OpenAI is offering two months of free ChatGPT Plus to all college students, as CEO Sam Altman recently announced ahead of a much-anticipated update to the AI chatbot. The offer is available through May for U.S. and Canadian students only, and can be claimed on the ChatGPT student landing page. According to the site, Existing…
Following the recent launch of FishBlocks—a new take on the traditional Filipino street food fishballs, paired with a non-fungible token (NFT)—the news garnered reactions from industry thought leaders and the community, with most criticizing it and questioning its use case. What are FishBlocks? During the March 31 press launch of the upcoming Philippine Blockchain Week…
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kyrgyz Republic to provide advisory services on crypto regulations and blockchain technology. The crypto agreement was announced by the country’s National Investment Agency (NIA), which oversees foreign investment and supports international business development in Kyrgyzstan. In an April…
“DOGE’s actions at the VA are putting veterans’ lives at risk,” representative Gerald Connolly, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, tells WIRED. Veterans, he adds, risk being “stripped of the care they need and deserve because [President Donald] Trump and Elon have turned the VA over to lackeys who do not know the first…
Wall Street experienced one of its steepest declines since March 2020; however, in contrast to that earlier downturn years ago, bitcoin’s price remained largely unaffected during Friday’s equity market turmoil. This divergence has sparked widespread discussion about BTC potentially functioning as a “hedge.” Bitcoin’s Uncorrelated Performance in March 2025 Turns Heads U.S. equity markets recorded…
Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kyrgyz Republic’s National Investment Agency (NIA). The main objective behind the latest strategic partnership is to develop the country’s cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. The agreement, which was announced on April 3 by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, outlines plans for collaboration in…
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! Over the 13 years reporting on Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, I have watched the rise, fall, near misses, and rise again of the company and…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released new commentary on stablecoins, with the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance noting that this is part of the effort to provide further regulatory clarity. SEC said in a news release that the guidance aligns with its objective of providing clarity regarding federal securities laws as related to…
Image: kckate16/Envato Elements Questions have swirled as to whether the U.S. government relied on generative AI to establish the tariffs that are expected to take effect April 5. When asked to calculate global tariffs, AI models including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude all produced the same formula reportedly used by President…
After an unstable year under legal scrutiny and market volatility, Toncoin entered 2025 at a crucial point with new investor backing and signs of a technical breakout. The native token of the free network, Toncoin ($TON), has exhibited high price fluctuations over the past year, following key legal and ecosystem growth. Telegram’s creators developed the TON,…
