A record amount of SOL was unstaked as investors reclaimed their tokens from the blockchain’s security mechanism. But it could have been a lot more. The SOL price jumped 18%.
The USDT issuer had total assets of $68.06 billion at the end of the third quarter, exceeding its total liabilities of $67.8 billion.
Amazon might be changing how it thinks about Alexa. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon’s Alexa assistant is under the microscope as part of a major cost-cutting review headed up by CEO Andy Jassy, according to The Wall Street Journal. Alexa has become a major part of Amazon’s devices and smart … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Legendary comic Chris Rock will host a live comedy special on Netflix in early 2023, the streaming service announced Thursday. This isn’t just a big deal because of who’s involved — it also marks Netflix’s first-ever global livestreamed event. Image: Netflix The success of the event could signal … Read more
I rarely update my Twitter display name, except maybe when I am on vacation and want to warn people that if you email me, I will either not see it or I will become very annoyed that you emailed me about NFTs. But I was convinced to add a little emoji to my name by … Read more
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week on the podcast, we talked about trouble brewing for bitcoin miners. This week, we had to tear up our plans to cover pretty much anything else and turn our attention to what we think is the biggest story in crypto to unfold this year: the fall from grace … Read more
Even Healthcare, an Indian “healthcare membership” company, landed new financial support in the form of $15 million to further drive its mission of providing affordable care to communities across India. Even isn’t insurance, but allows members to access primary and preventative care at any of over 100 partnered hospitals. Typically, the way Indians access healthcare … Read more
One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s take a look at the judges … Read more
The Razer Naga V2 Pro (left), and the Naga V2 Hyperspeed (right). | Image: Razer Today, Razer announced follow-ups to its MMO-centric modular gaming mouse with the Razer Naga V2 Hyperspeed and V2 Pro. Both models share a similar design to Razer’s older models of the Naga lineup but include some interesting changes to the … Read more
Greetings on a brisk New England morning. I’m finally here on my long threatened trip to Boston. I was planning to be here in early July ahead of our robotics event, but SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants had different ideas. I narrowly avoided another reschedule on my third time around with COVID, but now I’m … Read more
Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer did not provide any evidence to his claim Gary Gensler was “helping SBF and FTX work on legal loopholes,” but said he was looking into the matter.
FTX announced that Tron-based assets could be moved to external wallets.
Binance has heard from U.S. agencies and European authorities on its recent interactions with floundering FTX.
Los estrategas del banco dijeron que el costo de producción de bitcoin podría ser un indicador del fondo del mercado.
The White House said it is keeping an eye on Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX’s rapidly unfolding liquidity crisis.
The interoperability protocol sent out a memo to investors outlining its buyout strategy.
Basically rule number one of what not to do with your customers’ money. | Illustration: The Verge Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading firm Alameda Research reportedly owes his crypto exchange FTX $10 billion after taking loans funded by deposits from FTX customers, according to The Wall Street Journal. As economist Frances Coppola pointed out to the Journal, … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge FTX is just the latest company facing an uncertain future as cryptocurrency values drop, revealing flaws in risky financial strategies that fueled the recent crypto and NFT boom. Continue reading…
Syneroid recently raised a $500,000 round of funding to bring something halfway between microchips and dog collars to market. The company is finding some interesting slices of the market, but the deck, overall, leaves a few things to be desired. We learn more from mistakes than from perfection, so I figured it’d be a great … Read more
Twitter’s painstakingly layered infosphere looks to be light-speeding back to chaotic noise under new owner Elon Musk. The billionaire is no fan of meritocratic signals nor, it seems, a friend to genuine information — preferring anyone pay him $8/m to have their account on his microblogging social network badged with a check-mark that looks like … Read more
The payments operator responded to a Treasury inquiry related to the presidential executive order with an appeal to keep bank interests in sight when designing digital assets.
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FTX US warned that it might halt trading in a banner on its website Thursday.
