Category: NEWS
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This Week in Coins: Bitcoin and Ethereum Flat Again, Axie Infinity Sees Rare Jump
This week’s crypto market turned into a mixed bag as the enterprise continued to navigate the ongoing contagion from the FTX demise. Bitcoin and Ethereum once again finished the week essentially flat, which is likely regarded as a win given the losses experienced by a number of other top-tier currencies. As of Saturday morning, Bitcoin…
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Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Set to Win Ethereum Max Lawsuit
Billionaire businesswoman Kim Kardashian and boxer Floyd Mayweather are set to win a lawsuit accusing them of scamming buyers with the difficult-to-understand cryptocurrency Ethereum Max. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald on Monday issued a tentative courtroom docket ruling, pronouncing that attorneys for the disgruntled buyers were “looking to act like” the SEC, as first stated…
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How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages (Alizeh Kohari/Rest of World)
Alizeh Kohari / Rest of World: How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages — Scholars have spent a century trying to decipher ancient Indus script. Machine learning may finally help make sense of it all.
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Dune: OpenSea set a daily trading record of $476M+ in Ethereum after Yuga Labs’ Otherside metaverse launch; the previous record was nearly $323M in August 2021 (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: Dune: OpenSea set a daily trading record of $476M+ in Ethereum after Yuga Labs’ Otherside metaverse launch; the previous record was nearly $323M in August 2021 — The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s metaverse launch helped push OpenSea to a new one-day record, and a strong rebound for the month of April overall.
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Interview with Shopify’s Alex Danco, who heads its blockchain team, on how Web3, crypto, and NFTs can reshape commerce, making Shopify “wallet-aware”, and more (Packy McCormick/Not Boring)
Packy McCormick / Not Boring: Interview with Shopify’s Alex Danco, who heads its blockchain team, on how Web3, crypto, and NFTs can reshape commerce, making Shopify “wallet-aware”, and more — Alex Danco Joins to Explain NFTs and How Shopify is Becoming Wallet-Aware … Today’s Not Boring is brought to you by… Mighty Networks
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Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give startups advice on surviving the downturn; Lightspeed: “boom times of the last decade are unambiguously over”
Wall Street Journal: Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give startups advice on surviving the downturn; Lightspeed: “boom times of the last decade are unambiguously over” — Venture-capital firms tell portfolio companies to buckle down for the long haul; ‘before you thrive, you have to survive’ Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give…
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Interview with Semil Shah, founding GP of Haystack, on getting rejected from jobs at VC firms, innovation in the VC industry, Miami as a “tech hub”, and more
Sarthak Haribhakti / SarHaribhakti’s Newsletter: Interview with Semil Shah, founding GP of Haystack, on getting rejected from jobs at VC firms, innovation in the VC industry, Miami as a “tech hub”, and more — Some real talk — Semil Shah has been a prolific writer for a decade. He has done a lot of interviews over…
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Shanghai-based Inceptio, which is developing autonomous trucks, raises a $188M Series B extension co-led by Sequoia Capital China and Legend Capital (Catherine Wang/Forbes)
Catherine Wang / Forbes: Shanghai-based Inceptio, which is developing autonomous trucks, raises a $188M Series B extension co-led by Sequoia Capital China and Legend Capital — Autonomous driving truck startup Inceptio Technology has raised a $188 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital China and Legend Capital … Shanghai-based Inceptio, which is developing autonomous trucks, raises…
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Do Kwon’s proposal to relaunch the Terra blockchain passes with 65.5% of the governance vote; the network will go live on Friday without the UST stablecoin (Vishal Chawla/The Block)
Vishal Chawla / The Block: Do Kwon’s proposal to relaunch the Terra blockchain passes with 65.5% of the governance vote; the network will go live on Friday without the UST stablecoin — Quick Take — Do Kwon’s proposal to relaunch the Terra blockchain has passed. — In total, 65.5% of votes supported the proposal. Do Kwon’s…