B3 Ethereum Gaming Chain Launching Token Airdrop on Base Next Week
The B3 token for the gaming network of the same name—a layer-3 chain on top of Ethereum’s Base—is launching on Monday with an airdrop.
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Anthropic CEO says DeepSeek was ‘the worst’ on a critical bioweapons data safety test
Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei claims DeepSeek generated sensitive bioweapons data in a safety test it ran. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI plans to open an office in Germany
OpenAI is expanding its footprint to Germany. According to a press release issued Friday, the ChatGPT maker plans to open an office in Munich in the coming months. “Germany is renowned for its technical expertise, academic excellence, and industrial innovation,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a statement. “Opening our first office in Germany means we … Read more
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Anduril in talks to raise up to $2.5B at $28B valuation
Just six months after defense tech Anduril raised a massive $1.5 billion round that valued the company at $14 billion, it’s in talks to raise another $2.5 billion, at a valuation of up to $28 billion, sources told CNBC. The deal would, not surprisingly, be led by Founders Fund, which is reportedly writing a $1 … Read more
Trump admin freezes EV charging program that gave Tesla millions
The Department of Transportation has paused funding for a $5 billion EV charging infrastructure program that Tesla has received at least $31 million from. The move is widely viewed to be illegal. It’s the latest attempt from the Trump administration to hack away at federally funded renewable energy projects around the country, a clear priority … Read more
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Telegram Game ‘TapSwap’ Dumps TON for BNB Chain Ahead of Airdrop
TapSwap will launch its TAPS token on BNB Chain rather than The Open Network, following a TON exclusivity pact with the messaging platform.
Fintech Rapyd seeks funding at $3.5B valuation, a steep drop from $9B
Rapyd Financial Network is reportedly looking to raise $300 million in a new funding at a steep valuation cut from its 2021 high. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
HackerNoon vs Bitcoin – The Ultimate Showdown You Didn’t Ask For
I explore with simplistic mathematical models to help me, how HackerNoon stacks up against Bitcoin, the most successful publishing machine on earth. Bitcoin publishes blocks though, not articles. Nobody reads blocks. They were worth nearly $5 million each in 2024, though.
Shopify pushes for ‘open trade’ as Trump delays import exemption
On the same day that President Donald Trump delayed ending a trade exemption targeting certain Chinese imports, e-commerce company Shopify published a blog post making its stance on U.S. trade policy clear. In the post, Shopify endorsed “open trade,” calling for regulators to give online merchants the “freedom to expand without constraints imposed by geopolitical … Read more
Netflix’s Prince documentary has been axed by the late artist’s estate
Netflix definitely wanted to debut Ezra Edelmanâs nine-hour-long documentary chronicling Princeâs life, but that wonât be happening thanks to the late singerâs estate. Though Edelmanâs untitled documentary was already completed, Netflix announced on Thursday that it has âcome to a mutual agreementâ with Princeâs estate to keep the film from being released. As part of … Read more
Dave Portnoy Is Trading Solana Meme Coins and Just Doxxed His Wallet: ‘I’m Not Trying to Be Shady’
The Barstool Sports founder is in the trenches with Solana meme coin degens, and just milked them for close to $70K in profit in two trades.
Reliable Protection of User Data: Hashing and Obfuscation
Introduction In the digital era, the volume of user data being processed is growing at a geometric rate, and so are the risks associated with leaks or unauthorized access. One effective approach to protecting this data is hashing (for passwords and certain types of confidential information) and obfuscation (or encryption) when transmitting and storing data … Read more
Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev leaves prison custody
The crypto community and privacy advocates worldwide have been closely following Alexey Pertsev’s legal battle and the Tornado Cash case.
SafeMoon CEO asks to push trial based on Trump SEC’s ‘policy changes’
Braden John Karony, facing a securities fraud charge, requested his trial be delayed in response to Donald Trump’s proposed crypto policies potentially affecting related laws.
Musk promises to reinstate DOGE staffer linked to racist account
Marko Elez, the 25-year-old staffer Department of Government Efficiency staffer linked to a social media profile with racist posts, “will be brought back,” shortly after he resigned, Elon Musk announced on X. Elez resigned from his role where he reportedly had the ability to rewrite code in sensitive payments systems at the US Treasury, once … Read more
New agent launches on Virtuals plummet amid AI token drawdown
Originally launched on Base, the AI engine hosts popular agents but has experienced a sharp decline in new debuts.
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As One State Gets Closer on a Crypto Reserve, Others Jump Into the Fray
As Utah became the first state to get a bill through a legislative chamber that would allow the investment of public money into crypto assets, lawmakers in two other states joined the hunt this week: Kentucky and Maryland. Though broadly identified with the Republican-led charge toward a so-called “bitcoin strategic reserve” at the federal level, … Read more
FEMA’s website started deleting ‘climate change’
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters building on January 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Photo: Getty Images The term “climate change” has started to vanish from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website. Its former “climate resilience” website has been rebranded under the title “future conditions.” There are still subtle references to climate change … Read more
Coinbase to face lawsuit over unregistered securities sales, judge rules
Coinbase said the judge’s opinion “narrowed the scope of discovery in this case,” adding, “We look forward to vindicating the remaining claims” in court.
One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge
Elon Musk has reportedly picked fresh-faced six engineers to run DOGE. I spoke to one of them in 2023, when his life looked very, very different. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.