How the EU’s Digital Euro Plan Could Hand Power to the US
Fourteen of Europe’s leading banks are pushing back against the European Central Bank’s plan for a digital euro. They argue the project could weaken private payment systems ahead of crucial parlia...
Is Bitcoin in a bear market? Here’s what your ‘quants’ are saying
Bitcoin’s sustained price above $100,000 was supposed to signal its arrival as a mature institutional asset. Instead, its sudden reversal below that threshold has unsettled traders and revived fears...
Citi Warns Crypto Liquidations Are Shaking Investor Confidence
Citi analysts said the latest weakness in the cryptocurrency market is happening despite healthy equity performance.
That’s according to a report Wednesday (Nov. 6) from Coindesk, citing ...
Ripple Valued at $40 Billion Amid Growing Stablecoin Popularity
Digital asset infrastructure provider Ripple said it is now a $40 billion company.
The firm announced the new valuation Wednesday (Nov. 5) following a $500 million strategic investment from...
Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle is dead: Are market makers in denial?
Bitcoin’s four-year cycle used to offer a simple script: halving rewards meant scarcity, and scarcity meant higher prices.
This pattern held for over a decade. Every four years, the network’s rewa...
The hottest trend in speedrunning is flipping a coin
Unfair Flips is a game about flipping a coin. And despite being designed around random chance, it has a vibrant speedrunning community, racing to see who can get to 10 heads the fastest.
That's...
AI, Payments and Core Banking Modernization Lift FIS Results
Banking momentum and payments innovation drove another quarter for Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), as artificial intelligence, core modernization and digital expansion continued to resha...
What’s Left Of The FBI Gets Back To Turning Teens Into Terrorists
The FBI is currently flying at half-staff. A bunch of its field agents are now just immigration officers, thanks to this administration’s desire to eject as many brown people from countries south of...