April 21, 2025

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Tech & AI

Do You Need a Fancy Bread Knife?

I’m a big fan of using the right tool for the job in the kitchen. No surprise there, yet I frequently get that FOMO-y feeling that something new or different might be better than what I own. Several months ago, I looked at a set of carbon steel knives made in Oregon by Steelport. They

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Bitcoin

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing EVM With RISC-V for Ethereum’s Execution Layer

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a transformative idea to replace the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) with RISC-V as the primary virtual machine language for smart contracts, aiming to enhance the efficiency and scalability of Ethereum’s execution layer. This proposal suggests that while the fundamental concepts of accounts and storage would remain unchanged, transitioning to

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Crypto

Vitalik Buterin proposes replacing EVM with RISC-V for scaling

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the Ethereum Virtual Machine with RISC-V, an open-source instruction set architecture, as the new foundation for Ethereum smart contracts. In a post shared on the Ethereum Magicians forum on Apr. 20, Buterin argued that the switch could drastically improve the performance and simplicity of Ethereum’s (ETH) execution layer.

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Lithosphere News Releases

AGII Boosts Adaptive Contract Deployment Using AI Automation Tools

AGII enhances the Web3 experience by introducing AI-driven tools designed to accelerate and optimize smart contract deployment. April 21, 2025 1:00 AM EDT | Source: Kaj Labs Seattle, Washington–(Newsfile Corp. – April 21, 2025) – AGII, a leading platform at the intersection of AI and Web3 technology, has introduced a major upgrade to its

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Tech & AI

Kids sure love video game movies

“A Minecraft Movie” isn’t just a hit — after three weekends in theaters, the film is estimated to have grossed $344 million domestically and $720 million worldwide. That makes it the biggest movie of an admittedly underwhelming year at the box office (so far), and the second biggest video game movie of all time. Coming

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Bitcoin

Crypto PH News Recap: Apr. 14 – 20, 2025

From Worldcoin activities in Metro Manila to BitPinas Webcast, here are some of the crypto news from the Philippines from last week April 14 – 20, 2025). Davao LGU Trains Developers in Blockchain From April 7–11, 2025, the Davao City Local Government Unit (LGU) hosted the ICP Code Camp, a five-day immersive boot camp transforming

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Crypto

Gold, Bitcoin surge after Trump says ‘he who has the gold makes the rules’

Key Takeaways Gold reached a record $3,384, and Bitcoin surged to $87,500 following Trump’s statement. A synchronized rally between Gold and Bitcoin suggests potential market uncertainty and a weaker US Dollar. Share this article Gold and Bitcoin, commonly referred to as ‘digital gold,’ climbed higher during early Asian trading after Trump reignited attention to these

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Tech & AI

‘Mario Kart World’ Nintendo Direct: 3 takeaways

For the last couple of weeks, much of the internet has been abuzz about Mario Kart World, but not entirely for positive reasons. The flagship launch title for Nintendo Switch 2 looks and sounds great on paper, of course, but the unprecedented $80 price tag has raised plenty of eyebrows. Despite the skepticism, Nintendo has

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Bitcoin

MSTR Ownership Surges Across 13K Institutions and 55M Beneficiaries

Strategy’s explosive bitcoin-backed growth has unleashed massive institutional momentum, drawing 13,000 firms and exposing 55 million beneficiaries to MSTR through ETFs, pensions, and retirement portfolios. Strategy Expands MSTR Exposure Across 13K Institutions and 55M Indirect Holders Software intelligence firm Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), now operating under the name Strategy, made headlines Sunday after its executive chairman

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Crypto

You Can Now Buy Uranium for $4 Thanks to Blockchain, Interview with Ben Elvidge, Uranium.io (PBW 2025)

At Paris Blockchain Week, Ben Elvidge, Product Lead at Uranium.io, introduced one of the most unexpected tokenization use cases yet: physical uranium. While tokenizing real estate, art, or equities has become increasingly familiar, uranium—a tightly controlled, highly capital-intensive commodity—has remained far out of reach for the average investor. That’s changing. Why Uranium? The uranium market,

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