Month: October 2024
Franklin Templeton announced on Thursday the expansion of its $410 million OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund to Coinbase’s layer-2 Base network, making it the first asset manager to launch on the blockchain platform this…
Popular altcoin Cardano ($ADA) is facing intense competition from other smart contract blockchains like TRON ($TRX) and Toncoin ($TON). Currently the 11th largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Cardano recently slipped from the top ten, overtaken…
With less than a week remaining until the US public decides the outcome of the election for the forty-seventh President, one new presale capturing the attention of politically savvy meme coin fans is Freedum Fighters…
DEX traffic grew in 2024, with some chains reporting new records almost weekly. However, some of the traffic is for low-value swaps and is considered potentially a gimmick to boost metrics. Not all DEX attract…
Injective, the DeFi-centric protocol, has recently made major moves. Besides boasting of high throughput and low fees while protecting traders from maximal extractive value (MEV) bots, the platform has been striking key partnerships. Injective Integrates…
Crypto companies are among the most affected by audio and video deepfake frauds in 2024, with more than half reporting incidents in a recent survey. According to the survey conducted by forensic services firm Regula, 57%…
Microsoft originally intended to delay its controversial Recall feature until October. But on Halloween, Microsoft has confirmed that Recall will be postponed again to avoid becoming the privacy nightmare before Christmas. Microsoft told The Verge…
Volumetric displays are simply cool. Throw some LEDs together, take advantage of persistence of vision, and you’ve really got something. [Nick Electronics] shows us how its done with his neat little volumetric lamp build. The…
Netflix’s Squid Game became an absolute sensation in 2021. The show’s intense tragedy and heart-pounding suspense made for an explosive mix that captivated viewers. We learned earlier this year that Squid Game would return for…
Over the past few years, Black horror films have begun to dominate the genre’s overall landscape. The resounding success of Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2012) opened the mainstream floodgates for more scary narratives with Black…
Nishad Singh, the former FTX head of engineering, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release. He avoided further prison for his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud at the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange.…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that Ethereum (ETH) is in the final stages of its decline against Bitcoin (BTC). In a new strategy session, crypto trader Benjamin Cowen tells his 819,000 YouTube subscribers that…
A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader is leaning bullish on a top-10 altcoin by market cap. The analyst pseudonymously known as Sherpa tells his 229,600 followers on the social media platform X that Dogecoin…
October 31, 2024 – San Francisco, United States Tony Vejseli, Figure Markets Holdings Inc. and GXD Labs, LLC – collectively the ‘Group’ – today issued a statement to address recent developments following a meeting held on…
October 31, 2024 – Vilnius, Lithuania Nexo redesigns its innovative solutions for long-term digital wealth building with 24/7 advanced client care on Bitcoin Whitepaper Day. Nexo, a leading digital assets institution, today announced its major…
October 31, 2024 – Tokyo, Japan Mawari Network, a spatial computing DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure network), has announced a limited node license sale. Already a pioneer in immersive content, the node sale will make Mawari’s…
Despite the promise of this interaction, traders don’t seem willing to bite. The following 24 hours have seen just a 0.44% rise in the Shiba Inu price. This represents a turnaround from what has otherwise…
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), made his first appearance on stage at Binance Blockchain Week event in Dubai on Thursday in front of a packed room to discuss his time in prison and future plans. The former…
MicroStrategy, the enterprise software firm led by founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor, has announced plans to secure an additional $42 billion in funding over the next three years, with the sole purpose of buying…
Blockchain-based solar company Glow announced Thursday that it raised $30 million in a funding round, primarily led by Framework Ventures and Union Square Ventures, to expand its decentralized solar energy network in the U.S. and…
Concerns over wash trading and potential market manipulation plague the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket, as reported in an October 30 Fortune article, especially amid upcoming U.S. presidential election betting. Polymarket Faces Wash Trading, Market Manipulation…
Ethereum’s (ETH) price has struggled this month, with its ETH/BTC ratio close to its lowest level since early 2021, at approximately 0.036. Ethereum’s “dominance” has also dropped by 6% from yearly highs, down to 13%—its…
October 2024 saw the second-lowest loss year-to-date (YTD) but a 114% increase from October 2023, according to the latest report by major bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi. Over the past 30 days, the…
The Blockchain Association, a leading crypto advocacy group, reported that its member firms have collectively spent over $400 million addressing enforcement actions initiated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under chair Gary Gensler.…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Attractive, minimalist design Includes LG webOS, remote control, and webcam Has USB-C with 90 watts of Power Delivery Cons LG webOS is sluggish at times Low contrast ratio Mediocre…
These days, you don’t need a full-blown desktop PC or laptop to get your work done — a mini PC will do just fine. Not just fine, but even better. If you don’t need the…
Google Maps had itself a day today, with the introduction of several big improvements as well as the addition Google’s Gemini. In total, there are at least 6 new features coming to Google Maps, many…
Face it, we’ve all at some time or other looked at our hot glue guns, and thought “I wonder if I could use that for 3D printing!”. [Proper Printing] didn’t just think it, he’s made…
For Snoopy fans who use the Snoopy watch face on the Apple Watch, Apple has a selection of Halloween-themed animations that are available today. The Snoopy watch face cycles through different animated scenes featuring Snoopy…
AMD’s entire CES 2025 lineup has reportedly leaked, promising a huge range of new hardware – including its new range of next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs. The leak comes from ‘zhangzhonghao’ in a Chinese forum on…
We’ve been hearing rumors about a ChatGPT search engine for a while now, but now it’s finally live. Rather than being a whole new website called ‘SearchGPT’, as many had expected, it’s simply an upgrade…
Smartphones can perform a million tasks, self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI is everywhere… yet floppy disks – those relics of the 1980s – are still clinging to relevance in some places.…
For decades now, I’ve been trying to reassure people that the coming robot revolution will not result in job loss for us humans. It’s a notion I firmly believed – or at least did until…
The Ethereum-based cryptocurrency lending protocol Aave is witnessing a rapid increase in Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC) flows into its platform due to a new incentives program involving the asset. While this reflects growing liquidity and…
TL;DR Analysts share optimistic BTC price predictions. One trader thinks a parabolic increase of $300K is possible sometime next year. The US presidential election on November 5 may drive BTC volatility due to candidates’ contrasting…
A widely followed crypto analyst is issuing an alert about Bitcoin (BTC), saying that the top digital asset could collapse if one key level breaks down. In a new strategy session, crypto trader Justin Bennett…
