Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX co-founder serving a 25-year sentence, has reportedly told a fellow inmate he intends to launch a new crypto token once he walks free, a release that (absent legal relief) may not arrive until around 2044. A Token Pitch From Behind Bars According to a New York Magazine feature, Bankman-Fried has been […]

Nevada wants Kalshi held in contempt and fined $120,000 a day, arguing the prediction market’s home-grown geofence still lets residents buy the sports and election contracts a court ordered it to block – live World Cup markets included. A Geofence That Doesn’t Hold On June 12, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) asked the First […]

For about a year and a half, I kept hearing that video card prices were high due to the pandemic. Now that folks have their shots, folks are going out to concerts & such again, have prices started edging back down any meaningful amount?

CATL unveiled a sodium-ion battery at a MIIT-backed event, claiming up to 15,000 charge cycles or 20 years of life and stable performance in extreme cold. The One Shell, Two Cells platform pairs sodium and lithium cells to standardize packs, use locally sourced synthetic-carbon anodes, and target electric-vehicle ranges up to 600 km. At a […]

The market for tokenized real-world assets ( RWAs) has climbed to about $31.76 billion in onchain value, led by tokenized U.S. Treasuries from Circle and Blackrock. Fresh launches bringing private equity and payroll onchain suggest the institutional push is broadening beyond bonds. A Market Pushing Toward New Highs Tokenized real-world assets, i.e. traditional financial instruments […]

TSMC’s N7 EUV is now in its second year of production and N5 is contributing to revenue for TSMC this quarter. N3 is scheduled for 2022 and I believe they have a good chance to reach that target. N7 performance is more or less understood. This year and next year TSMC is mainly increasing capacity […]

Ripple invested in Flutterwave to bring RLUSD into African business payments through a major cross-border network. The deal connects Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin with Flutterwave’s $3.2 billion payments platform, targeting faster settlement, remittances, and commercial payment flows. Ripple Brings Its Dollar Stablecoin Into Flutterwave’s Payment Network Ripple is betting that stablecoins can become a bigger part […]

Gate added RLUSD trading pairs with XRP, BTC, ETH, and USDT, extending exchange access for Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin. Ripple said the XRP/RLUSD market unlocks interoperability and capital efficiency for digital asset markets worldwide. RLUSD Markets Open With XRP, BTC, ETH, and USDT Pairs Gate listed RLUSD on June 15, opening BTC/RLUSD, ETH/RLUSD, XRP/RLUSD, and RLUSD/ […]

Michael Saylor says bitcoin’s “killer use case” is far bigger than payments, arguing that BTC could become the foundation for global money, credit, and capital markets. Saylor Says Bitcoin’s ‘Killer Use Case’ Goes Beyond Payments Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin’s “killer use case” extends beyond payments, outlining a vision for BTC’s […]