Paxos Acquires Crypto Wallet Startup Fordefi to Expand Custody Services
The move aims to position Paxos to serve growing institutional demand for on-chain asset issuance and stablecoin payments.
Month: November 2025
Spotify to raise US prices in first quarter of next year, report says
Major record labels have been urging Spotify and other music streaming platforms to raise subscription prices, arguing that fees have not kept pace with inflation and remain low when compared to services like Netflix.
Polkadot Slides 4% as Technical Resistance Triggers Selloff
The altcoin carved out a $0.21 trading range, marking 9% intraday volatility as bearish forces gained control.
Our favorite ways to survive Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an interesting holiday. Some celebrate it as an American tradition. Others look at it as simply an excuse to get together with family to watch some football. And still others just enjoy getting an extra day off from work or try to ignore it altogether. But however you regard it, there are often … Read more
Top Web Scraping Tools You Should Use in 2025
This 2025 guide explores the top web scraping tools—no-code scrapers, developer frameworks, AI-powered extractors, and enterprise APIs. It breaks down key features, challenges, compliance concerns, and how to choose the right solution based on skill level, project scale, website complexity, and budget.
Meet Hubstaff: HackerNoon Company of the Week
We are back with another Company of the Week feature! Every week, we share an awesome tech brand from our tech company database, making their evergreen mark on the internet. This unique HackerNoon database ranks S&P 500 companies and top startups of the year alike. This week, we are featuring Hubstaff, a comprehensive workforce management platform designed to … Read more
Upbit Considering Appeal of $25M Fine by South Korea Regulator
The country’s largest crypto exchange said the Financial Intelligence Unit has been wrong in the past and had actions overturned in court.
The geek’s guide to running faster
One thing we talk a lot about on The Vergecast is how to engage with technology without losing your mind. One version of that discussion has to do with fitness, and the so-called quantified self: what does it take to make use of the tools and trackers available to you, without letting exercise take over … Read more
inDrive’s Approach to Measuring Engineering Performance
inDrive is a ride-hailing company operating in 48 countries with a unique peer-to-peer pricing model that enables fair trip costs. Across all products, more than 600 engineers work in 70+ teams. The topic of performance and productivity remains one of the hottest debates in the software industry. Every company is trying to find its own … Read more
21Shares taps Standard Chartered for custody as TradFi tightens grip on crypto
Standard Chartered will provide digital asset custody for 21Shares, signaling deeper TradFi expansion into crypto and raising questions about Zodia Custody’s future role.
South Korea stablecoin framework stalls as regulators split over banks’ role
Regulators and the Bank of Korea remain at odds over bank dominance in issuing won-backed stablecoins, stalling a long-awaited framework expected this year.
Crypto lawyer faces uphill battle in New York attorney general race
A former lawyer for Coinbase, Khurram Dara, has thrown his hat in the race for New York attorney general. But incumbent Letitia James has a strong foothold, and a Republican hasn’t won in 30 years.
SGX’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Perpetual Futures Debut Strong with $35 Million Volume
Trading volumes reached nearly 2,000 lots traded on day one, representing about $35 million in notional value.
Swedish Buy Now, Pay Later Giant Klarna Rolling Out Stablecoin with Stripe’s Bridge
Digital bank Klarna’s stablecoin, issued by Stripe’s Bridge on top of the upcoming Tempo blockchain, is set to debut next year.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 2% as All Constituents Trade Lower
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fell 6.3% and Polkadot (DOT) dropped 5.8%, leading the index lower from Monday.
Educational Byte: How Fake CAPTCHAs Can Steal Your Crypto
We all know CAPTCHAs: those “I’m not a robot” boxes or image grids you click when logging in or browsing. They’re meant to block bots and make websites safer. But cybercriminals have started using deceptive versions. They’re fake CAPTCHAs that trick users into installing malware or giving away private data. What begins as a harmless-looking … Read more
Zero Trust Security Goes Mainstream as Breach Costs Hit Record Highs
In 2023, attackers breached a third-party vendor that serviced giants like Delta and Amazon, exposing sensitive customer data through a single compromised account. It wasn’t firewalls that failed; it was trust. That’s the flaw in the old “trust but verify” model: once someone gets inside your network perimeter, they’re automatically trusted. But in today’s world … Read more
Flow Traders Opens New Institutional Gateway to DeFi With Cap and EigenLayer
The liquidity provider and market maker is now operating through Cap, in a “blueprint” for bringing institutional finance on-chain.
Russian Man Detonates Airsoft Grenades in Botched Crypto Heist
The amateurish robbery attempt at a crypto firm in Russia comes amid a global surge in violent crypto attacks.
Rian Johnson doesn’t have a plan for Knives Out
Three movies in, Knives Out is really showing its range. After starting out with a mystery on a cozy New England estate, followed by a sequel set on a Greek island owned by an Elon Musk-style tech bro, the series gets much darker with Wake Up Dead Man. This time, director Rian Johnson crafted a … Read more
One of our favorite Switch 2 controllers is 20 percent off right now
If you’re going to prove to your siblings that you’re still the family’s Mario Kart champion, you’re going to need an extra controller to make sure it’s a fair race. Fortunately, 8BitDo’s Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller — which is compatible with the Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and Windows machines — is marked down to a … Read more
The Coming Bitcoin Treasury Bubble
Today’s uncertain macroeconomic climate has created an environment where corporate leaders are desperate to look innovative – Bitcoin treasuries give them a way to do that, without fixing their broken business models, says Tony Yazbeck, co-founder of The Bitcoin Way.
Baden Bower’s AI System Underpins Its Market Leadership in PR Delivery
Baden Bower has built its PR dominance through an AI system that predicts editorial acceptance, automates pitch workflows, and secures guaranteed placements. Serving 3,600 clients, the firm analyzes thousands of editorial patterns, scales operations globally, and delivers features in as little as 72 hours. Its data-driven model reshapes PR by reducing uncertainty and compressing timelines … Read more
Portfolio diversification leading driver for crypto investment in 2025: Sygnum
Diversification has become the top driver for crypto investment in 2025, with rising ETF demand and lingering regulatory gaps shaping investor behavior.
Exodus’ W3C Deal Adds Stability as Firm Builds Full Payments Stack: Benchmark
The acquisition pushes the crypto-wallet maker toward a more fintech-style business model.
Cloning Environments on AWS Beanstalk: A Practical Fix for Zero-Downtime Patching
Achieving Zero-Downtime During Patching Experiments I was recently asked to help with an AWS Beanstalk issue. An application was running on Beanstalk, but the security team flagged it as non-compliant for OS patching because the underlying servers hadn’t been updated for about a year — the Windows Update service had stopped working. An upgrade to … Read more
8% of Bitcoin changed hands in a week as markets on ‘knife’s edge’: Analysts
Bitcoin saw one of its largest supply migrations ever as traders brace for the US Federal Reserve’s December rate decision and shifting expectations for a rate cut.