A low-cap altcoin is up after the world’s top crypto exchange platform by volume announced the listing of perpetual futures for it. In a new announcement, Binance says it will launch support for Bitcoin (BTC) decentralized finance (DeFi)-focused platform Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) to Binance Futures. Binance’s announcement came on the same day as BANK’s official
The Ryzen AI 7 350 is on par with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus or Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, give or take. It’s slightly behind in single-core performance, as measured by Cinebench R24, and a half-step ahead in multi-core. These processors aren’t known for being a powerhouse. Rather, the focus is all on efficiency.
Spar has just made bitcoin a part of everyday life by starting to accept BTC payments at one of its supermarkets in Zug, Switzerland. Spar is one of the first major supermarket chains in Switzerland to allow customers to pay for their groceries with bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network. SPAR is a Dutch multinational
The cryptocurrency market took a sudden dive in the past couple of hours, with the XRP price making no exceptions. XRP Price Tumbles but Funding Rates Surprise XRP tumbled by around 2% in the past hour, bringing its total losses to about 8% for the last day. At the time of this writing, the cryptocurrency
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Enough with my typical small talk. Let’s jump into the news right away this week. And there’s plenty of it, including Lyft’s entry into Europe, AV startup
Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies remained in a tight range last week as investors monitored new developments in trade and the tensions between President Donald Trump and Jerome Powell. Artificial Intelligence tokens like Bittensor, Render, and AI Companions were the top-performing major cryptocurrencies last week as they jumped by double digits. The top cryptocurrencies to watch
Instagram just launched Blend, a a new feature that lets users create a private feed of recommended Reels in their DMs. The use-case here is kind of confusing, but it has potential to be useful for users who want to get to know their friends and lovers’ algorithms better — an inclination so disturbing in
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Argentine government manages to control the dollar’s exchange rate after lifting currency controls, the operator of a Brazilian crypto Ponzi scheme receives a 128-year jail sentence, and Panama City
The fastest commercial-grade smart contract blockchain in a speed test by CoinGecko last May, Solana’s SOL is the #5 largest non-stablecoin cryptocurrency by total market capitalization. Your favorite VC-funded tokens are down bad. Meanwhile, Solana degen season is printing life-changing bags. Stop crying for macro and get on your grind! pic.twitter.com/CCU6py3tX7 — Xia (@xiaweb3) April
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these enigmas, we take what we know about space, time, gravity, and quantum mechanics and apply it to a place where all