Conviva streamed 1 billion minutes of live sports by building a hyper-scale, real-time data platform. Using Kafka for ingestion, Spark Streaming for processing, Druid for real-time queries, and Hadoop for historical storage, the team balanced speed, accuracy, and cost. Key lessons: prioritize team velocity, verify every data point, and treat efficiency as a core feature. … Read more
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been appointed the interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum based in Davos, Switzerland. The move is being viewed as a regular corporate shuffling exercise, but it could be a defining moment for crypto users. It could be the moment when traditional finance officially makes way for the disruptive digital … Read more
I used Kiro.dev for 5 days to complete my hackathon project (analyzing GitHub repositories). My quick eval: Kiro feels like a below mid-level dev. Coding skills: mid-level Engineering skills: below mid Discipline: below mid How Kiro stacks up vs a senior dev Here’s how Kiro stacks up vs. a senior dev (based on my 25 years in software): | What … Read more
Suppose you take away the noise around the words “AI agent” and “LLM”. In that case, the point remains the same: we are once again trying to create programs that can not just follow instructions, but understand what is wanted from them and achieve the goal, even if the explicit algorithm is not defined in … Read more
Artificial Intelligence based systems are the talk of the town, and AI assisted processes and systems are being created like never before. Whilst creating such systems involves numerous complexities, one thing that lies at the backbone is Large Language Models. In this article, we’ll be discussing one key aspect of LLMs, which is sentence representations. … Read more
XRP extended losses in the past 24 hours, slipping under the $3.00 mark after a sharp rejection at resistance. A combination of blockchain security concerns and delayed regulatory decisions drove heavy selling and profit-taking across institutional desks. News Background • A security audit ranked XRP Ledger lowest among 15 blockchains, eroding investor confidence.• The SEC … Read more
A16z Crypto’s comments come weeks after Roman Storm was found guilty of charges linked to his mixing service Tornado Cash, which masks the origin and destination of crypto.
On August 11, 2025 — Hours before Donald Trump’s massive tariffs for China were about to be locked in place, the chief executive delayed the imposition by 90 days. The move was a sigh of relief for many businesses as it would have effectively decimated much of the trade between the world’s two largest economies. … Read more
Bitcoin retraced to a low of $112,600 as retail panic selling resulted in the most bearish social sentiment since June, but analysts see a buying opportunity ahead.
Robinhood Derivatives has sued New Jersey and Nevada regulators to stop any potential regulatory action over its sports event contracts.
Search interest in “alt season” has dropped sharply, with one economist even questioning whether a search spike last week was genuine.
Capital rules need review as crypto risk management is now “more in line with traditional finance,” Decrypt was told.
Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) traders booked profits over the past 24 hours after the assets hit record highs, while macro headwinds and elevated leverage added pressure across major tokens. Bitcoin fell back to $113,500, down more than 1.5% on the day. Some analysts warned of the fragility of the market structure, with bitcoin slipping … Read more
Move over Jackson Hole and inflation fears. The real driver behind the recent swoon in crypto and stock markets is likely the impending liquidity drain stemming from the U.S. government’s Treasury General Account (TGA), a checking account held at the Federal Reserve that is poised for a significant buildup. Bitcoin (BTC) has declined by over … Read more
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, who predicted Bitcoin would likely hit $100 before $100,000, admits he was wrong about three things.
ALT5 Sigma denied a report suggesting one of its executives was being investigated by the SEC for insider trading tied to the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial.
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Saylor’s Strategy stock price taps its lowest point since April amid controversy over equity guidance changes and a broader downturn among Bitcoin treasury companies.
Ethereum investors are de-risking ahead of macroeconomic uncertainty, but experts remain bullish despite the short-term uncertainty.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest has increased its exposure to crypto exchange operator Bullish (BLSH), with the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) now holding 1,165,397 shares valued at roughly $73.85 million, according to the firm’s latest holdings disclosure. The update comes after Ark added 356,346 Bullish shares to ARKK on Aug. 19, a purchase worth about $21.2 … Read more
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WazirX has been trying to get a restructuring plan through the Singapore High Court to start returning funds to users impacted by the $234 million hack in 2024.
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A top Fed official has signaled openness to staff owning crypto, framing it as a step toward better-informed regulation.