Ether Whale Books $45M Loss as ETH Falls Below $4K

An ether (ETH) whale took a multi-million dollar loss on its bullish bet on Thursday after the cryptocurrency’s price dipped below $4,000 for the first time since Aug. 8. The whale address labelled 0xa523 had its leveraged bullish position worth 9,152 ETH ($36.4 million) forcibly liquidated by the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, according to blockchain analyst … Read more

Nine European Banks Join Forces To Issue MiCA-Compliant Euro Stablecoin

Nine major european banks have joined forces to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin regulated under the trading block’s Markets in Crypto Assets regime (MiCA). The banking giants involved are: ING, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, DekaBank, UniCredit, SEB, CaixaBank and Raiffeisen Bank International. Earlier this year, CoinDesk reported that Dutch bank ING was working on a … Read more

Bitget Breaks $5, Toncoin Secures $100M Treasury, But Pepeto Presale Emerges as the Meme Coin to Buy

Bitget passed $5 with a major burn, Toncoin secured $100M treasury support, and BlockDAG drives miner adoption. But Pepeto’s presale at $0.000000155, $6.8M raised, 225% staking APY, live demo exchange, and audits from SolidProof & Coinsult make it the strongest retail play. Analysts say Pepeto could mirror Pepe’s 60x gains, making it the best crypto … Read more

Human Oversight Remains Essential for AI Coders

A cautionary tale about trusting Cursor’s AI too much and the importance of understanding your tools The Setup Recently, I was working on a Web3 authentication flow using React, wagmi, and a Node.js backend. The goal was simple: connect wallet → sign message → verify signature → get JWT token. Sounds straightforward, right? The Problem … Read more

Australia Looks To Bring Crypto Under Financial Services Framework With New Draft Legislation

The Australian treasury revealed a new draft proposal for crypto firms in the country, requiring them to hold licenses and be treated as financial products. The proposal would require crypto firms to hold financial service licenses, effectively bringing them under the wing of the country’s securities regulator, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Digital asset … Read more

Evaluating AI Is Harder Than Building It

For the past few months the mentions of AI evaluation by leaders in the industry have became more and more frequent, with greatest minds tackling the challenges of ensuring AI safety, reliability and alignment. It got me thinking about the topic, and in this post I’ll share my view on it. The Problem Creating a … Read more

An Interview With GetBlock CEO Vasily Rudomanov

The IT veteran with 25+ years of experience in data systems shares his perspective on Web3 ecosystem development trends and blockchain’s next frontier. BitCourier sits down with Vasily Rudomanov, a software development veteran who has witnessed Web3’s emergence from its earliest days. Having contributed to first-generation Web3 infrastructure companies, he now leads GetBlock, one of … Read more

Why Our Analysts Stopped Chasing Dashboards and Built a System Instead

While backend and frontend engineers are continuously working on improving the company’s core products, the Data Science team is focused on embedding a Data-Informed culture across these products. The goal is to ensure that all decisions — regardless of their scale — are made based on data analysis and metric performance. And it’s precisely those … Read more

Building Two-Way Conversations Between Apps

In our previous article, we explored how to handle incoming webhooks using standard Symfony controllers. However, for building a truly proactive agent and managing real-time communications efficiently, there is a far more robust and elegant solution: leveraging the dedicated symfony/webhook component. This powerful tool streamlines the process, ensuring a more secure and maintainable architecture for … Read more

Ether Falls to $4K, BTC, XRP Slide as U.S. Government Shutdown Risks Mount

Ether (ETH) led major cryptocurrencies lower during Thursday’s Asian trading hours, as odds of a U.S. government shutdown hit record highs on the decentralized betting platform Polymarket. The price of Yes-side shares for the betting contract “U.S. government shutdown in 2025?” rose to 77%, the highest since the contract’s launch in January. Traders are essentially … Read more

Knowledge Graphs Gain Traction as AI Pushes Beyond Traditional Data Models

Are graphs really the new star schema? What do graphs look like to non-insiders, and what is it that attracts them to the graph community, methodologies, applications, and innovation? In the process of connecting with Connected Data London 2025 speakers, we found ourselves engaging in conversations reflecting and elaborating on the origins and evolution of … Read more

Price Prediction 2025 as Ripple Escapes SEC Case. Why Pepeto’s Presale Is the Best Meme Coin to Buy

Ripple’s SEC case ended with a $125M fine, giving XRP more clarity at $2.87. But Pepeto’s presale at $0.000000155, 225% staking APY, SolidProof & Coinsult audits, and its live demo exchange position it as the cleaner, higher-upside play. Analysts see 60x+ potential if Pepeto matches Pepe’s price — making it a stronger 2025 bet than … Read more

What Happens When the Cloud Goes Down? The Hidden Fragility of Our Digital Lives

At 2:47 PM Pacific on June 12, 2025, startup pitch decks across Silicon Valley began freezing mid-presentation. AI-powered platforms built entirely on Google Cloud simply vanished. One moment, real-time sentiment analysis dashboards were displaying data; the next, timeout errors cascaded across venture capital conference rooms. This wasn’t isolated. More than 70 Google cloud services stopped … Read more

Why Dating Apps Are Dying — And What Will Replace Them

Every digital revolution begins with excitement, peaks with mass adoption, and ends in collapse. Dating apps are following this exact curve — and their decline is already here. This moment of failure creates space for innovation, where AI concierges can finally serve as real matchmakers instead of profit-driven slot machines. High Heels, High Tech: My … Read more