El Niño looks to reach an intensity unprecedented in recorded history. Characterized by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, El Niño occurs every few years. Meteorological agencies and researchers around the world are on high alert because when the heat stored in the ocean is released into the atmosphere, it triggers a chain…
Key Takeaways Binance Pay now works at more than 3,700 DK Bank QR merchants. Users enter prices in BTN while transactions settle in USDT. Customers pay no additional fees through Dec. 31 under a promotion. Existing QR Network Extends Crypto Acceptance Travelers and local customers can now use Binance Pay at more than 3,700 businesses…
World Liberty Financial has received preliminary OCC approval to establish a national trust bank that would issue USD1, manage its reserves, and provide digital asset custody across the United States. Summary World Liberty Trust must satisfy OCC requirements before it can begin banking operations. The proposed Florida-based bank would take over USD1 issuance and reserve…
Pump.fun’s rapid growth has brought massive revenue, but questions over token quality and platform behavior continue to follow the launchpad. Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov has taken a swipe at Solana-based Pump.fun and criticized the platform’s role in the meme coin market. His comments add to the scrutiny Pump.fun has faced as it has…
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier, is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team. Jacob Bank, Relay’s founder and CEO, shared a company announcement Monday that reveals the app will be…
XRP price prediction for 2026 from Kalshi has odds of the asset trading above $1.50 this year at 23%, climbing from 18% just yesterday. This renewed optimism comes as Ripple is trading at about $1 per coin, according to CoinGecko. This is about 72.6% below its July 2025 all-time high of $3.65. The token had…
OpenAI has rolled out Computer History, a new opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that records activity across permitted apps and websites, turning it into a searchable timeline and local memories for ChatGPT and Codex. The feature requires ChatGPT Memories to be enabled. Users can ask questions such as what they were…
Key Takeaways HIVE’s BUZZ HPC signed a 5-year, $350M AI cloud deal using 2,016 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs. HIVE says the deal lifts BUZZ HPC annualized revenue to $180M, accelerating the shift toward AI. HIVE targets $200M GPU cloud revenue by year-end, with 400MW able to support 120,000+ GPUs. BUZZ Deploys 2,016 Nvidia GPUs Under…
The investor prefers businesses that earn cash through ordinary operations before storing part of it in Bitcoin. Bitcoin investor and Ego Death Capital co-founder Jeff Booth has said that Strategy’s long-term survival comes down to one condition: BTC has to work as an actual currency, not just sit on a balance sheet as an…
Your YouTube videos are about to get a lot more views. At least, that’s what it’ll appear like on the YouTube video view count. On Monday, YouTube announced that it was changing how it counts video views on the platform. According to YouTube, starting on Aug. 24, the platform will start counting a view on…
