First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Ho Ho Holds Near $16.9K
Bitcoin held steady throughout the Christmas holiday weekend at about $16.9K; most other major cryptos were flat, although tinted more green than red. Also: CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris considers an upside to this year’s various crypto industry debacles.
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Near Project’s Octopus Network lays off 40% of its staff amid crypto winter
The remaining workforce is also expected to take 20% pay cuts, the project’s founder said.
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Solana’s Top NFT Projects DeGods and Y00ts to Migrate Chains
DeGods will bridge over to Ethereum while its sister project Y00ts will move to Polygon with a grant from the layer 2’s partnership fund.
Some New Year’s resolutions that won’t end up in your pile of shame
Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/WireImage Oh no, it’s almost January 1st and you forgot to make a resolution! This doesn’t have to be hard. Like, I mean, if you want to do your first marathon, knock yourself out. But I’ve found simpler is better for resolutions. You might consider tending to yourself as though you are … Read more
BitKeep exploiter used phishing sites to lure in users: Report
The attacker appears to be attempting to cash out funds using Binance and Changenow.
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Krampus is coming to the crypto space this holiday season
Not even major exchanges collapsing can deter crypto users from believing in the space year after year.
Go read this story about a mood decoder developed by neuroscientists that can measure depression
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Whenever I see news about deep brain stimulation, I perk up. The procedure — which involves implanting electrodes deep into the brain to deliver regular pulses of electricity — is used to treat people like my mom with movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease or epilepsy. Researchers are also … Read more
SBF stays at parents’ house on a $250 million bail: Law Decoded, Dec. 19-26
A bail was granted to SBF on the conditions of a $250 million bond, home detention, location monitoring and the surrender of his passport.
Price analysis 12/26: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, MATIC, DOT
The S&P 500 may try to move up in the short term and that could trigger a recovery in Bitcoin and select altcoins.
Project Hamilton has concluded, weeks after legislators’ enquiry, according to Boston Fed
The two-year project produced a white paper in February; research results will continue to appear, with the Fed’s partner at MIT scheduled to make a research report in January.
What are proof-of-reserves audits, and how do they work?
Crypto custodians generate public attestations about their cryptocurrency holdings through proof-of-reserves audits to demonstrate their solvency to depositors.
10 great games for your Nintendo Switch from 2022
Micha Huigen / The Verge 2022 may have been a slow year for big AAA video game releases, but it was a great year for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo itself released a bunch of excellent games (including two great Pokémon titles), third-party developers ported some phenomenal RPGs, and indies launched some of my sleeper hits … Read more