From left to right: PhD students, Devashish Tupkary and Lars Kamin, John Burniston, Waterloo researcher, and Dr. Norbert Lütkenhaus, executive director of the Institute for Quantum Computing. Credit: University of Waterloo Accurate models of real-world scenarios are important for bringing theoretical and experimental research together in meaningful ways. Creating these realistic computer models, however, is a very large […]
July 2024
Telegram Suddenly Receives 30 Million TON in Epic Transfer: Details
Thirty million Toncoin (TON) were transferred today, June 26, from the address of The Open Network Foundation to the address of the popular messenger Telegram. Thus, as TON Explorer data shows, a colossal amount of cryptocurrency equivalent to $224.64 million was transferred in one tranche to the address “UQCMOX.” Digging into the on-chain data, one […]
EU gives conditional nod to Lufthansa’s proposed ITA Airways stake
The EU has approved Lufthansa’s proposed stake in ITA Airways after the airline and the Italian government offered remedies. The EU on Wednesday announced its conditional approval for German airline Lufthansa’s proposed stake in ITA Airways, a deal that Italy called a “big European success”. Lufthansa, one of Europe’s largest carriers, last year agreed to […]
JUST IN: Coinbase Announced That It Will List A New Altcoin
According to the latest development, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is listing the BLAST altcoin. The listing in question took place after Blast (BLAST) distributed an airdrop today. Deposits of the token will occur through its own Blast network, as it has a layer-2 network. Deposits made through Ethereum or other networks may result in users’ tokens […]
Microsoft to invest 2.2 bn euros in Spain data centers
Microsoft’s planned investment in Spain’s Aragon region is now touching nearly 6.7 billion euros. Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in a huge data center project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said Wednesday as the area seeks to establish itself as a cloud storage hotspot. The announcement, which follows other plans unveiled […]
Michael Saylor Breaks Silence Amid Bitcoin (BTC) Price Stalemate
Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has stalled in price performance, falling short of the broader ecosystem’s expectations following the halving event. Although the Bitcoin halving was not a guarantee of a price surge, the digital asset is yet to soar and break certain critical price levels or hit the $73,000 peak it attained before the […]
Customer data from crypto-friendly Evolve Bank leaked by Lockbit
Crypto ransomware group Lockbit leaked 33 terabytes of Evolve Bank and Trust data yesterday despite initially threatening to release data from the Federal Reserve ‘containing Americans’ banking secrets.’ As part of the leak, Lockbit shared a link to a press release detailing the Federal Reserve’s enforcement action against Evolve Bank. Evolve Bank and Trust agreed […]
Is an electric bike right for you? Here’s what to consider before you buy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More Australians than ever are riding electric bikes—a fact you may have noticed on the streets of our cities and towns. Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are typically equipped with an electric motor and a battery, providing power to help you pedal. Some allow you to boost and lower the amount of […]
ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris
The founder of ZynCoin, a meme token named after a hyper-popular nicotine pouch, has extinguished a legal threat from the Fortune 500 tobacco giant behind the cigarette substitute. Philip Morris, the Fortune 500 company that owns Zyn manufacturer Swedish Match, sent ZynCoin founder Colton Kirkpatrick a cease-and-desist letter in the first week of April. The […]
How to increase the rate of plastics recycling
Roadmap for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle circularity in the United States. (a) Circularity roadmap includes recycled content targets and staged deposit return systems (DRS) expansion to 48 contiguous states in the United States. (b) Demand evolution based on increasing recycled content targets. (c) Deposit supply curves for DRS expansion scenarios. Credit: Journal of Industrial Ecology […]
XRP Price Prediction for June 26
Some coins from the top 10 list are bouncing off, according to CoinMarketCap. XRP/USD The rate of XRP has fallen by 0.07% over the last 24 hours. Despite today’s slight drop, the price of XRP is rising after a false breakout of the local support level of $0.4706. If buyers can hold the gained initiative, […]
Novel 3D stretchable electronic strip could spark new possibilities for wearable e-textiles
The strip’s 3D structure transforms it from flexible to stretchable. Credit: Nottingham Trent University Researchers have developed a novel 3D stretchable electronic strip which is expected to open up a range of new possibilities in wearable electronic textiles. A team at Nottingham Trent University’s Medical Technologies Innovation Facility has led the work, which has paved […]
Palestinian Taxi Driver Uses Bitcoin To Save Civilians In Gaza
Countless lives were changed on October 7th, 2023, and Yusef Mahmoud’s was no different. Even before the war, the Palestinian taxi driver couldn’t stand being a passive observer of unemployment and hunger, both prevalent in Gaza’s everyday life. In 2022 and early 2023, more than two million Gazans lacked access to clean water and an […]
Lab creates world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery
a) Cell schematic for carbon anodes, alloy anodes, and an anode-free configuration. b) Theoretical energy density comparison for various sodium anode materials. c) Schematic illustrating the requirements for enabling an anode-free all-solid-state battery. Credit: Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has […]
Offline/online attribute-based searchable encryption scheme from ideal lattices
The system of ABSEIL scheme. Credit: Yang Yang, Guoyin Zhang, Sizhao Li, Zechao Liu The security of traditional attribute-based searchable encryption schemes relies on traditional number-theoretic assumptions, and thus they are not able to resist the threat of quantum algorithms. Existing lattice-based searchable encryption schemes have two main problems: one is the low efficiency of […]
Blast Airdrop Puts $354 Million in the Wallets of Users—So Why Are They Mad?
Ethereum layer-2 network Blast’s hotly anticipated airdrop finally went live on Wednesday morning, gifting users hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free tokens. But within minutes, many airdrop claimants immediately began selling off their BLAST bags, pushing the token’s price down and leading many to express disappointment in the token giveaway that many apparently […]
Solana (SOL) Price Prediction for June 26
Sellers are keeping the pressure on, according to CoinStats. SOL/USD The price of Solana (SOL) has declined by 0.13% since yesterday. On the hourly chart, the rate of SOL is in the middle of the narrow channel. As most of the daily ATR has been passed, ongoing sideways trading around the current prices is the […]
Meta releases four new publicly available AI models for developer use
Top figure presents the temporal blurring process, showcasing source separation, pooling and broadcasting. Bottom figure presents a high level presentation of JASCO. Conditions are first being projected to low dimensional representation and are concatenated over the channel dimensions. Green blocks have learnable parameters while blue block are frozen. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2406.10970 A team […]
3 Reasons Why the ONDO Price Could Soar Toward $2
Calls for Ondo (ONDO) to reach a new all-time high dominated the market after the price reached $1.48 on June 3. Yet, the token went against those wishes and is now 17.64% down from its peak. When analyzing a cryptocurrency’s prospective price, on-chain data lets out unseen insights to help investors make informed decisions. For […]
Binance CEO Delivers 3 Key Crypto Tips
In a recent X post, Binance CEO Richard Teng shared his insights into how to begin a cryptocurrency journey. Addressing common questions from newcomers to the crypto space, Teng outlined three essential tips for those looking to get started. First, Teng emphasized the importance of understanding the fundamentals of blockchain and crypto. He advised potential […]
Custodia Bank CEO Predicts “Rip Roaring” Bitcoin Bull Market, Slams Warren Wing
Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long revealed her take on the lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Board, which is seen as the most important lawsuit in the crypto industry. She also gave her prediction on when Bitcoin price is going to rally as it remained range-bound after hitting a new all-time high.
Altcoin Rally Won’t Happen Before February 2025, Predicts Popular Analyst
Earlier this week, altcoins registered a healthy bounceback as the Bitcoin price tanked to $58,000 with the BTC market dominance dropping by 2%. Popular crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen said that it’s too early to assume an altcoin rally moving ahead, citing the lack of enough liquidity to support the momentum.
What technical analysis says on where bitcoin goes from here
Strap in, we’re gonna dive into some technical analysis. Bitcoin broke below $60,000 on Monday. Although it has since regained that level, there is ongoing speculation about the next support line, with some wondering if the price could drop even further. John Glover, chief investment officer at Ledn, spoke to Blockworks about some of the […]