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DOJ files to seize $225 million in crypto from scammers

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The Department of Justice reported yesterday that it filed a civil complaint to seize roughly $225.3 million in cryptocurrency linked to crypto investment scams. In a press release, the DOJ said it traced and targeted accounts that were “part of a sophisticated blockchain-based money laundering network” dispersing funds taken from more than 400 suspected victims … Read more

How Bubblemaps is Bringing Transparency to TON, and Why It Matters

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Does true transparency exist in the fast-paced, often opaque world of blockchain, particularly within burgeoning ecosystems like The Open Network (TON)? Bubblemaps, an InfoFi analytics company, has announced its integration with TON, aiming to provide real-time visual analytics for one of the most rapidly expanding Web3 networks. TON, or The Open Network, has grown significantly, … Read more

How 1inch and Sonic are Uniting for Faster, Smarter DeFi Trading

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How can decentralized finance, or DeFi, combine the quest for optimal trading rates with the demand for rapid transaction speeds? 1inch, a prominent DeFi aggregator, has announced its expansion to the Sonic network from Sonic Labs. This integration aims to merge 1inch’s capability to find competitive rates across various decentralized exchanges with Sonic’s focus on … Read more

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: The Builders Stage agenda is now live and taking shape

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Startups don’t build themselves. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where investors, operators, and founders come to talk tactics — the nitty-gritty of getting something off the ground and making it work. This year, we’re bringing some of the sharpest minds in the game … Read more

At TechCrunch All Stage: VC red flags, founder signals, and pre-seed traps — Charles Hudson will tell you what investors really see

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At the pre-seed stage, there’s not much for a VC to analyze — no revenue curve, no retention metrics, no CAC. That doesn’t mean they’re guessing. It means they’re watching everything else. At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 in Boston, Charles Hudson, managing partner and founder of Precursor Ventures, will walk founders through … Read more

Decoding the Global Healthcare Gap: What GCC Markets Are Getting Right

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We’re entering an era where the boundaries between healthcare, genetics, and AI are dissolving. What used to exist in silos — AI-driven diagnostics, genomic sequencing, disease treatments — is now converging into something far more powerful: a unified, adaptive model of healthcare. One where treatment not only leverages advanced technologies but is also personalized to … Read more

How I Recovered Deleted Telegram Messages and Media (and You Can Too)

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Losing years of Telegram history by mistake felt like a nightmare. Here’s how I reverse-engineered Telegram’s Admin Log to bring it all back. ⚠️ Heads-up: This method only works for group chats and channels — not for one-on-one private conversations. The Accident That Started It All On September 23, 2024, I made a catastrophic mistake. I accidentally deleted all messages and media from a … Read more

FBC: Firebreak is missing Control’s weird charm

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With FBC: Firebreak, Remedy Entertainment has entered the world of the first-person co-op shooter. Set in its Control universe – specifically the site of the first game, the brutalist nightmare office called the Oldest House – players control a member of the titular three-person team of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), tasked with addressing … Read more

The Kill Switch: A Coder’s Act of Revenge

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In the age of code dominance, where billions of dollars are controlled by lines of code, a frustrated coder took the boundary between protest and cybercrime. What began as a grudge became an organized act of sabotage, one that now could land him 10 years in federal prison. Recently, a contract programmer was fired by … Read more

All Token Launches Should be Decentralized

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Crypto’s revolution began with a radical promise: financial systems run on code for communities, not corporations. Yet in a few years, token launches morphed from grassroots movements to corporate pageantry. VCs became the new investment banks and centralized exchange listings the new IPOs. Now, the pendulum is swinging back. It’s time for crypto to rediscover … Read more

Tech Made in Ukraine: The People Behind the Platforms We Use Every Day

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Ukrainian developers and entrepreneurs have long proven their ability to build and scale companies that redefine global markets. Behind the success of international tech giants like GitLab, Revolut, Grammarly, Wise, and Moss are Ukrainians who play a crucial role in shaping the future of technology. Vlad Yatsenko — Co-founder of Revolut Vlad Yatsenko is one … Read more

Liquid Dreams: The Rise of Immersion Cooling and Underwater Data Centers

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As demand for data keeps rising driven by generative AI, real-time analytics, 8K streaming, and edge computing data centers are facing an escalating dilemma: how to maintain performance without getting too hot. Traditional air-cooled server rooms that were once large enough for straightforward web hosting and storage are being stretched to their thermal extremes by … Read more