Beyond 2025: How Technology Will Supercharge Finance In The Coming Year

Advancements in financial technology have brought banks closer to unbanked consumers, and connected businesses with more customers. The digital migration has seen millions of individuals shifting from traditional banking, and instead opting for more connected services. For instance, globally, digital wallet services and transactions are predicted to reach more than 360 billion transactions by 2026. … Read more

Why Ether Could Outperform Bitcoin in 2025

Ether spent most of 2024 trailing behind its cryptocurrency peers but has now firmly joined the rally sparked by bitcoin’s record-breaking climb, crossing the $4,000 mark in December but well below its all time high of $4,900. In 2024, ether gained around 53% compared to bitcoin’s 113% surge; however, ether’s recent performance shows promise. Since … Read more

CARV Launches CARV SVM Chain Testnet: Empowering AI Agents, Redefining Data Sovereignty

SANTA CLARA, California, January 7th, 2025/Chainwire/–CARV, the AI chain ecosystem to enable data sovereignty at scale, announces the official launch of the CARV SVM Chain Tested. CARV SVM Chain is an agentic infrastructure designed to enable data sovereignty at scale. As an AI agentic infrastructure that extends SVM’s capabilities onto Ethereum, it pioneers a secure … Read more

How Ethiopia’s Low Energy Costs Allow BIT Mining to Recycle its Bitcoin Machines

Landlocked between six different neighbors in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia has approximately 120 million inhabitants, making it the second most populous nation on the continent, and a GDP of $163 billion, which puts it in the same economic league as Ukraine, Morocco, Slovakia or Kuwait. However, the country has also suffered from a bloody … Read more

Peacock is experimenting with mini-games and short videos

As Peacock continues to trail behind major players in the entertainment industry like Netflix, TikTok, and YouTube, the streaming service is adopting strategies similar to its rivals with two new initiatives: mini-games and a short-form vertical video feed. The company previewed these experiments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. Starting this … Read more

Getty Images and Shutterstock are merging into one stock photo powerhouse

Image: The Verge Getty Images and Shutterstock are joining forces in a merger valued at around $3.7 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The merger will allow the companies to expand their stock photo libraries as they face increasing competition from AI-powered image creation tools. Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will remain the head of … Read more

Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads

As a part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content across its platforms had been “pretty blunt” and would now be addressed. The company said it would once again phase in political content into Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, allowing people who … Read more

It’s 2025 and the Nintendo Wii is getting a new Guitar Hero controller

Hyperkin says the Hyper Strummer features a similar design to older hardware but uses improved internal components. | Image: Hyperkin Hyperkin opened preorders for a new guitar-shaped controller on New Year’s Day, but it isn’t compatible with Harmonix’s Fortnite Festival music game that debuted on the Switch in late 2023. In fact, the Hyper Strummer … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: POL and LINK Each Fall 3.1% as Index Declines

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 3701.1, down 1.1% (-39.29) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Four of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+4.6%) and ADA (+2.2%). Laggards: POL (-3.1%) and LINK (-3.1%). … Read more

4 Emerging Technologies to Help Your Small Business Transform its Supply Chain Management

Managing supply chains can be one of the most costly and labor-intensive hurdles for small businesses to overcome. Even at a time when unforeseen issues like weather, regulatory changes, and supplier communications aren’t hampering your efficiency, inventory management can be a struggle. However, innovations in supply chain management thanks to emerging technologies like AI and … Read more