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SOL Drops Below $150 After Sell-Off Despite Growing Institutional Adoption Narrative

admin June 17, 2025

Solana’s SOL SOL fell 4.24% over the past 24 hours to trade at $149.46, retreating…

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XRP Gets Another DeFi Boost Through Flare’s FAssets and FXRP, Messari Says

admin June 17, 2025

Flare Network is helping push XRP deeper into decentralized finance (DeFi) with FXRP — a…

Technology

DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.3m by UK regulator for 2023 data hack

admin June 17, 2025

Information stolen from US company included details of 150,000 British residents including family trees The…

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Latin America Oil, Gas Deal Worth $75M Gets Tokenized as RWA Momentum Builds

admin June 17, 2025

The landmark acquisition of a working oil and gas facility in Latin America worth $75…

Technology

Meta sacrifices a heap of money at the altar of AI

admin June 17, 2025

The magnitude of Meta’s investment in Scale may seem like command of the AI race,…

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 4.1% as All Assets Trade Lower

admin June 17, 2025

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in…

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a16z Bets Big on EigenLayer Again With $70M Token Buy to Back ‘EigenCloud’ Launch

admin June 17, 2025

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has invested an additional $70 million in EigenLayer, Ethereum’s…

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

CoinDesk Indices, Sentora Unveil Stablecoin Overnight Rates to Mirror Money Market Tools

admin June 17, 2025

CoinDesk Indices and decentralized finance (DeFi) specialist Sentora are introducing a benchmark tied to overnight…

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Smashes Triangle Pattern; HYPE Rally May Be Over

admin June 17, 2025

This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole….

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Polyhedra Blames Liquidity Attacks for Sudden 80% Price Drop in ZKJ, Promises Buyback

admin June 17, 2025

Polyhedra, a crypto protocol whose company reached unicorn status last year, is promising a buyback…

The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload April 6, 2026
Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.
A.I. Is on Its Way to Upending Cybersecurity April 6, 2026
With new systems from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, hackers can attack with greater speed. The defense is more A.I.
Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture. April 6, 2026
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots April 4, 2026
Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness.
Uber and Lyft Offer Gas Price Relief, but Drivers Say It’s Not Enough April 4, 2026
As fuel costs go up, making a living as a gig driver is harder than ever.
NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Took iPhones Into Space April 3, 2026
The astronauts traveling in the Artemis II spacecraft were allowed to take smartphones with them. Sadly, they can’t connect to the internet.
Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok April 3, 2026
Mr. Musk is requiring Wall Street firms to purchase subscriptions to his A.I. chatbot if they want to advise on one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I. April 3, 2026
OpenAI said the deal would help it “create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes A.I. creates.”
The Revival of the Fashion-Tech Love Affair April 3, 2026
Get ready for the return of wearables and a new stage in the fashion-tech relationship.
The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT April 3, 2026
“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”
Apple’s Fitness Chief, Who Was Accused of Harassment, Is Retiring April 2, 2026
The high-profile executive was a key figure in the company’s expansion into fitness technology and services.
Europe Pushes for a Gentler Internet for Children April 2, 2026
The European Union and national capitals are trying to make social media and algorithms less addictive and safer, especially for children.
Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? That’s Not Very ‘Agentic’ of You. April 2, 2026
Today’s spin on the idea of personal agency is convenient for tech C.E.O.s, who boast that their models work just fine without us.
How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company April 2, 2026
Who needs more than two employees when artificial intelligence can do so many corporate tasks? It’s super efficient — and a little bit lonely.
A.I. Could Change the World. But First It Is Changing Silicon Valley. April 2, 2026
The tech industry has predicted A.I. will profoundly affect the nature of white-collar work. The industry’s own workers are already getting a taste of that future.
Goodbye ‘Geeky Hunk’? Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Usernames. April 1, 2026
Users who have been saddled with now-cringe email handles since the mid-2000s can now change them without losing any data under a policy Google announced on Wednesday.
WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed April 1, 2026
The former head of security for the messaging app, owned by Meta, had accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. A judge said there was not enough evidence supporting claims that he was fired in retaliation.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O. April 1, 2026
An initial public offering of Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company would most likely be a generational wealth event and one of the largest offerings ever.
A.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom Accelerates April 1, 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies hauled in $297 billion in funding in the first three months of the year.
One of Apple’s First Employees Looks Back at 50 Years April 1, 2026
In 1976, 14-year-old Chris Espinosa rode a moped to his job demonstrating computers made in Steve Jobs’s childhood home. The company has changed, but he’s still there.