Step Finance shuts operations after $27 million January hack
Step is working on a buyback for holders of native token STEP based on a snpashot of holdings and value prior to the incident.
Building ML-Ready Data Platforms on Cloud: Turning Experiments into Systems
Machine learning models often perform well during experimentation. Offline metrics improve, prototypes demonstrate potential, and early validation builds confidence across teams. In controlled environments, systems behave predictably and progress feels steady. The transition to production introduces a different set of pressures. Training jobs fail intermittently. Features arrive outside expected time windows. Historical data changes without … Read more
Arizona Senate Advances Bill to Create Digital Assets Reserve Fund
The bill would allow Arizona to hold Bitcoin, XRP, Digibyte, stablecoins, and NFTs in a state-managed crypto reserve.
Putting the treasury to work: The Ethereum Foundation just staked 70,000 ETH to fund its future
The staking commenced with a 2,016 ETH deposit, and uses Dirk and Vouch, open-source validator tools developed by infrastructure firm Attestant
Bitcoin ETF sell-off is ‘purification’ of bull case, investor says
Bitcoin ETF investors have recorded sustained outflows this year, but EMJ Capital’s Eric Jackson argues a longer-term institutional buyer base could emerge.
Canaan buys Cipher’s 49% of West Texas mining venture for $39.75 million in stock
The transaction gives Cipher a major shareholding in the Singapore-based company.
Coinbase USDC revenue could 7x as payments grow, Bloomberg says
Bloomberg Intelligence says Coinbase’s USDC revenues could jump as much as sevenfold, as Congress weighs a ban on stablecoin rewards that could reshape how that money is earned.
Hong Kong’s RedotPay said to plan blockbuster $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg
The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.
RedotPay weighs US IPO that could raise $1B at over $4B valuation: Report
RedotPay secured a total of $194 million in 2025 across three rounds, reaching unicorn status and attracting backing from major crypto and venture investors.
Rust Rewrite, Postgres Exit: Blitz Revamps Its “League of Legends” Backend
How Blitz scaled their game coaching app with lower latency and leaner operations Blitz is a fast-growing startup that provides personalized coaching for games such as League of Legends, Valorant, and Fortnite. They aim to help gamers become League of Legends legends through real-time insights and post-match analysis. While players play, the app does quite a … Read more
Canaan buys 49% stake in three Texas mining sites for $40M
Canaan acquires a stake in three operating Texas mining facilities with 120 MW of power and 4.4 EH/s hashrate as it expands beyond hardware into infrastructure operations.
Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing
With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement.
The TechBeat: A Practical Checklist for More Reliable Results with GPT (2/24/2026)
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Bitcoin’s price discovery is moving to Chicago
CME’s shift to nonstop derivatives access may accelerate institutional migration away from traditional crypto exchanges, according to the Chief Commercial Officer of XBTO.
Polymarket bettors put $3 million on which crypto firm ZachXBT will expose next
Solana app Meteora leads the odds at 43% after the blockchain investigator teased a “major” insider-trading probe set for release on Wednesday.
Crypto VC Framework Ventures to help Better with $500M DeFi play
Framework reportedly struck a $45 million deal to buy 10% of Better and will help it launch a token on the crypto protocol Sky.
Cybersecurity stocks tank after Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security
Anthropic’s Claude Code Security sent shockwaves through cybersecurity markets, with CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks among the hardest hit.
TRM Labs, Finray Technologies partner for crypto and fiat monitoring
The system provides real-time risk alerts for suspicious crypto transactions across multiple blockchains within the same workflow as fiat-payment monitoring.
Jane Street faces claims of insider trading that sped up Terraform’s 2022 collapse
Jane Street has denied the allegations as a “desperate” and “baseless” attempt to extract money.
Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments
Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow’s $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million.
Fed Moves to Permanently Drop ‘Reputational Risk’ From Bank Supervision
Supporters say clearer rules are needed to replace informal supervisory pressure, as lawmakers and industry push Congress to settle crypto banking access.
ETH, SOL, XRP extend losses as AI scare trade unsettles risk markets
Analysts warn that bitcoin’s prolonged failure to break above its current range is tilting the technical outlook toward the bears.
A 1975 Algorithm Still Beats Brute Force in Modern Keyword Search
Here’s a problem: say you’re ingesting roughly 4 million Reddit comments per day, and you need to detect the presence of 10,000 specific keywords in near real time. The naive answer is obvious – loop through each comment and keyword. Done. for comment in reddit_comments: for keyword in keywords: if keyword in comment: # alert … Read more
Grok 4.2 vs. Sonnet 4.6: Early Impressions From Hands-On Testing
We got new model releases from xAI and Anthropic last week, and I wanted to give my quick impressions to help you know if/when you should care. This is just after a half day of testing, so my impressions may change, but… we’re usually locked in on the vibe pretty quickly. By the way, even if … Read more
Terraform admin blames Jane Street alleged insider trading for collapse
Terraform Labs administrator Todd Snyder accused Jane Street of communicating with the now-collapsed firm and trading on the information, hastening its collapse.
Substack’s Architecture Is Quietly Dismantling the Guru Economy
This article argues that Substack is structurally designed to prevent guru-style power concentration. By aligning incentives around paid subscriptions instead of advertising, enabling peer-driven discovery, prioritizing ownership and exit rights, and building around long-form, trust-based relationships, Substack creates a distributed “garden” ecosystem. In an era where AI can mass-produce authoritative content, platforms that reward originality, … Read more