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Zcash’s NU7 Upgrade Goes Live, Recycling 60% of Fees to Fund Future Block Rewards
The Network Sustainability Mechanism will reissue removed ZEC from 2031 within the 21 million cap, as the community debates its dev fund.
Bitcoin recovers $76,000 level as ETFs shed $430 million after tech rout
Bitcoin recovered above $76,000 Friday after dropping below that level during Thursday’s tech-driven market rout.
Why Robots Need Intelligence Built for the Physical World
Robbyant’s LingBot 2.0 starts with the demands of perception and physical action to build intelligence across different robot bodies. A chatbot can wait for another prompt. A robot may already be moving by the time its surroundings change. That difference turns embodied AI into a distinct engineering problem, where intelligence has to account for physical … Read more
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Zcash NU7 upgrade goes live, leaves 12,224 ZEC stranded in Sprout pool
Zcash’s NU7 upgrade has rendered about $15 million in legacy Sprout funds unspendable, although a future network upgrade could potentially restore access.
The $50 Million Gamble That Made Red Bull Marketing History
Imagine someone asks you, “Hey, do you want to jump from the edge of space?” Your first response would probably be, “What the hell is wrong with you?” Honestly? Same. But when that exact question was asked to Felix Baumgartner, he basically went, “Yeah, sure. Why not?” Now, you might be wondering who on Earth … Read more
Greece approves 10% tax on crypto gains and 15% levy on DeFi income
Investors will have 12 months to declare past crypto gains without late-filing penalties, though questions remain over crypto-to-crypto swaps.
The Zero-Budget AI Launch Playbook: 80% of Your Launch Happens Before Launch Day
Part 1 of 2: How to earn attention from Reddit, Hacker News and Product Hunt when you have no ad budget TL;DR In the AI era, ideas and even whole products get cloned in a weekend. Distribution is the part AI can’t copy for you. A launch is not a day. By the time you … Read more
Google’s 2027 LSA Expansion Has an API Availability Problem
Google’s planned 2027 expansion of Local Services Ads (LSAs) creates an important technical question for agencies and software providers: will Google Ads API capabilities expand at the same pace as the advertiser migration? Google’s migration roadmap says non-US accounts and remaining business categories will transition to Performance Max campaigns with pay-per-lead goals in 2027. Yet … Read more
“Move Fast and Break Things” Is Dead. What Counts in Enterprise AI Now?
The invoices are ending Silicon Valley’s favorite motto that built the AI boom. Right before Facebook went public, Mark Zuckerberg shared the “move fast and break things” motto in his 2012 letter to investors. The idea was to build and launch quickly, fix problems later, and learn from mistakes. Startups across Silicon Valley embraced this … Read more
Hyperliquid Strategies seeks futures registration for perps
The HYPE treasury company spent $785 million on tokens during the quarter and wants to bring Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures to the US.
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs post $530M outflows as election gains evaporate
US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs shed a combined $530 million Thursday as Bitcoin fell below $76,000 and US stocks tumbled.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial plans token buyback after 66% year-to-date slide
The crypto venture may use fees from its USD1 stablecoin reserves to fund token purchases as it seeks to boost governance.
At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer
The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns.
Chainalysis says breach exposed password hashes and live tokens
Chainalysis disclosed password hashes and live tokens were exposed after initially reporting only non-sensitive customer data was accessed.
Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M
Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.
Zcash’s landmark NU7 upgrade goes live, speeding up private payments
NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.
Crypto exchanges tout cold storage ratios after Binance attack
Coinbase says it keeps more than 99% of customer assets offline, while Gate reports 88.26% of its total assets are kept in cold storage.
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Hyperliquid treasury firm seeking U.S. regulatory nod as a domestic futures platform
The company said it’s trying to establish a U.S. “futures commission merchant” with full compliance for activity with U.S. clients, though the timing is uncertain.
Bitcoin developer proposes ‘landmines’ to make quantum thieves lose their own BTC
Anyone trying to move vulnerable bitcoin would have to put up matching collateral, giving prepared owners a chance to take both.
OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projects
Following this week’s midterms where voters resoundingly voiced their opposition to data center expansion, OpenAI today announced new commitments to communities where it is working on data center projects, including that it won’t use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with public officials. Many data center projects have come under scrutiny for relying on NDAs to hide discussions … Read more
Core Scientific to quit Bitcoin mining by year-end as AI business surges
The former Bitcoin mining heavyweight plans to become a pure-play data center provider in 2027, with mining now accounting for just 7.5% of quarterly revenue.