A Guide to Effective PR Reviews – Part 1

How to Best Review Pull Requests (Without Governing Solutions) In tech, we’re always working toward writing better, stronger, more maintainable code. Code reviews are an essential part of that process. Yet, it’s a skill we rarely focus on improving. Too often, reviews become something we stumble through, slowing teams down and hurting overall quality. Becoming … Read more

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI repoter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time diving into some of the unforeseen consequences of the generative AI … Read more

PayPal Taps Spark to Boost PYUSD Liquidity by $1B Through DeFi Lending

PayPal and decentralized finance platform Spark have teamed up to grow liquidity for PayPal USD (PYUSD) onchain, aiming to scale deposits from $100 million today to $1 billion in the weeks ahead. PYUSD, issued by Paxos and pegged to the U.S. dollar, was recently onboarded to SparkLend, Spark’s lending marketplace. The integration gives users the … Read more

E-bike maker Cowboy in talks to be acquired

Cowboy is in talks to be acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, weeks after the struggling e-bike manufacturer was bailed out by the Paris-based investor. The news was first reported by French newspaper Le Figaro, and subsquently confirmed by one of Cowboy’s co-founders. “We can confirm that discussions with ReBirth are progressing very positively, and we … Read more

SharpLink Gaming Set to Tokenize Its Equity on Ethereum With Superstate

SharpLink Gaming (SBET), the Ethereum treasury firm led by Joseph Lubin, unveiled plans on Thursday to tokenize its equity on the Ethereum blockchain as the stock tokenization trend is gaining steam. The Minnesota-based firm said it has tapped tokenization specialist Superstate as its digital transfer agent, while its equity token will be natively issued through … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 4.3% as All Constituents Trade Lower

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3896.07, down 4.3% (-174.7) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. None of the 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: BTC (-1.9%) and BCH (-2.1%). Laggards: AVAX (-11.4%) and NEAR … Read more