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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $20K, Bucking the Swoon in Stocks
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 27, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Bose’s ultra-comfy QuietComfort 45 headphones are $80 off today
The QC45 offer some of the best active noise cancellation you can get in a pair of headphones. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Whether you’re working from a noisy cafe or commuting on a train, a comfortable pair of noise-canceling headphones can prove invaluable in the right setting. Thankfully, Bose’s QuietComfort 45 … Read more
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Vietnam’s crypto adoption: Factors driving growth in Southeast Asia
Vietnam has the highest crypto adoption rate in the world. There are numerous factors driving the trend.
Ethereum fork token ETHPoW climbs 150% after smart contract hack — A fakeout rally?
ETHPoW’s hash rate and total value locked have risen significantly during its latest bull run.
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Cake slices into new capital as it expands sexual wellness product placement
Sexual wellness brand Cake this week is expanding its product placement in some major retailers, including new space in CVS stores, as it announces $8 million in new Series A funding. We last profiled Cake in April when its line of lubricants, condoms, toys and sexual hygiene products made its debut in Target and took … Read more
Robinhood debuts new non-custodial crypto wallet with Polygon to 10K beta users
Robinhood is finally rolling out a beta version of its non-custodial crypto wallet to 10,000 customers on its waitlist after announcing the product in May, its CTO and general manager of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, told TechCrunch. The product is called Robinhood Wallet and will be the company’s first internationally-available app, Kerbrat said. The company revealed … Read more
Tactic’s $11M raise shows even when cryptocurrencies are down, companies still need to count ’em up
No matter what mayhem is going on in the markets, every company needs to stay on top of its accounting practices — especially in crypto, where the decentralized nature of transactions and the relative newness of blockchain tech pose all sorts of complications for traditionally-trained finance teams. Perhaps that’s part of the reason why less … Read more
The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed
Instagram is currently a mess and users — including Kim Kardashian — are unhappy about it. The company is trying to cram too many features like Reels, Remixes, an algorithmic feed and NFTs into the app. Ansh Nanda and Hardik Patil got so frustrated that they decided to make an app called The OG App … Read more
Kumo aims to bring predictive AI to the enterprise with $18M in fresh capital
Kumo, a startup offering an AI-powered platform to tackle predictive problems in business, today announced that it raised $18 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia, with participation from A Capital, SV Angel and several angel investors. Co-founder and CEO Vanja Josifovski says the new funding will be put toward Kumo’s hiring efforts … Read more
Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status
The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. According to Synergy Group, an IT market research firm, Amazon, Microsoft and Google together held a 65% share of the global cloud services market as of Q2, … Read more
Nreal’s $379 AR glasses launch in the US today
The Nreal Air glasses. | Image: Nreal Augmented reality company Nreal is launching its stripped-down Air glasses in the United States. The Nreal Air glasses, unveiled for Asian markets last year, are available on Amazon starting today for $379. The initially Android-exclusive glasses are also getting iPhone compatibility — but only with a $59 dongle. … Read more
Robinhood Releases Beta Version of Web3 Wallet to 10,000 Users
Robinhood has been steadily moving away from its original “walled garden” approach to crypto over the past year.
DeFi Hub Umee Targets TradFi With Institutional Lending DAO
The cross-chain lending protocol has raised almost $40 million since June 2021.
Robo-Advisor Betterment Partners With Crypto Exchange Gemini to Offer Customized Crypto Portfolios
The partnership gives Betterment’s 730,000 customers access to customized crypto investment plans based on their risk profiles and interests.
Robinhood Web3 wallet enters beta, taps Polygon as first blockchain
As a blockchain network of choice, Polygon offers scalability, speed, low network fees and a robust developer ecosystem, according to Robinhood.
Global think tank suggests blockchain in public finance can help reduce fraud
Modernizing public finance management through blockchain could help governments identify potential corruption and waste by providing additional transparency and traceability.
Fed’s Powell says real need for DeFi regulation because of ‘significant structural issues’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ramped up his criticism of decentralized finance on Tuesday, saying the monetary policy normalization worldwide has “revealed significant structural issues in the DeFi ecosystem” and laid bare “conflict of interest,” as he called for more appropriate regulation. “Within the DeFi ecosystem, there are these very significant transparency, lack of transparency [issues],” … Read more
Redditors share ‘reasonable’ goals in response to crypto billionaire survey
A survey showed that more than 70% of respondents believe they have the right tools to become crypto billionaires.
French Central Bank CBDC Projects Aim to Manage DeFi Liquidity, Settle Tokenized Assets
Three projects were announced by governor François Villeroy de Galhau as he seeks to realize the potential of wholesale central bank digital currencies
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WhatsApp discloses critical vulnerability in older app versions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp has published details of a “critical” vulnerability that has been patched in a newer version of the app but could still affect older installations that have not been updated. Details were disclosed in a September update of WhatsApp’s page on security advisories affecting the app and came … Read more
NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock
NASA has completed a key step of its “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” (DART), smashing a satellite roughly the size of a vending machine into a small moon that’s about half-a-mile in diameter. The moon, Dimorphos, is orbiting an even larger asteroid, Didymos, and while neither is in any danger of colliding with Earth, they’re good … Read more