The Force Engine v1.0 Released
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Kazakhstan Tightens Regulation for Miners, Looks to Develop Broader Crypto Industry
Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining hubs, is working on new legislation for the industry.
Three counterintuitive 2023 predictions about Musk, SFB, and even Kraft
Bradley Tusk — who spent his early career in Democratic politics and later became a consultant and lobbyist for private companies battling regulators — spends much of his time these days as a venture capitalist. But while Tusk is a generalist, he insists he isn’t interested in just any startup; his expertise, he says, is … Read more
Daily Crunch: After Musk puts it to a vote, 57% of Twitter poll respondents tell him to resign
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. December is getting long in the tooth, there’s Christmas music on every radio station, and the poinsettias are in full bloom. It looks like the year is getting close to the end, … Read more
T-Mobile’s latest stunt aims to capitalize on your hatred of Comcast
T-Mobile is paying Comcast headquarters a visit today. | Image: T-Mobile From the minds that gave us 5G gin comes T-Mobile’s latest publicity grab: a truck driving in circles around Comcast’s headquarters in Philadelphia with a message reading: “Make Xfinity your ex.” This oh-so-subtle messaging comes with an offer to Comcast customers, tempting them to … Read more
Wanted Russian Parliament Member May Own a Crypto Broker in Moscow: Report
Local media connected Andrei Lugovoi, a Russian politician accused of serious crimes in the U.K., to a cash-based OTC network in Moscow.
Layoffs are coming for self-driving truck company TuSimple
Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple plans to cut a chunk of its workforce, potentially as early as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people familiar with the matter.” While the Journal reported layoffs could affect at least half of TuSimple’s workforce, TechCrunch’s own source familiar with the matter said that number … Read more
Twitter announces ‘Blue for Business’ to help identify brands and their employees
“Blue for Business” will let you show who is affiliated with your brand. | Image: Twitter Twitter has officially announced Blue for Business, a subscription geared toward companies that want to “verify and distinguish themselves on Twitter,” as its press release says. The service will let companies link their main accounts with those of their … Read more
Implementing ‘strlen’ using SVE
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Spotify considers rebranding Anchor to Spotify Creator Studio
According to a survey sent to creators in the Spotify for Podcasters program, the streaming giant might be doing away with the Anchor brand. Anchor, which Spotify acquired for $340 million in a deal that included the studio Gimlet, is a free podcast hosting service. In 2020, Anchor said that its service was used to … Read more
Tumblr is launching a livestreaming feature
Illustration: The Verge Tumblr is adding support for livestreaming via the video platform Livebox. The feature is being rolled out to US users on iOS and Android now, and a release for global users and the desktop site is planned for the future. More details are outlined in a blog post, which dubs the service … Read more
Fast memcpy, a system design
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Bitcoin Addresses Tied to Defunct Canadian Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Wake Up
More than 100 bitcoins tied to the defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX were transferred out of cold wallets thought to be beyond anyone’s control over the weekend.
Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to US extradition ‘to put the customers right’: Report
The former FTX CEO attended an emergency hearing of the Bahamas Magistrate Court just hours earlier, returning to prison following the event.
The #MyTechBestfriend fallout continues
The bad blood between tech boot camp MyTechBestfriend and many of its former students is anything but finished, according to nearly a dozen people who spoke to TechCrunch. In November, TechCrunch detailed the fallout between Mary Awodele, the founder of the Texas-based MTBF, and her students. Students accused Awodele of bullying and harassment while alleging … Read more
Bank of Canada emphasizes need for stablecoin regulation as legislation is tabled
A note by central bank researchers says regulation is the key to reaping the benefits of fiat-referenced crypto assets after the Canadian parliament fails to consider legislation.
$16K retest the most likely path for Bitcoin, according to 2 derivative metrics
Top traders’ long-to-short ratio and stronger demand for stablecoins in Asia indicate higher odds of further price correction.
Crypto Markets Today: Binance.US to Buy Voyager Digital’s Assets; Bitcoin Slides Into the Red
Top assets in the crypto market slid around 1%. Crypto Markets Today is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Successful decentralization doesn’t need blockchains: Nillion CEO
According to the CEO of Nillion, “decentralization is a spectrum with multiple axes.”