Bitcoin No Longer a Niche Investment as Institutional Adoption Takes Off: WisdomTree

The institutionalization of crypto markets means that bitcoin (BTC) is no longer considered a niche investment, and increased adoption is forcing hesitant investors to reconsider the asset class, WisdomTree said in a report Monday, which looked at crypto trends for 2025. The investment manager noted that portfolios with allocations to bitcoin are consistently outperforming those … Read more

TRUMP, MELANIA Tokens Plunge 50% as Trump Inauguration Fails to Bouy Bitcoin

A short-lived Trump family token frenzy has left hopeful investors with steep losses. Official memecoins of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are down as much as 60% in the past 24 hours amid heavy profit-taking after Monday’s inauguration. Futures tracking the two tokens have fared similarly bad for traders — with liquidation … Read more

The TechBeat: How I Solved the WebSocket Scaling Problem Without Breaking the Bank (1/21/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Fortinet FortiGate-VM: Enterprise-class Security for Applications and Workloads Running on AWS By @awsmarketplace [ 10 Min read ] Meet Fortinet FortiGate: … Read more

Karmen secures $9.4 million for its revenue-based financing products

French startup Karmen has secured a small funding round so that it can improve its instant financing products. The company offers short-term loans to small companies facing a working capital crunch. It’s a €9 million equity-and-debt round ($9.4 million at today’s exchange rates) with Seventure Partners buying a stake in the small startup. Financière Arbevel … Read more