Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this week. As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about the number of Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II by saying that “historical records,…
The Pyth Network price remained under pressure on Sunday as the countdown to a big token unlock continued. Pyth Network (PYTH), an oracle protocol that connects market data owners to applications on multiple blockchains, was trading at $0.150, its lowest level since May 9 and 72% below its highest point in November last year. The…
After a long wait and a struggle for better working conditions, visual effects (VFX) artists with Marvel and Disney voted to ratify their first union contract. The contract reportedly gives workers the sorts of rights, protections, and rules often offered by a union: things like overtime pay, access to pension plans, minimum wage increases, and…
A landmark U.S. Senate vote looms on the GENIUS Act, a game-changing bill set to redefine stablecoin regulation, supercharge dollar dominance, and electrify crypto innovation. Bullish Crypto Countdown: Historic Senate Vote on GENIUS Act Imminent U.S. Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released statements on May 16 in Nashville expressing renewed support for…
Bitcoin’s surge to $106,000 earlier this week has been primarily driven by robust spot market demand, with Coinbase seeing net buying pressure of $45 million per day, according to Glassnode’s latest report. The rally, which began after the king cryptocurrency dipped to just below $75,000 in early April, has been marked by strong accumulation phases,…
The standard knock, of course, is that meal kits are expensive: anywhere from $7 to $14 a portion, less than a restaurant meal but more than most food budgets. So I set an experiment for myself. Armed only with meal kit recipe cards, I went to my local grocery store to see if I could…
Cryptocurrency prices retreated last week after Bitcoin failed to move above the resistance level at $106,000 and as traders took profits. Bitcoin (BTC) price was trading at $103,000 on Sunday, while the recent Ethereum (ETH) surge hit a barrier. Looking ahead, some of the top cryptocurrencies to watch this week will be Ripple (XRP), Trump…
Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about personal security, according to stories this weekend in both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. While cryptocurrencies have always created unique security risks, it seems there’s a rising threat of violent abduction due to the growing value of Bitcoin,…
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Meliuz pioneers bitcoin as a corporate reserve asset in Brazil, Argentine crypto wallets face potential extinction, and Ripple launches a pilot to benefit Colombian farmers. Meliuz Purchases 274 BTC, Pioneering Bitcoin Treasury…
Jeff Walton, a Bitcoin podcaster and Strategy investor, recently pointed out that Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) is on track to join the S&P 500 Index. Strategy Could Soon Join S&P 500 Walton wrote in a post on the X app: Q2 is likely going to be the big blow out quarter on Earnings for…
