Month: October 2025
Grayscale Ethereum ETFs Are First in US to Add Staking
Grayscale’s new feature eliminates a major pain point for Ethereum ETFs: the absence of staking rewards for institutional investors.
Okosix will show its biodegradable plastic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Okosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics throughout the industry.
How Pump.fun captured 80% of Solana memecoins, and can it last?
How Pump.fun’s one-click minting, bonding-curve graduation and locked liquidity drove Solana’s memecoin dominance: the risks and metrics to watch next.
Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 8
New high of +30%…
PEPE Outpaces Memecoin Market as Whales Continue Accumulating
Meme-inspired cryptocurrency PEPE surged more than 2.5% in the last 24-hour period, outperforming the memecoin sector as measured by the CoinDesk Memecoin Index (CDMEME), which went up 2.24% in the same period. The price jumped from $0.00000969 to a high of $0.00001027, with trading volumes crossing 314 billion tokens during a rapid price move in … Read more
Filecoin Rises 2% After Breaking Through Resistance at $2.37
Filecoin (FIL) rose 2% over the last 24 hours, advancing from $2.37 to $2.42, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the digital asset formed robust support at the $2.31 level. The most notable price breakthrough materialized as FIL successfully penetrated the $2.37 resistance barrier amid heavy trading volume of 6,938,918, … Read more
Vietnam Caps Crypto Pilot at Five Licensed Exchanges
Experts warn Vietnam’s restrictive entry requirements and limited licensing could push innovation offshore.
Can Solana outperform Ether if ETFs get approved?
How a US SOL ETF could shift access, flows and usage — plus the key metrics to watch to see whether Solana outperforms Ether.
A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory
19-year-old Dhravya Shah, who is originally from Mumbai, has build a memory layer for AI applications with Google’s AI chief’s backing.
Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season
AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana ETFs Surge as Crypto Funds Pull in Record $5.95 Billion
Bitcoin soared to a new peak price over the weekend following a record week for cryptocurrency ETF investments, with nearly $6 billion worth.
Verizon appoints a new CEO for the ‘next phase’ after its 5G rollout
PayPal appointed Dan Schulman as CEO in 2014, and he stepped down in 2023. | Photo by Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images Verizon has picked former PayPal head Dan Schulman to serve as its new CEO as the company enters its “next phase” of growth, Verizon board chair Mark Bertolini says in the Monday announcement. … Read more
EU eyes crypto oversight under ESMA to end fragmented supervision
ESMA moves to take direct control of crypto oversight under MiCA as EU states clash over cross-border licensing and fragmented market supervision.
ProBuilt Software Has Solved The Browser Multitasking Problem No One Talks About
ProBuilt Software, led by Mike Till, solved the browser multitasking problem with its patent-pending Floating Forms architecture. The tech allows multiple active forms and data views in one browser window, compressing hours of work into less time. Beyond licensing to SaaS firms, ProBuilt offers white-label ERP modules to replace QuickBooks dependencies. Even government agencies are … Read more
Apple’s Unlawful Evil
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Clean Code and Speed: Not Either/Or
Prologue: Reexamining “Clean Code, Horrible Performance” This article responds to Casey Muratori’s provocative piece “Clean Code, Horrible Performance“. Muratori argues that Robert C. Martin’s “clean code” principles fundamentally compromise software performance, using shape area calculations to demonstrate his point. His central thesis is stark: clean code methodology makes software dramatically slower, with four of the … Read more
Bee Maps Raises $32M to Scale Solana-Powered Decentralized Mapping Network
Bee Maps, the decentralized mapping project powered by Hivemapper, has raised $32 million in fresh funding to expand its global contributor network and scale its infrastructure, it announced Monday. The round was led by Pantera Capital, LDA Capital, Borderless Capital and Ajna Capital, marking one of the largest financings in the decentralized physical infrastructure (DePin) … Read more
Beyond Borders Featuring Gluwa and the New Era of Cross Border Finance
Cross-border payments are still costly and slow in 2025, even after years of tech improvements and policy changes. Sending $200 internationally costs 6.2 percent on average, which is more than twice the United Nations goal of 3 percent by 2030. For migrant workers who send money home every month, these costs add up, leaving less … Read more
Strategy Buys No Bitcoin While Making $140 Million in Dividend Payments
Strategy has made similarly timed pauses this year.
Breaking “provably correct” Leftpad
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PLUME Rises 25% as Network Registered by SEC as Transfer Agent for Tokenized Securities
Plume Network, a modular Layer 2 blockchain dedicated to real-world assets (RWAs), is now an SEC-regulated transfer agent, streamlining the issuance, transfer, and management of tokenized securities. The network’s native token (PLUME) rose by 25% following the announcement as daily trading volume rose by 186%, according to CoinMarketCap. As a registered transfer agent, Plume will … Read more
Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to back early-stage MIT founders
Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to invest in MIT early-stage founders.