Month: November 2025
‘Bitcoin’s Silent IPO’: Analyst Addresses BTC’s Lame Price Action in Viral Weekend Essay
Wildly successful ETFs, accelerating institutional adoption and friendly regulatory policy, yet bitcoin watches from the sidelines as other assets surge. What gives?
Why the Zune never killed the iPod
The Microsoft Zune is mostly just a footnote in tech history. Microsoft spent years – and vast sums of money – trying to create a true competitor to Apple’s iPod, without ever coming close to actually pulling it off. The Zune was simply too little, too late. You know what’s surprising about the Zune, though? … Read more
The perfect grocery list-making app doesn’t exist
There is no more chaotic activity than willfully entering a grocery store without a list. I know. Some people thrive on vibes-based grocery shopping. They can come up with meals on the fly, buy what’s on sale and work around that, or follow some bizarre “3-3-2-2-1” rule or whatever I’m always seeing on Instagram. I … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Last Chance? Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on FTX Founder’s Retrial Motion Next Week
The FTX founder is looking for a fresh trial on his fraud and conspiracy charges. He’s got an uphill battle.
Writing FreeDOS Programs in C
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Blockchain has earned its place in sports as core infrastructure
Blockchain has transitioned from arena sponsorships to mission-critical stadium infrastructure. Sport has enabled blockchain’s mainstream moment.
A prison of my own making
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The best things to watch over and over and over
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 104, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy belated Halloween, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about lotteries and Jennifer Lawrence and religious AI, shame-watching Finding Mr. … Read more
The great tariff shakedown
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the real-world effects of Trump’s tariffs, follow Mia Sato. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started The economists tried to warn us. From the … Read more
November Could Be the New October for U.S. Crypto ETFs After Shutdown Delays SEC Decisions
After October’s delays caused by the U.S. government shutdown, ETF issuers are finding new ways to bring spot crypto funds to market.
Laptops with Stickers
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Matched Clean Power Index
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FTX creditor says real recovery could be as low as 9% amid inflated crypto prices
FTX creditors may get only a fraction of their expected payouts once adjusted for Bitcoin, Ether and Solana’s current prices, according to creditor representative Sunil.
URLs are state containers
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Why I love my Boox Palma e-reader
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Rewilding the Internet
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95% of Iran’s 427,000 active crypto mining devices operate illegally, official says
Iran’s energy chief says 95% of the country’s 427,000 crypto mining rigs operate illegally, consuming massive power and destabilizing the national grid.