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Circle, the crypto company behind the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, said Tuesday it has acquired tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuer Hashnote. The companies closed the deal this morning, a Circle spokesperson told CoinDesk and was announced in Davos, Switzerland during the annual World Economic Forum meeting. The companies didn’t reveal pricing details. Circle aims to … Read more
Goat Gaming is set to launch AI agents to play games for you in February, Flappy Bird game review and more: Web3 Gamer
Tezos blockchain has implemented its 17th protocol upgrade, Quebec, which alters block timing and staking parameters to improve operational performance. The change followed an on-chain voting process and was developed by teams at Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and Functori. The protocol update fits within the Tezos X roadmap and adjusts technical aspects of network operation, staking … Read more
The Fujifilm Instax Wide Evo Hybrid Instant Camera is expected to be available starting in February 2025 for $349.95. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced a new hybrid instant camera coming to its Instax line that doubles as a smartphone printer. The new Instax Wide Evo Hybrid instant camera is similar to the Instax Mini Evo … Read more
When you are thinking about QA, testing is the most likely action that comes to your mind. Although testing the software is the main task that QA must take ownership of, it is not the only contribution that QA makes. A company and the teams can benefit from QAs because they can make meaningful contributions … Read more
IMDb, the Amazon-owned online database that provides information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, announced on Tuesday that its founder, Col Needham, is stepping down as CEO. Nikki Santoro, who has served as the Chief Operating Officer since 2021, has been appointed as his successor. Santoro’s appointment is significant, as she is the first woman … Read more
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In his executive actions on day one of his presidency, Donald Trump rescinded an executive order Joe Biden signed in 2023 to establish safety guidelines for generative AI. The Biden-era order required developers of large AI models like OpenAI’s GPT lineup to share the results of safety … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is taking advantage of TikTok’s absence from app stores by offering creators large cash bonuses to exclusively post Reels on the platform, according to a report from The Information. The bonuses reportedly range from $10,000 to $50,000 per month and require creators to post their short-form videos … Read more
The retail-fueled memecoin speculation around the Trump memecoins could invite more regulatory scrutiny on the crypto industry in the US, industry insiders told Cointelegraph.
CoinDesk Indices, a subsidiary of CoinDesk, has introduced the CoinDesk 80 Index to address the increasing institutional demand for liquidity across diverse digital assets. The new offering is designed to track the performance of the next 80 digital assets beyond the CoinDesk20 Index, according to a press release. The Bullish exchange, which has surpassed $1 … Read more
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that the company plans to release a “two-way” voice mode for its chatbot, Claude, as well as a memory feature that lets Claude remember more about users and past conversations. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Amodei also revealed that Anthropic expects to … Read more
A24 While intimate meet and greets with music stars can feel almost like spiritual experiences, the first trailer for A24’s Opus is a reminder to never meet your heroes. From writer / director Mark Anthony Green, Opus follows music journalist Ariel Ecton (Ayo Edebiri) hunt down the story of a lifetime. Ariel is as shocked … Read more
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At AiSweat.Shop (A.S.S.), we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve airdropped an unprecedented 70% of our DEFAI tokens without any prior announcement. This strategic move strengthens our commitment to building a robust DefAI ecosystem and rewarding our most loyal communities. Here’s who received the tokens: Our incredible AiSweat.Shop communities. Arbitrum DeFi OGs. Open (aka WebisOPEN on … Read more
Alongside its big public push for AI investments, the U.K. government is also playing a virtual card to catapult itself into the 21st century. Today it announced plans to launch a secure digital wallet to manage government-issued credentials, alongside a chatbot — built in collaboration with OpenAI — to interact with the main GOV.UK portal. … Read more
French AI lab, Mistral, is working toward an initial public offering, co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mistral is “not for sale,” Mensch said, adding that the company plans to open an office in Singapore to focus on the Asia-Pacific region and … Read more
Canada’s largest school board says hackers may have accessed some 40 years’ worth of student data during the recent PowerSchool breach. In a letter sent to parents this week, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) said that the data breach affected all students enrolled in the district between September 1985 and December 2024. The school … Read more
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Venu Sports seemed like such an obvious idea. Instead of spreading all your sports viewing across a million different platforms with a million different interfaces and subscriptions, what if you could watch everything in the same place? It makes perfect sense, until you get to the caveats. It’s not … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is set to announce its Galaxy S25 phones at its Galaxy Unpacked event tomorrow, January 22nd at 1PM ET. The event typically focuses on its next smartphones and software features, which you can bet includes lots of AI, but there should be some other things here and … Read more
Vitalik Buterin dismissed calls for a leadership shakeup in the Ethereum Foundation, reaffirmed his authority and condemned harassment against Aya Miyaguchi.
The crypto industry is a fast-moving world where innovation never stands still, and 2024 was no exception. With Bitcoin returning to growth and reaching into $100K territory for the first time, the year will go down as one of the most pivotal in crypto history so far. In the last year, we’ve witnessed regulatory breakthroughs … Read more
DOGE price reverses losses with a 13% jump in 15 minutes as the official Department of Government Efficiency website now flashes the Dogecoin token logo.
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 3890.01, down 0.4% (-15.92) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: DOT (+1.9%) and POL (+1.5%). Laggards: ADA (-3.2%) and HBAR (-2.4%). … Read more
A Department of Government Efficiency website has appeared, prominently featuring the Dogecoin logo—causing the token to spike.
Telegram will prohibit other blockchain integrations as it reveals an exclusivity deal with The Open Network for crypto apps and games.