Did Bitcoin just finish its 8-week delay in copying gold's all-time highs?
Bitcoin traded revealed that BTC price action could be ready to follow gold to new all-time highs after bulls held onto early-week gains.
Month: September 2025
Here’s What Happens to Solana, Litecoin ETFs in U.S. Government Shutdown
If the U.S. government shuts down this week, several long-awaited cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — including funds for solana (SOL) and litecoin (LTC) — could be thrown into limbo just as they near the finish line. Multiple asset managers have been in close communication with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the past few … Read more
Amazon’s new Echo Dot Max smart speaker bumps up the bass
The Echo Dot Max has a flatter face with relocated control buttons. Amazon took the wraps off its latest Echo Dot smart speaker during its fall hardware event on Tuesday. The Echo Dot Max is a new entry that updates the recognizable spherical design with a flat face housing the speaker’s control buttons and LED … Read more
Imgur pulls out of UK after data regulator warns of fines
Imgur, one of the web’s most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site in the U.K., following a notice of a fine by the country’s data protection watchdog.
Amazon announces new Echo Show 8 and 11 smart displays
The Echo Show 11 is the larger of Amazon’s two new smart displays. Amazon debuted the new Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11 during its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday, after heavily relying on previous versions of the smart display to demonstrate upgrades coming to its Alexa smart assistant at an event earlier … Read more
Kill the Captcha: They Don’t Work, Here’s What Does
Over the past two decades, there has been one prevalent method to distinguish humans from robots — the CAPTCHA test. These pesky, annoying picture-based tests have had us all staring at blurry pictures of mundane artifacts, from traffic lights to buses and bicycles, trying to determine which boxes made up the entire image. Successfully solving … Read more
Amazon announces a new Echo Studio
Amazon revealed a new Echo Studio smart speaker at its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday. A new speaker wasn’t a total surprise, as Amazon’s event invite hinted strongly that there might be new Echo devices revealed at the show. The company initially announced the Echo Studio in 2019. My former colleague Dan Seifert wrote … Read more
James Wynn’s big wins (and losses): The truth about trading with leverage
James Wynn’s high-leverage bets on Bitcoin and memecoins turned him into one of crypto’s most-watched traders, with both wins and wipeouts.
How the AI bubble ate Y Combinator
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Bit Digital Shares Slide 8% on $135 million Upsized Convertible Note
Bit Digital (BTBT) shares slid 8% at the U.S. market open, dropping to $2.92 after the company announced an upsized $135 million convertible note offering. Bit Digital increased the size of the 4.00% convertible senior notes offering from $100 million. Underwriters hold a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $15 million. The notes … Read more
Amazon announces new Kindle Scribes including one with a color screen
Amazon announced three new versions of the Kindle Scribe today including the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft featuring a larger version of the customized E Ink screen technology that Amazon uses in its color e-reader. The new Scribes feature a major redesign that does away with the asymmetrical chin on one side making the devices look sleeker … Read more
Amazon debuts its latest Fire TVs, including a new Omni QLED model
At Amazon’s annual hardware event, it announced a fleet of new Fire TVs, including an Omni QLED model, as well as new 2 and 4-series televisions. The QLED features an auto-adjusting screen for various lighting conditions, plus what the company calls omnisense presence detection. Amazon’s Fire TV operating system powers TVs from various manufacturers, but … Read more
Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K Select streaming stick costs $39.99
Amazon announced the new Fire TV 4K Select streaming stick at its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday. The new streaming stick will cost $39.99 and ships in October. The stick offers “vibrant 4K picture quality,” support for HDR 10 Plus, and “apps that launch remarkably fast,” Amazon says. It will work with “your favorite … Read more
Amazon sticks two cameras together for the 180-degree Blink Arc
Amazon is launching a trio of new Blink cameras today, headlined by a strange-looking device that sticks two cameras into a single body. The new Blink Arc looks like two of Blink’s standard cameras mounted together at an angle from one another so that they capture different views of the same area. The camera then … Read more
PEPE Falls 2.6% After Failing to Breach Resistance Levels
Meme-inspired cryptocurrency PEPE fell 2.6% over the past 24 hours to trade near $0.0000915, significantly underperforming the wider crypto market as the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index is down 1.4% in the same period. The token traded in a range between $0.0000913 and $0.0000951, with a brief attempt at a rally stalling near resistance before giving … Read more
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Citizens Starts Circle Coverage With Market Perform Rating on Stablecoin Growth, Valuation
U.S. bank Citizens began coverage of Circle Internet (CRCL) with a market perform rating, noting that while the company is poised to capitalize on stablecoin growth, its valuation already captures much of the upside. Circle, issuer of the second-largest stablecoin, the dollar-pegged USDC, and euro-pegged EURC, has built a broad infrastructure suite, including a payments … Read more
Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher ‘Gate Fun’ on New Layer-2 Network
Crypto exchange Gate unveiled Gate Fun, an on-chain platform that allows users to issue and trade tokens without coding. The platform runs on Gate Layer, the company’s recently launched layer-2 network built on the OP Stack. Gate claims users can create tokens in under a minute by paying a small gas fee in GT, the … Read more
Ring launches upgraded cameras with ‘Retinal Vision’ 4K recording
Amazon just announced some new Ring hardware with upgraded 2K and 4K recording and some fancy processing tech that’s supposed to make streams look better than the competition. The new $179.99 Ring Wired Doorbell and $59.99 Indoor Cam Plus both offer 2K resolution featuring tech that Ring is calling “Retinal Vision.” There’s also a ton … Read more
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Hold Firm as Potential US Shutdown Looms
Bitcoin and Ethereum are roughly flat on the day as Congress works to avert a government shutdown ahead of tonight’s deadline.
Anchorage Digital Expands Institutional Access to Solana DeFi With Jupiter Integration
Anchorage Digital will incorporate Solana swap and liquidity aggregator Jupiter into its institutional, self-custody wallet Porto.
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