Ethereum rallies to $1,350, but derivatives metrics remain neutral to bearish
Pro traders aren’t buying ETH’s recent rally to $1,350 and data shows they expect Ether price to retrace if Fed chair Powell takes a hawkish tone on Wednesday.
German crypto asset trading platform Bitcoin Group SE buys bank with full license
Bankhaus von der Heydt has its own stablecoin and digital asset custody and tokenization services, but it was on the market for a while and almost went to BitMex execs.
Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week, Cheryl Sew Hoy, the founder of Tiny Health, tells Darrell and Becca about the complex science behind baby gut microbiomes. Sew Hoy talks about why she got interested in the subject, what it was like researching the field and how she … Read more
Celebrities that promoted Bored Ape NFTs are now facing a class action lawsuit
Yuga Labs may have landed the Bored Ape Yacht Club in hot water. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Thursday, December 8th, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP filed a class action complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Adam Titcher and Adonis Real with the United States Central District Court of California, Western Division. … Read more
Introducing Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler’s new embedded visualizations
Manually inspecting data quality and cleaning data is a painful and time-consuming process that can take a huge chunk of a data scientist’s time on a project. According to a 2020 survey of data scientists conducted by Anaconda, data scientists spend approximately 66% of their time on data preparation and analysis tasks, including loading (19%), cleaning (26%), … Read more
Binance net withdrawals topped $3.6B over the last 7 days: Report
The sudden uptick in outflows may have been caused by market makers leaving the exchange.
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‘You can commit fraud in shorts and T-shirts in the sun,’ says SDNY attorney on SBF indictment
Damian Williams called on individuals who may have been involved in alleged illegal actions at FTX and Alameda to “come see us before we come see you,” hinting at future arrests.
US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse
Multiple U.S. government agencies held a press conference Tuesday afternoon regarding the indictment of FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. When asked whether the entities will bring charges against other individuals allegedly involved in the FTX collapse, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said during the event, “I can only … Read more
Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr files US IPO confidentially
Zeekr, the premium electric car brand under China’s Geely, said Tuesday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering. If it goes through, it’ll be the first major Chinese listing in the country in nearly two years, following China’s effective ban of foreign IPOs. Zeekr filed last week with regulators, but didn’t provide … Read more
Chelsea Manning: Crypto’s Privacy Problem Depends on Improving Its Technology
The whistleblower turned security consultant at blockchain startup Nym discusses why the issue of privacy is rooted in the underlying technology of crypto and why regulation is on the horizon.
watchOS 9.2 adds new running features and longer Ultra battery
Race Routes is now officially live in watchOS 9.2. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge watchOS 9.2 started rolling out today along with the iOS 16.2 update, and with it comes two new running features: Automatic Track Detection and Race Routes. The former uses Apple Maps and GPS to detect the exact lane … Read more
Komodo Health, once tipped for a looming IPO, has cut staff as CFO departs
Komodo Health, a health-care enterprise in the business of making data-driven maps, has laid off 9% of staff, or 78 people, according to sources. The personnel change comes around a month after the company internally announced that its CFO would be leaving the company at the end of the year for personal reasons, and just … Read more
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Is DeFi back? GMX rallies toward all-time high and LOOKS price gains 30%
GMX and LOOKS price pulled off double-digit rallies in the last week as former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes revealed his investment thesis for both projects.
2023: The Year Blockchain Becomes a Sustainability Solution
Blockchain’s role in helping the environment can go far beyond energy footprints and carbon credits.
FTX’s new CEO, John Ray, details crypto exchange’s downfall in US House testimony
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday morning focused on FTX’s collapse, mere hours after the crypto exchange’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested in the Bahamas. Bankman-Fried was originally scheduled to testify at the hearing, an appearance that was scuttled after he was taken into custody by Bahamian authorities in light … Read more
PlayStation’s 2022 Wrap-Up recaps playtime, trophies, and meows
I contributed a fair number of those meows. | Image: Annapurna Interactive PlayStation’s new 2022 Wrap-Up is available now, giving you a look at things like your personal playtime and some accomplishments from the broader PlayStation community. The recap is broken into four main sections: total playtime, top games, trophies earned, and PlayStation Plus. Within … Read more
TikTok inches further into YouTube’s territory with a new horizontal full screen mode
TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Users who have access to the test feature will see a new “full screen” button appear on square or rectangle videos in their feed. Once you click the button, the video will shift into a horizontal full … Read more
Breaking: SBF’s lawyers request bail in Bahamas Magistrate Court pending extradition
The move comes just one day after the crypto executive’s arrest on Dec. 12.