Month: January 2025
An unprecedented stablecoin supply of 73% has occurred on the Solana blockchain since the middle of January. A new initiative that has captured the attention of the crypto community, the $TRUMP memecoin, was launched at…
Kraken revenue surges 128% to $1.5 billion in 2024 amid strategic overhaul Assad Jafri | amznusa.com
Kraken doubled its revenue in 2024 to $1.5 billion in earnings, a 128% increase from the previous year, according to its latest released financial data. The exchange also disclosed that it holds $42.8 billion in…
OpenAI today released o3-mini, a new, more cost efficient model that’s available for both ChatGPT and the OpenAI API starting today. OpenAI previewed o3-mini in December, but it is ready at a time when OpenAI…
On Jan. 30, the firm announced the Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF with the ticker MNRS. The product is a passively managed ETF tracking the mining industry and the Indxx Bitcoin Miners Index. “MNRS provides exposure…
The Shiba Inu burn rate has experienced a dramatic surge, exploding by an astonishing 7,240% in just one day. This massive surge has led to the removal of over 1.1 billion tokens from circulation, effectively…
Tether reported $7.8 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) holdings in the fourth quarter, which boosted its profits to over $13 billion last year. The company’s informed price of $93,812 puts its Bitcoin stash at 83,758 BTC.…
Last year, Google announced changes to its Chrome browser that signaled the end for popular extension uBlock Origin. The ad-blocker’s design put it at odds with Google’s new Manifest v3 requirements, with death as the…
Netflix is also getting out of the Neil Gaiman business following sexual assault allegations against him by multiple women. Variety first reported the streaming site had canceled its adaptation of his graphic novel series The Sandman. Netflix has…
Apple’s reportedly shelved plans for a pair of smart glasses that connected to the Mac According to Bloomberg, the glasses would have had “advanced projectors” for layering AR elements The smart glasses would have required…
Infineon’s OC1230 is less than 4mm^2, smaller than a grain of rice You can fit nearly 40 of them in one nano SIM, the smallest physical SIM card on the market Infineon says it could…
Quadcopters are flying machines. Traditionally, that would mean you’d optimize the design for lightweight and minimum drag, and you’d do everything in a neat and tidy fashion. The thing is, brushless motors and lithium batteries…
Apple is no longer developing augmented reality glasses designed to pair with the Mac, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple wanted to create smart glasses that looked like regular glasses, but had augmented reality capabilities. Apple…
A widely followed crypto analyst says that one rival of dog-themed meme assets Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) is repeating a move it did previously that caused it to spark a 200% rally. In…
The parents of former crypto golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried are reportedly taking steps to obtain US President Donald Trump’s pardon for their son. Citing a person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that in recent weeks, Stanford…
Chainlink (LINK) has shown remarkable resilience amid market volatility, holding above key support levels while other assets experience sharp fluctuations. Despite uncertainty across the crypto space, LINK has surged over 12% since Wednesday, signaling strong…
Renowned technical analyst Peter Brandt stirred up the XRP community on January 30 by posting a daily price chart (XRP/USDT) suggesting a “bull flag” continuation pattern. Brandt, whose reputation in charting spans decades, highlighted $4.39541…
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has questioned the persistence of Bitcoin’s (BTC) historical four-year cycle, suggesting that recent policy shifts in Washington could extend the current bull market into 2026 and beyond. In a…
Grayscale Investments announced the launch of the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust on Jan. 30, marking a significant milestone in institutional access to Dogecoin, the crypto initially created as a joke but now valued at billions. The…
Remember when you first signed up for Netflix streaming? It was nice. A few bucks a month for tons of good movies, some pretty decent original shows, zero ads, and you could finally ditch the…
For video streamers, another price hike just means it’s Tuesday. For music streaming, however, price increases are bigger deals, and they tend to reverberate for everyone. Take Amazon, which just hiked the price of its…
The T-Mobile Starlink beta program sure seems to have opened up this week for Pixel 9 owners who signed up as a part of the beta. Yesterday, numerous Pixel 9 and 9 Pro owners across…
It was Dan and Elliot behind the microphones today for a transatlantic look at the week in hacks. There was a bucket of news about AI, kicked off by Deepseek suddenly coming into the zeitgeist…
Was your 3D printer working fine over the summer, and now it’s not? With colder temperatures comes an overall surge in print failure reports — particularly with resin-based printers that might reside in outbuildings, basements,…
Apple wants to defend its multi-billion dollar search engine deal with Google, which is in danger because Google has been found guilty of violating antitrust law. Apple has asked the court handling Google’s lawsuit with…
The Apple Watch Series 10 returned to its all-time low price at $70 off this week on Amazon, marking the highlight of this week’s deals. You can also find ongoing discounts on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy…
Nvidia’s DLSS 4 has set the bar for AMD’s FSR 4, with its new transformer model The first looks at FSR 4 in performance mode are very promising Team Red may struggle to compete if…
Google says it blocked 2.36 million malicious Android apps from the Play Store in 2024 Hundreds of thousands of developer accounts were banned, too Google says AI help was behind it blocking more apps than…
Netflix has released a trailer for Running Point Kate Hudson stars as the president of a US basketball team The sports comedy has faced criticism for reportedly copying Ted Lasso It’s hard to imagine how…
The 7X SUV is among the first EVs to receive Zeekr’s latest battery tech Fast-charging can add over 300 miles of range in minutes Journalists have been experiencing the rapid top-ups first hand Zeekr revealed…
Nvidia’s H800 was launched in March 2023 and is a cut-down version of the H100 It is also significantly slower than Nvidia’s H200 and AMD’s Instinct range These artificial constraints have forced DeepSeek’s engineering to…
A new highjacking attack targets Chrome browsers It could steal all your browser data and even from your OS There are several ways for users to fight back Whether you believe it to be the…
Amazon is hiking prices for its Music Unlimited plans. The Music Unlimited individual plan without Prime is now the same price as Spotify. There’s a bigger case to be made for another streaming service. If…
Unsupervised Full Self-Driving will launch in Austin, Texas in June Musk says more affordable models will see Tesla return to growth Sound familiar? Tesla’s CEO has promised all of this before Tesla’s quarterly earnings calls…
Solana-based meme coin creation platform Pump.fun has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of violating U.S. securities laws. The suit, filed on January 30, alleges that every token created through Pump.fun constitutes…
A closely followed crypto analyst says long-term holders are nearly done selling off Bitcoin, setting BTC up for a series of rallies. In a new video update, the host of InvestAnswers tells his 560,000 YouTube…
The first country to use Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender has reportedly passed a new law that will scale back its crypto efforts. Reuters reports that on Wednesday, lawmakers in El Salvador approved a…
