Share this article Bitcoin is cooling off after hitting an all-time high of $124,000 last week. Ethereum has also retraced, consolidating near its previous cycle peak of $4,800 — a level not seen since the historic bull run of 2021.With Q4 just two weeks away, investors are beginning to ask the perennial question: is an altcoin season (or “altseason”) around the corner? Traditionally, this is the time when capital rotates from Bitcoin and Ethereum into smaller-cap tokens, sparking euphoric rallies across the market. But this cycle feels different, and the question dominating crypto circles is: will there even be an…
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Felix Pinkston Aug 19, 2025 14:39 BitMEX has announced the delisting of 15 derivatives contracts as of August 19, 2025. All positions in these contracts have been closed out, according to the exchange. BitMEX, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, has officially delisted 15 derivatives contracts as of August 19, 2025. This move is part of the exchange’s routine update to ensure the best trading experience for its users, according to BitMEX. Closure of Positions Following the delisting, BitMEX has confirmed that all open positions in these contracts have been successfully closed out. This ensures…
Similar to last year, the Made By Google event held on Wednesday showcased numerous Gemini features, including AI photo-taking and editing tools for the Pixel 10 series, along with enhancements for the Pixel Watch 4. So it was expected that Google would unveil Gemini functionalities for its latest earbuds—the Pixel Buds 2a and a revamped Pixel Buds Pro 2. Some key features showcased at the event include the introduction of active noise cancellation and an AI feature that minimizes background noise for the Pixel Buds 2a. Additionally, the Pro 2 earbuds will receive a major update that allows users to…
Two former Harvard students are launching a pair of “always-on” AI-powered smart glasses that listen to, record, and transcribe every conversation and then display relevant information to the wearer in real time. “Our goal is to make glasses that make you super intelligent the moment you put them on,” said AnhPhu Nguyen, co-founder of Halo, a startup that’s developing the technology. Or, as his co-founder Caine Ardayfio put it, the glasses “give you infinite memory.” “The AI listens to every conversation you have and uses that knowledge to tell you what to say … kinda like IRL Cluely,” Ardayfio told TechCrunch,…
Key Takeaways Wormhole Foundation is set to submit a rival bid for the Stargate protocol, directly competing with LayerZero’s $110 million offer. Stargate has shown rapid growth with $4 billion in bridge volume and $345 million in TVL, according to the Foundation. Share this article The Wormhole Foundation, the entity dedicated to supporting the growth of the Wormhole ecosystem, announced today that it plans to submit a competing bid for the acquisition of the Stargate bridge and its STG tokens. At the WF, we have respect for the @StargateFinance protocol, its team, and especially its holders. Stargate is a leader…
Ted Hisokawa Aug 20, 2025 16:26 NVIDIA introduces Megatron-Core support in NeMo-RL v0.3, optimizing training throughput for large models with GPU-optimized techniques and enhanced parallelism. NVIDIA has unveiled the latest iteration of its NeMo-RL framework, version 0.3, which incorporates support for Megatron-Core. This enhancement aims to optimize training throughput for large language models by leveraging GPU-optimized techniques and advanced parallelism strategies, according to NVIDIA’s official blog. Challenges with Previous Backends The initial release of NVIDIA NeMo-RL utilized PyTorch DTensor (FSDP2), offering native integration with the HuggingFace ecosystem and enabling quick experimentation through PyTorch’s…
Anthropic on Wednesday announced a new subscription offering that will incorporate Claude Code into Claude for Enterprise. Previously available only through individual accounts, Anthropic’s command-line coding tool can now be purchased as part of a broader enterprise suite, allowing for more sophisticated integrations and more powerful admin tools. “This is the most requested feature from our business team and enterprise customers,” Anthropic product lead Scott White told TechCrunch. The integration positions Anthropic to better compete with command-line tools from Google and GitHub, both of which included enterprise integrations on launch. Launched in June, Claude Code has quickly become one of…
With the launch of the new Pixel 10 series, Google is rushing ahead of Apple to deliver AI-powered smartphones to consumers. The devices, announced during Wednesday’s “Made by Google” livestream, come just weeks ahead of Apple’s expected iPhone 17 reveal, which promises to be more of the same — better cameras, possibly thinner devices, and new colors to choose from. Google, meanwhile, has been rapidly integrating its AI platform into its devices. Last year, its Pixel 9 series added a number of AI features, like Gemini Live (Gemini’s voice mode), image generation tools, call notes, searchable screenshots, and more. Since…
Hundreds of thousands of conversations that users had with Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok are easily accessible through Google Search, reports Forbes. Whenever a Grok user clicks the “share” button on a conversation with the chatbot, it creates a unique URL that the user can use to share the conversation via email, text or on social media. According to Forbes, those URLs are being indexed by search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, which in turn lets anyone look up those conversations on the web. Users of Meta and OpenAI‘s chatbots were recently affected by a similar problem, and like…
Share this article Geneva, Switzerland, August 20, 2025 – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced the strategic collaboration with Kraken and Backed to integrate xStocks with the TRON blockchain, opening up new opportunities for tokenized equities exposure across one of the world’s most active and scalable blockchain ecosystems.xStocks is the industry standard for tokenized equities launched by Backed in partnership with Kraken. TRON’s high throughput, low-cost infrastructure and global footprint make it a natural fit for xStocks. In the coming weeks, Kraken clients in…