Meet TreeCoin Assets, AVADA Group Limited, and TalentSpotify: HackerNoon Startups of the Week

Hey Hackers! Welcome to another edition of Startups of The Week! Each week, the HackerNoon team highlights a list of startups from our Startups of The Year database. These startups have been nominated as one of the best in their respective category or regions. This time, we’re proud to present 3 amazing startups: TreeCoin Assets, AVADA … Read more

Why is Cartesi Doubling Down on Ethereum?

What does it mean for a foundational blockchain project to redefine its purpose within a rapidly evolving ecosystem? Cartesi, an early Layer 2 (L2) project within the Ethereum landscape, recently announced a significant re-orientation of its engineering efforts. This shift moves Cartesi away from a competitive stance and towards a role of direct contribution to … Read more

‘Straight to the Field’ in Brazil by LaFinteca × Betby × Adwa

Entering and expanding in Brazil’s sports betting market requires more than just cutting-edge technology — it demands a strategic, locally adapted, and fully integrated approach. That’s why LaFinteca, Betby, and Adwa have come together to launch “Straight to the Field”: the all-in-one solution for sports betting in Brazil. This strategic partnership is designed to tackle … Read more

A Static Taint Analyzer for Address Verification Vulnerabilities in Ethereum

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background 2.1 Ethereum Primer 2.2 Whitelisted Address Verification 2.3 Taint Analysis on Smart Contracts and 2.4 Threat Model Motivating Example and Challenges 3.1 Motivating Example 3.2 Challenges 3.3 Limitations of Existing Tools Design of AVVERIFIER and 4.1 Overview 4.2 Notations 4.3 Component#1: Code Grapher 4.4 Component#2: EVM Simulator … Read more

From Chaos to Control: Building a Standardized Dev Environment for 1,000+ Students

Table of Links 1 Introduction 2 Course Structure and Conditions 2.1 Conditions 2.2 Syllabus 3 Lectures 4 Practical Part 4.1 Engagement Mechanisms 4.2 Technical Setup and Automated Assessment 4.3 Selected Exercises and Tools 5 Check Your Proof by Example 6 Exams 7 Related Work 8 Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and References 4.2 Technical Setup and Automated Assessment … Read more

What Happens When Smart Contracts Break

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background 2.1 Ethereum Primer 2.2 Whitelisted Address Verification 2.3 Taint Analysis on Smart Contracts and 2.4 Threat Model Motivating Example and Challenges 3.1 Motivating Example 3.2 Challenges 3.3 Limitations of Existing Tools Design of AVVERIFIER and 4.1 Overview 4.2 Notations 4.3 Component#1: Code Grapher 4.4 Component#2: EVM Simulator … Read more

How to Find Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Before Exploit Happen

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background 2.1 Ethereum Primer 2.2 Whitelisted Address Verification 2.3 Taint Analysis on Smart Contracts and 2.4 Threat Model Motivating Example and Challenges 3.1 Motivating Example 3.2 Challenges 3.3 Limitations of Existing Tools Design of AVVERIFIER and 4.1 Overview 4.2 Notations 4.3 Component#1: Code Grapher 4.4 Component#2: EVM Simulator … Read more

AI Is Eating the Browser—And That’s a Good Thing

The web is no longer just a place for browsing. It’s where modern business happens: sales, support, onboarding, research, and operations. Yet most automation tools weren’t built for this environment. They are fragile, hard-coded, and break the moment a webpage changes. Manual work still dominates. Research by Freshworks from 2024 shows 73% of B2B teams … Read more

Europe Clings to CBDCs as U.S. Courts Stablecoins: Who Has It Right?

The White House has declared “Crypto Week”, a push to lead to clarity for cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The industry is eagerly waiting for three different bills, the “CLARITY Act” [1]*, the “GENIUS Act”[2]*, and the “Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act”[3] to pass this week and is hoping for a positive impact on the sector. The … Read more

AI Race With China Risks Undermining Western Values

As China surges toward AI dominance, the West must ask: what kind of future should it be building? By contrast, the British Government has pledged to Mainline AI into the public sector. There’s going to be a modest supercomputer in Edinburgh, and we are partnering with META, a company with colourful history in relation to safeguarding and ethics. But we fall short … Read more

Blacklists Are Eating Crypto Alive. Here’s Why It Matters.

In the world of cryptocurrencies, a “blacklist” usually means a list of addresses, accounts, or smart contracts that are banned from sending, receiving, or using tokens in centralized platforms —sometimes, even in some “decentralized” platforms, too. Governments and regulators use these lists to enforce financial laws, but they also raise hard questions about privacy and … Read more

When Startup Advice Backfires: Avoiding Common Pitfalls That Slow Your Growth

If you’ve spent more than five minutes in the startup world, you’ve likely encountered phrases such as “fail fast,” “focus,” “raise before you need to,” or my personal favorite, “just ship it.” These phrases get repeated like gospel in demo days, podcasts, and Twitter threads. And hey, sometimes they’re right. But here’s the catch: context … Read more

Starting Project Now? My 2025 Tech Stack for Full Stack Development

I’ve built 15 production applications in the last three years, and I’ve learned something crucial: the ones that succeeded weren’t necessarily the best-engineered solutions. They were the fastest to market. Speed isn’t just about efficiency anymore—it’s about survival. Last month, I watched a brilliant developer spend eight months perfecting a project management tool that never … Read more

HTML to PDF Conversion using Modern .NET Core Frameworks: The Ultimate Guide

Introduction: The Why, What, and How in Modern .NET Applications In today’s digital landscape, converting HTML to PDF is a vital capability for many applications. Whether generating invoices, dynamic reports, e-tickets, or downloadable PDF files, developers working with .NET Core and the unified .NET platform need reliable PDF file converter tools to convert HTML content—including … Read more

How Researchers Are Preprocessing Gigabyte-Sized WSIs for Deep Learning

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction Materials and Methods 2.1. Multiple Instance Learning 2.2. Model Architectures Results 3.1. Training Methods 3.2. Datasets 3.3. WSI Preprocessing Pipeline 3.4. Classification and RoI Detection Results Discussion 4.1. Tumor Detection Task 4.2. Gene Mutation Detection Task Conclusions Acknowledgements Author Declaration and References 3.3. WSI Preprocessing Pipeline WSIs are … Read more

One Identity Everywhere: Why Digital Identity Is the Missing Infrastructure Layer in Tech

Digital identity online is broken—fragmented, invasive, and inefficient. Tracer Labs’ Trust ID offers a privacy-first, portable solution to replace today’s surveillance-based systems. As laws tighten and users demand better, shared identity infrastructure is becoming as essential as payments once were. The future of trust depends on it.

How We Trained AI Models to Detect Tumors and Gene Mutations

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction Materials and Methods 2.1. Multiple Instance Learning 2.2. Model Architectures Results 3.1. Training Methods 3.2. Datasets 3.3. WSI Preprocessing Pipeline 3.4. Classification and RoI Detection Results Discussion 4.1. Tumor Detection Task 4.2. Gene Mutation Detection Task Conclusions Acknowledgements Author Declaration and References 3. Results 3.1. Training Methods We … Read more

A Comparative Study of Attention-Based MIL Architectures in Cancer Detection

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction Materials and Methods 2.1. Multiple Instance Learning 2.2. Model Architectures Results 3.1. Training Methods 3.2. Datasets 3.3. WSI Preprocessing Pipeline 3.4. Classification and RoI Detection Results Discussion 4.1. Tumor Detection Task 4.2. Gene Mutation Detection Task Conclusions Acknowledgements Author Declaration and References 2.2. Model Architectures Due to the … Read more

Aster Launches 24/7 Stock Perpetual Contracts Trading With Exposure To U.S. Equities

Mahé, Seychelles, July 16th, 2025/Chainwire/–Aster, the next-generation decentralized perpetual exchange (perp DEX) backed by YZi Labs, is once again pushing the frontier of DeFi innovation with the launch of a new asset type on Aster Pro: stock perpetual contracts. Traders can now gain leveraged, permissionless exposure to leading U.S. stocks including Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), … Read more