BTC price levels to watch as Bitcoin dives below $17.5K post-FOMC
Bitcoin is rapidly taking out near-term support levels as an FOMC comedown sees BTC price grab liquidity.
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PayPal and MetaMask team up to make it easier to buy crypto
PayPal is primarily known as an online payment method. But the company wants to become an easy way to get started with cryptocurrencies. In that regard, ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask, announced that it would add an integration in its crypto wallet so that users can buy cryptocurrencies using their PayPal account. MetaMask is one … Read more
Presto can now make Santa, celebrities, ‘appear’ in your drive-thru
The next time you go through a quick-serve restaurant’s drive-thru lane, you might hear a familiar “ho, ho, ho” over the speaker. Presto Automation, a publicly traded restaurant technology company, has introduced a new automated custom voice feature for its Presto Voice, where restaurants can use almost any voice they want — celebrities, restaurant brand … Read more
Protect AI lands a $13.5M investment to harden AI projects from attack
Seeking to bring greater security to AI systems, Protect AI today raised $13.5 million in a seed-funding round co-led by Acrew Capital and Boldstart Ventures with participation from Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures and Aviso Ventures. Ian Swanson, the co-founder and CEO, said that the capital will be put toward product development and customer outreach as … Read more
Artifact wants to record your family history in podcast-like audio recordings
After Ross Chanin’s grandfather died, Chanin mourned not only him, but the fact that he’d never gotten a chance to hear more about his grandfather’s life. Over a conversation with a journalist friend, George Quraishi, it became clear to Chanin that Quraishi’s skill set — interviewing and audio editing — could be conducive to capturing … Read more
Blockchain indexer The Graph says adoption is still strong 2 years after mainnet launch
More than 10,000 delegators have since joined the blockchain indexing network.
Zipline is now the national drone service provider for Rwanda
Zipline got its start six years ago using its autonomous electric drones to deliver blood in Rwanda. Now, the logistics and drone delivery startup is expanding its Rwandan government partnership with a lofty aim: complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometers in the country by 2029. The government … Read more
AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation
The Linux Foundation today announced the launch of the Overture Maps Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that aims to enable developers to build new mapping products thanks to its interoperable map data and new tooling. The new organization was founded by AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, but the organization stresses that it is “open to … Read more
Uber Eats will use sidewalk robots to make food deliveries in Miami
Uber will use robots from Cartken to make deliveries in Dadeland. | Image: Uber Uber is expanding its use of autonomous delivery vehicles with the announcement that it will soon deploy sidewalk robots developed in Miami, Florida. The six-wheeled delivery robots will come from Cartken, an Oakland-based AI company founded by a team of ex-Google … Read more
HearUSA will add Sony’s OTC hearing aids to its stores in 2023
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Soon, you’ll be able to pick up a pair of Sony’s OTC (over-the-counter) hearing aids at one of HearUSA’s 350 hearing centers or through its online store. Founded in 1987, HearUSA operates a network of retail stores that help consumers directly buy prescription — and now OTC — … Read more
Dell’s repairable Concept Luna laptop has a long road ahead of it
Here is a robot removing the Dell Concept Luna’s keyboard. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge Almost a year ago today, Dell announced the “Concept Luna”, a fully repairable and upgradable laptop incorporating sustainable materials. With everything removable and replaceable, from the memory and SSD to the keyboard and the screen, it looked … Read more
Google Nest and Android devices are now Matter compatible — yes, right now
Google Home now supports Matter. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google announced today that it has completed the initial rollout of Matter to its Google Nest products and Android OS. This means the Matter smart home standard, first developed by Google, Apple, Samsung, Amazon, and others, now has the foundation in place … Read more
The FTX Meltdown Calls for Higher Standards in Crypto Journalism
Revelations that Bankman-Fried secretly funded crypto news publisher The Block deepened mistrust of the crypto industry.
The Sandbox Onboards Security Firm OpenZeppelin to Protect Its Platform from Attacks
The blockchain security firm behind the Forta network will monitor vulnerabilities, alert for potential threats, and audit smart contracts within the popular metaverse game.
Web3 Domain Provider Unstoppable Domains to Integrate With Etherscan and Polygonscan
The integration will make it easier to trace domain addresses on the two blockchain explorers.
Perplexing Tranquility? Bitcoin’s Implied Volatility Hits Lowest Since October 2020
Bitcoin’s volatility will continue to drop as the economic backdrop improves and the market becomes resilient to the negative FTX headlines, one observer said.
Oppo’s next foldable is actually getting a release outside of China
Oppo’s Find N2 Flip foldable clamshell. | Image: Oppo Oppo has announced a pair of new foldables in China today, and the smaller of the two is actually getting a release outside of its domestic market. The Find N2 Flip has a clamshell design similar to the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and starts at ¥6,000 … Read more
Hong Kong crypto futures ETFs raise over $70M ahead of debut
The CSOP Bitcoin Futures ETF has raked in $53.8 million while the CSOP Ether Futures ETF has collected $19.7 million in initial investments.
Coinbase launches asset recovery tool for unsupported Ethereum-based tokens
Coinbase, the second-largest crypto exchange globally, has launched a new tool to help its customers recover more than 4,000 unsupported ERC-20 tokens sent to its ledger, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. “ERC-20 token” is technical terminology for any cryptocurrency created using the Ethereum blockchain. While Coinbase supports hundreds of cryptocurrencies, there are thousands that it … Read more
Where are all the new Macs?
Two Mac Studios don’t quite make an Arm Mac Pro. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Does anyone else vividly remember the day of June 22nd, 2020? I sure do. That was the day when Apple announced that its Macs were going to transfer away from Intel processors to the company’s own silicon. … Read more
Microsoft to start multi-year rollout of EU data localization offering on January 1
Microsoft will begin a phased rollout of an expanded data localization offering in the European Union on January 1, it said today. The EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, as it’s branding the provision for local storage and processing of cloud services’ customer data, is intended to respond to a regional rise in demand … Read more
First Mover Americas: Crypto Money-Laundering Bill on the Table
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Dec. 15, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Microsoft bans cryptocurrency mining on cloud services
Microsoft now requires users to obtain a written pre-approval from the firm in order to use Microsoft Azure for mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.