Day: October 16, 2025

Question – Zen 6 Speculation Thread

2025-10-16 By admin

ATX dying would probably require a drastic upheaval beyond even CAMM. Likeliest candidate for the executioner would be tied to development of glass PCBs with photonic interconnects – something I don’t expect to land anytime soon even with TSMC and other non Intel parties making moves on photonics.

LeafView 3.8.4

2025-10-16 By admin

LeafView is a fast, open-source image viewer with a sleek, minimal UI. Designed for versatility, it supports various formats, making image browsing simple and efficient. Read more…

Ripple Targets Fortune 500 Treasuries With Latest $1B Acquisition

2025-10-16 By admin

Ripple, the digital asset infrastructure firm, announced the $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, a global leader in treasury management systems, signaling a bold move into the corporate treasury sector. Ripple Snaps Up GTreasury to Bridge Blockchain and Corporate Finance According to Ripple’s Oct. 16 announcement, the acquisition gives the company access to the multi-trillion-dollar corporate […]

Trump reveals covert CIA operation inside Venezuela

2025-10-16 By admin

I guess we haven’t learned from history. Because this country’s history is littered with the successes of covert CIA operations in foreign countries. Multiple problems with this 1. Trump clearly doesn’t know the meaning of covert. Revealing it puts the lives of the agents in danger.2. Whatever the CIA is doing will now be far […]

Kraken Acquires CFTC-Licensed Small Exchange for $100 Million

2025-10-16 By admin

Kraken has acquired Small Exchange, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated Designated Contract Market, for $100 million, marking a major step in its plan to expand crypto derivatives offerings in the U.S. Small Exchange Deal Expands Kraken U.S. Derivatives Reach Kraken has taken another decisive step in its U.S. expansion by acquiring Small Exchange, a […]

Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk: Former Pharma Exec Martin Shkreli Says Shor’s Algorithm Is the One to Watch

2025-10-16 By admin

American investor and former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli told host Isabel Foxen Duke that if quantum computing ever scales, Shor’s algorithm—not artificial intelligence (AI)—poses the most credible path to cracking the elliptic curve cryptography behind bitcoin wallets, though today’s hardware is far from capable. Satoshi’s Keys and Quantum Dreams: Shkreli on Timelines and Tactics During […]

SpaceSniffer 2.0.5.18

2025-10-16 By admin

SpaceSniffer is a free, portable Windows tool that visualizes disk usage using treemaps, allowing users to quickly spot, analyze, and manage large files and folders consuming significant storage space Read more…

Ether ETFs See $170 Million Inflow as Bitcoin ETFs Slip

2025-10-16 By admin

Investor sentiment diverged sharply midweek as bitcoin ETFs faced $104 million in outflows, while ether ETFs attracted $170 million in new capital, led by Blackrock’s ETHA. Bitcoin Funds See $104 Million Exit, Ether Stays in Green The exchange-traded fund (ETF) market took a turn midweek, with bitcoin products cooling off while ether ETFs pulled in […]

Rant – The unfortunately necessary RFK Jr. thread

2025-10-16 By admin

Ok–I didn’t want to start one. I thought all the RFK Jr. nonsense could stay in the anti-vaxxer thread. But folks, this is now a real concern. I’m actually seeing RFK Jr. bumper stickers (plural–more than one) driving around town and saw a few stickers in the Bay Area during my Fourth trip earlier in […]