How not to Bitcoin: User pays 1000X fee to send 4 BTC
What could have inspired a Bitcoin user to overpay by 1,000 times the asking price to move roughly $63,000 in Bitcoin?
South Korean Regulator Plans to Look at Stablecoins’ Role in Money Laundering: Report
The country’s Financial Services Commission considers stablecoins to be highly susceptible to money laundering, according to a new report.
Court Refuses Ex-OpenSea Exec’s Effort to Dismiss ‘Insider Trading’ Case
OpenSea’s former Head of Product Nate Chastain was indicted in June.
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Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev
Matt Butcher and Radu Matei worked on container technologies for years, “containers” in this context referring to software packages containing all the necessary elements to run in any environment, from desktop PCs to servers. As engineers at Deis, and then DeisLabs once Microsoft acquired it in 2017, their team explored the container landscape and built … Read more
The ChameleonMini is a skeleton key for RFID
Lille Allen / The Verge I’ve always wanted a skeleton key — not a real one, but the kind you would see in a cartoon that opens any door immediately. The idea of just being able to slip in anywhere, smoothly and discreetly, has always been a secret dream for me. Of course, time changes … Read more
Building the SHAKTI Microprocessor
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Pan-African crypto exchange Yellow Card wins virtual asset license
Yellow Card CEO said that the Botswana VASP license is the first license for African crypto exchanges established by an African country.
El exchange de criptomonedas Bit2Me adquiere la empresa de desarrollo de software Dekalabs
Las condiciones de la operación no fueron revelados.
Crypto-Friendly Rishi Sunak to Become UK Prime Minister Following Truss Exit
During his time as finance minister, Sunak unveiled plans to turn the country into an international hub for crypto.
Ethereum at the center of centralization debate as SEC lays claim
Ethereum’s transition to PoS was celebrated as a key upgrade. However, a month after the move, centralization concerns are mounting high.
OnePlus’ fast-charging Nord N300 5G is coming to T-Mobile for $228
Bravo to OnePlus for dropping the gimmicky macro camera. | Image: OnePlus OnePlus is bringing its signature fast charging feature to a lower price bracket in the Nord N300 5G. It includes 33W wired charging (with a charger in the box!) and will sell for $228 — an appealing proposition since most flagship phones don’t … Read more
Angry Miao’s new anime-inspired keyboard has an amazing design and an irritating flaw
The multi-color anodized and sandblasted finish on this keyboard is quite a sight to behold in person. Angry Miao’s new anime-inspired keyboard with user-adjustable stiffness is made by sickos, for sickos, and it instantly made me want to bust out my Master Grade Gundam model kits from the early aughts and get painting. But sometimes, … Read more
Apple iPad (10th gen) review: stuck in the middle
Apple’s latest base-model iPad cribs a lot of features from the more expensive iPad Air. But it also is considerably more expensive than before, making it a tough sell. Continue reading…
Fireblocks launches crypto payment engine with Checkout.com and Worldpay as pilot partners
Checkout.com settled $1 billion in stablecoin transactions during its initial pilot phase of Payments Engine.
Fireblocks Furthers Push Into Payments With Tools Suite Launch
The new “payment engine” will allow merchants to quickly access funds from customer sales through instant fiat-to-stablecoin conversion.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin, Ether Flat at Start of Busy Earnings Week, Dogecoin-Linked Token Soars
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 24, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Outsmart Yourself: Become a Better Crypto Trader by Avoiding the Top Cognitive Biases
The DeFi Edge runs down four of the most cognitive biases affecting crypto traders.
Life on the Infinite Farm [pdf]
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Our buildings are making us sick
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Building the bridge between Web 2.0 and web3
Devin Abbott Contributor Share on Twitter Devin Abbott was founder of Deco (acquired by Airbnb) and specializes in design and development tools, React and web3 applications, most recently with The Graph. It’s too early to predict all the implications of the recent Ethereum blockchain Merge, but it definitely addresses the most frequent (and valid) criticism … Read more