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Month: October 2025
PEPE Falls 7% as Trading Volumes Surge and Memecoin Market Faces Broader Pullback
Popular meme-inspired cryptocurrency PEPE has seen a 7% drop in the last 24-hour period, while trading volumes topped 2.29 trillion tokens, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model. The token slid from $0.00000995 to $0.00000931 during the sell-off, testing key technical support near the $0.0000093 mark. This zone briefly attracted buyers, but the broader … Read more
Morning Minute: Polymarket Raises $2B at $9B Valuation from NYSE Parent
The bigger part of the announcement is the new integration and distribution Polymarket gains via this partnership.
Over $489M in Crypto Longs Liquidated as Bitcoin, Ethereum Extend Losses
Bitcoin’s drop triggered $641 million in liquidations, but analysts see a healthy correction with a path to $135K if ETF inflows resume.
Forward Industries Unveils Solana Validator, Delegates Entire $1.5B SOL Stash to It
Forward Industries (FORD) unveiled a validator node on the Solana blockchain, delegating its entire stash of 6.8 million SOL ($1.5 billion) to it. Built on DoubleZero, a global network designed to improve the performance of blockchain systems, the validator allows investors to delegate stake to Forward at zero cost, the company said. It uses Jump … Read more
HATEOAS for Haunted Houses
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Ethereum DATs are the next Berkshire Hathaway: Consensys founder
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin believes ETH-based digital asset treasuries will become a “Berkshire Hathaway-style” vehicle for the decentralized economy.
‘Chinese’ Memecoins Raffle on BNB Chain Ecosystem as CZ’s Push Mints Millionaires
The BNB Chain has become the new playground for memecoins and this week’s action shows just how fast capital is rotating between plays as the network’s BNB token keeps breaking records. Whenever the base asset rallies, liquidity tends to stay inside the ecosystem — just as Solana experienced with WIF and other dog-themed tokens last … Read more
Crypto Markets Today: Gold Surges Past $4K as Bitcoin Rebounds; BNB Chain Defies Market Cool-Off
The dollar index’s recovery rally gathered steam early Wednesday, but that did not deter gold from climbing to new highs above $4,000. Bitcoin, too, has recovered from Asian session lows near $121,000 to trade near $122,750 at press time. The cryptocurrency is still down 1.3% on a 24-hour basis. The CoinDesk 20 Index is down … Read more
How Machine Learning Optimizes Data Center Disk Health and Power Efficiency
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Motivation and design goals Related Work Conformal prediction 4.1. Mondrian conformal prediction (MCP) 4.2. Evaluation metrics Mondrian conformal prediction for Disk Scrubbing: our approach 5.1. System and Storage statistics 5.2. Which disk to scrub: Drive health predictor 5.3. When to scrub: Workload predictor Experimental setting and 6.1. Open-source … Read more
OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama
When OpenAI released its new AI-generated video app Sora last week, it launched with an opt-out policy for copyright holders – media companies would need to expressly indicate they didn’t want their AI-generated characters running rampant on the app. But after days of Nazi SpongeBob, criminal Pikachu, and Sora-philosophizing Rick and Morty, OpenAI CEO Sam … Read more
Amazfit’s Active 2, one of our favorite fitness trackers, is a steal at just $81
Amazfit’s Active 2 is surprisingly stylish for a watch that retails for less than $100. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Smartwatches from big brands like Apple, Google, and Garmin may get all the attention when it comes to wearables, but they’re not the only ones worth considering if you’re in the … Read more
Bank of England Plans Exemptions to Stablecoin Limits: Bloomberg
The Bank of England (BoE) is planning exemptions to its proposed limits on stablecoins holdings, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The BoE will grant waivers to some firms that need to hold large amounts of tokens, like crypto exchanges, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter. The U.K.’s central bank will also allow … Read more
British Duo On Trial for Planning to Steal $23m in Crypto—From Behind Bars
The pair are accused of planning robberies that targeted holders of “significant amounts of cryptocurrency assets” from jail.
How Far Would You Go To Hide Data? Decentralised Corruption vs The New Internet
2 years ago, Nigeria became clear to me. One evening before my epiphany, a friend from uni sent me a worried message, “I may have to leave the country for a while”, he said. “If I do, I’m leaving my properties in your care.” My head rushed with questions, but I quickly understood the situation. … Read more
Creditcoin’s Fix for eCommerce Transaction Risk: Conditional, On-Chain Payouts
Who’s on the other side of the screen? Do you really know? Today’s social proof can be engineered, no matter the format. Comments, photos, reviews. But I thought Trustpi—hush. Even Trustpilot reviews can be doctored, with enough time to create the opportunity to gain your trust before they’re flagged. It’s no surprise that shopping and … Read more
Money is Data: Taking Gluwa’s Bridge to Pangea’s Web
There’s this running joke that replays in my head whenever I go shopping. Imagine you’re an extraterrestrial creature observing buyers and sellers trading, unnoticed. What are they exchanging? Ever since the 2023 elections in Nigeria, where we experienced an accursed cash crunch (thanks to the then incumbent president’s same failed policy repeated for the second … Read more
HMD’s Touch 4G is a dumb-smart-phone
The Touch looks like a squat, blocky smartphone from a decade ago. The new HMD Touch 4G — only available in India for now, and unlikely to ever come to the US — splits the difference between smartphones and feature phones, offering a touchscreen and video calling, but with the small size (and price) of feature … Read more
US Labor Union Federation Slams Senate Crypto Bill as ‘Facade of Regulation’
AFL-CIO’s opposition comes as the Senate rushes toward a year-end vote on legislation that would let banks trade crypto with FDIC backing.
Gold’s Historic Run Dwarfs BTC But Analyst Remains Positive: Crypto Daybook Americas
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) As gold pushed through the $4,000 per ounce mark for the first time, bitcoin (BTC) lost 1.25% of its value and the wider crypto market, as measured by the coinDesk 20 (CD20) index, dropped 3%. The drop came amid profit-taking after the crypto market rose more … Read more
What If Your Hard Drive Could Predict Its Own Failures?
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Motivation and design goals Related Work Conformal prediction 4.1. Mondrian conformal prediction (MCP) 4.2. Evaluation metrics Mondrian conformal prediction for Disk Scrubbing: our approach 5.1. System and Storage statistics 5.2. Which disk to scrub: Drive health predictor 5.3. When to scrub: Workload predictor Experimental setting and 6.1. Open-source … Read more
New Eye-Scan Breakthrough Could Make Glaucoma Detection More Reliable
:::info Authors: (1) Kabir Hossain, PhD, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University; (2) Ou Tan, PhD, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University; (3) Po-Han Yeh, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University; (4) Jie Wang, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University; (5) Elizabeth White, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon … Read more
Charles Schwab backs Singapore’s Qapita, a Carta challenger
Charles Schwab and Singapore-based Qapita have teamed up to launch a new service to help U.S. startups manage cap tables and employee stock plans.
Survey Says: Crypto Voters May Skew Liberal But Favor What Trump’s Done for Industry
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has languished, but his relentless cheerleading for the crypto industry has won him a segment of loyal friends among U.S. voters: crypto investors who step outside their personal politics to praise his work and see the president and his Republican allies as the best bet for progress in digital assets. … Read more
Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions
Profiles can be customized with different avatars and themes to make them easier to select at a glance. Mozilla is introducing profiles to its Firefox web browser that make it easier to separate and organize your online activity. The profile management update will roll out starting October 14th, allowing Firefox users to create specific browsing … Read more
BNB Chain memecoins mint new millionaires in wild trading week
BNB Chain traders made millions on new memecoins going parabolic, with one turning $3,500 into $7.9 million amid a surge in onchain trading activity.
Here’s what Verge readers are buying during October Prime Day
Many of you see the value in having a charger that can charge three devices at once, as Twelve South’s HiRise Deluxe 3 can. We put a lot of deals in front of you during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, covering many of the categories we typically feature day-to-day on the site. Unsurprisingly, some deals … Read more
From TerraUSD to YU: Why stablecoins fail to hold $1 and the risks investors can’t ignore
From TerraUSD’s crash to Yala’s YU, several stablecoins have failed to hold their peg. Here’s why depegging happens and the risks you can’t afford to ignore.
Nothing Ear 3 review: work in progress
The Ear 3 combine Nothing’s signature design language with a novel microphone setup. | Photo by Dominic Preston / The Verge Nothing’s Ear 3 buds remind me more than anything else of the Ear 1, the company’s first product. Not because the design is similar (though it is) or because the sound is similar (it’s … Read more