Day: January 8, 2026

Binance is rolling out regulated, stablecoin-settled perpetual contracts tied to traditional assets, starting with gold and silver, giving crypto traders continuous exposure to commodities while formally linking traditional finance markets with digital asset infrastructure. Binance Launches Regulated TradFi Perpetual Contracts for Gold and Silver Crypto exchange Binance announced on Jan. 8 the launch of regulated […]

On Jan. 8, the Truebit protocol’s native token (TRU) plummeted 99.95% to near-zero after a $26 million exploit. Security firm Cyvers Alerts detected the anomaly when a single address siphoned approximately 8,535 ether. The Anatomy of the Attack The native token of Truebit, a verification and orchestration layer for tokenized assets, collapsed by 99.95% on […]

XRP’s early‑2026 rally stalled on Jan. 8 as the token fell below $2.10, coinciding with its first‑ever ETF outflows of about $41 million since launch. Market Correction Erases Recent Gains XRP’s early-year rally encountered a significant technical barrier Jan. 8 as the token retreated below the $2.10 support level. This volatility coincided with the first […]

N4P is supposed to be -22% power @ iso-perf relative to base N5. Relative to N5P, however, TSMC’s numbers give something like +4% perf, iso-power, or -7% power, iso-perf. Honestly, kinda marginal gains. Does beg the question, however. With Zen 5 widely expected to bring a much “bigger” core, but only small improvements on the […]

My first guesstimations based on the specs from CES. ~45% average FPS uplift for a chip at the same die size (60% higher FP32 TFLOPS). Memory modules may be 28-36 gbps. Memory bandwidth is currently not a pressing concern unless the gains are huge which they won’t be. Global caches may see changes but in […]