/improving-the-code-one-line-at-a-time?embedable=true Examples Libraries Context 💬 When you write … Read more
Zoox taps ex-UberPool exec’s startup for routing software help
It’s the latest in a series of deals that have seen robotaxi companies look outward for help in scaling their fledgling networks.
YC-backed Garage raises $13.5M to help firefighters buy equipment
Garage is a marketplace that sells specialized equipment commonly used in local governments and public safety.
Y Combinator alum SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents
The company helps automate complex enterprise workflows (like continuous integration and testing) — or, in other words, it makes DevOps capabilities more efficient as AI technology takes hold.
The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ Could See More Than $200B Flow Into Bitcoin: Xapo Bank
The “great wealth transfer” is underway, and it could be one of the biggest drivers of crypto adoption in history, crypto friendly Xapo Bank said in a report Wednesday. Over the next decade, trillions of dollars will move from baby boomers to younger heirs. In the U.S. alone, an estimated $10.6 trillion will change hands … Read more
Investors brace for Powell speech as Bitcoin dips near $112K
Bitcoin fell below $113,000 as investors brace for Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech that could set the US Fed’s path on interest rate cuts.
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Morning Minute: Ghost Month Returns – Will Bitcoin Buck the Trend?
Price action has been spooky already heading into the infamous ‘Ghost Month’ kicking off this Saturday – will it get worse?
Amazon now sells used Hertz rental cars
Add a used rental to your basket, alongside everything else you already buy on Amazon. Hertz has announced that it will start selling used cars from its rental business on Amazon Autos. The company’s pre-owned vehicles are now available in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle, according to a new page on Hertz’s website, with … Read more
Bitcoin’s Unimpressive Bounce Fails to Diminish Downside Risk; Support Around $112K
This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are attempting to establish an interim low around $113,000, but the effort appears weak in terms of both price and volume. So far, the bounce has been barely notable, with upside capped above $114,000. Additionally, volumes have stayed … Read more