Resisting Digital Currency

Digital currency represents centralized control over money, threatening financial freedom and privacy. Unlike cash or cryptocurrencies, it allows governments to monitor, restrict, or manipulate your spending. The author urges readers to resist digital currencies, embrace cash and crypto, and protect individual autonomy.

How We Built a Chat That Books Your Service Slot in Seconds

In today’s fast-paced world, convenience is king. For service-based companies, offering customers immediate access to information about available slots and enabling quick reservations can be a significant differentiator. We recognized this need and set out to build a robust, real-time free slot reservation chat. Our solution leverages the power of Symfony, integrated with LLM to … Read more

Space Tech’s Role in a Decentralized Internet

The next-gen internet promises to be one without a gatekeeper, an absolutely decentralized network with equal access and control by its users. Space technology is taking center stage in this revolution. Low-budget satellites, blockchain-in-orbit, and quantum connections are widening the world’s connectivity and security. Essentially, these technologies bring the internet to you rather than having … Read more

AI-first Testing is a Dangerous Approach to Code Quality

The Problem AI coding assistants like Cursor with Claude Sonnet, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT have revolutionized how we write code. They can generate impressive unit tests with high coverage in seconds, complete with mocks, assertions, and comprehensive test scenarios. The results look professional, thorough, and ready to ship. But here’s the dangerous trap: AI treats … Read more

Building The Culture of Lean Startup in 2025: Top 3 Mistakes First-Time Founders Make

Looking at the data on failed startups, the same pattern is repeated: finances are the breaking point. Many first-time founders underestimate how quickly costs spiral, and they often learn the lesson the hard way. Vision and energy alone won’t keep the lights on. Every dollar spent either lengthens or shortens your runway. Lean is often … Read more

XRP, DOGE Zoom Higher as U.S. Shutdowns, Japan Bond Slowdown Charge Bitcoin Appetite

A U.S. government shutdown and fresh stress in Japan’s bond market failed to derail digital assets this week, as traders positioned for looser global liquidity conditions. With Friday’s U.S. payrolls report potentially delayed and Japanese yields climbing to their highest levels since 2008, crypto markets are showing signs of decoupling from broader macro caution. The … Read more

Breaking the Network Effect: Can Decentralization Level the Playing Field?

A network effect happens when a product becomes more valuable as more people use it. Think about the telephone, one phone is useless, but millions of connected phones create a communication revolution. The same principle drives today’s tech giants to unprecedented power. From a business perspective, network effects create winner-take-all markets where the biggest player … Read more

DOGE Pops 9% as SHIB Flows Confirm Memecoin Momentum

Dogecoin ripped nearly 9% higher, breaking through resistance on more than a billion tokens traded. Support reset to $0.242 after an early breakout, while late-session flows pushed DOGE into the $0.254 zone before consolidation. Traders pointed to SHIB’s parallel 6% rally — underpinned by record trillion-token turnover and exchange balances at two-year lows — as … Read more

XRP Jumps 5% as SBI Lending Program and ETF Countdown Fuel Rally

XRP surged to fresh highs after Japan’s SBI unveiled an institutional lending initiative, igniting volumes above 160M and lifting price through key resistance. Buyers defended $2.93 multiple times as flows consolidated, with the October 18 ETF decision window now framing the next breakout test toward $3.00. News Background XRP climbed 5.2% over the 24-hour window … Read more

‘Tokenization is Going to Eat the Entire Financial System’ Says Robinhood CEO

SINGAPORE — The most important story in crypto right now is tokenization and it’s coming fast to disrupt traditional finance, according to Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. Tenev told the crowd at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that tokenization is a “freight train” barreling toward the heart of traditional finance. “Crypto and traditional finance have been living … Read more

Bitcoin Surges Above $119K as U.S. Government Shutdown Takes Effect; BTC Options Look Cheap

Bitcoin (BTC) jumped to its highest in over two months as the U.S. government shut down operations, likely setting the stage for a positive fiat liquidity impulse. The leading cryptocurrency has risen nearly 4% in the past 24 hours, with prices briefly rising to $119,455 for the first time since mid-August, CoinDesk data show. Other … Read more

Bullish to Offer Bitcoin Options Trading With Top-Tier Consortium of Trading Partners

Bullish (BLSH), the NYSE-listed digital assets platform focused on institutional investors and parent company of CoinDesk, will tentatively launch crypto options trading from Oct. 8. These bitcoin (BTC) options will be margined and settled in the regulated, dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, which boasts a market cap of $73.85 billion at press time, the second-largest in the … Read more