Midnight Network Unveils NIGHT Tokenomics, ‘Glacier Drop’ Airdrop Mechanism

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Midnight Network, a privacy-focused blockchain leveraging zero-knowledge smart contracts, published its tokenomics paper and unveiled its ‘Glacier Drop’ airdrop mechanism in advance of claims for the native NIGHT token starting next month. The project said Glacier Drop is a novel process that allocates all NIGHT tokens to users across eight major blockchain ecosystems and rolls … Read more

The new lies spreading about climate change

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New strains of misinformation about climate change are spreading, meant to slow the growth of renewable energy needed to fix the problem. Rather than flat-out denying the mountains of evidence that show that humans are causing climate change, more recent talking points aim to mislead people by casting doubt on potential solutions. Renewable energy has … Read more

A Startup Raises $15M, Led by Paradigm, Aiming to Rival HyperLiquid

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Decentralized trading venue GTE has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm, according to an announcement made on X. GTE describes itself as the “world’s fastest decentralized exchange,” a label often attributed to HyperLiquid. The derivatives exchange is one of this crypto cycle’s success stories, having racked up more than $1 … Read more

Brazil’s Méliuz Buys $28.6M in Bitcoin, Becomes Top Public BTC Holder in Latin America

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Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz (CASH3), which serves over 30 million users in the country, has become Latin America’s largest publicly listed corporate holder of bitcoin BTC. The company said Monday that it acquired an additional 275.43 BTC for $28.61 million following a recent stock offering, raising its total holdings to 595.67 BTC. That stash, purchased … Read more

Trump Media Share Buyback to be Funded Separately From BTC Treasury Strategy

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Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the parent company of the social media platform Truth Social, is planning a $400 million share buyback program. President Donald Trump’s media firm said that the repurchase would be funded separately from and not alter its bitcoin treasury strategy. The buyback will be conducted through open market transactions, and … Read more

RPC URLs: The dApp–Blockchain Bridge

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When a dApp (decentralized application) talks to an Ethereum-like blockchain, it does so using a JSON-RPC interface. In essence, an RPC URL is the web address of a node’s JSON-RPC endpoint. It’s a server URL (usually an HTTPS endpoint) that your dApp calls to retrieve on-chain data or push transactions. For example, Infura and GetBlock … Read more

Canaan to Exit AI Chip Business, Double Down on Bitcoin Mining Amid Realignment

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Canaan Inc. (CAN), the Singapore-based manufacturer of bitcoin mining machines, will wind down its artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor business to refocus on its core crypto operations. Despite the growing trend of bitcoin miners diversifying their revenue through AI-related businesses, building AI chips is likely very competitive and not cost-effective for smaller companies. Canaan said that … Read more

Tokenized Shares of Solana Treasury Company Defi Dev Coming to Kraken

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DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV), the Nasdaq-listed firm with a crypto treasury strategy focused on Solana SOL, is bringing its equity onto blockchain rails through crypto exchange Kraken’s upcoming tokenized stock trading venue. The company’s shares will be tokenized under the ticker DFDVx on the Solana network, joining a select group of tokenized versions of major … Read more

Want to know where VCs are investing next? Be in the room at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Early-stage founders, listen up! You will want a front row seat at the Builders Stage on Oct 27 at 1:00 pm. This session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings together Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures; Jerry Chen, general partner, Greylock; and Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis, all of whom will share their 2026 investment priorities across … Read more