Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! A woman in Manosque, France, was held at gunpoint on January 5 after three masked men broke into her home and stole a USB drive containing her partner’s cryptocurrency data. According to Le Parisien, the break-in occurred at Chemin Champs de Pruniers in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The intruders threatened…
On January 9, 2026, Rain, a stablecoin platform and principal member of the Visa payment network, announced a new Series C funding round. The company secured $250 million from investors, including ICONIQ, Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst. The latest investment values Rain at $1.95 billion and…
Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! Ethereum ETH $3,109.41 co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly expressed support for Roman Storm, a Tornado Cash developer convicted of money transmission charges. Buterin argued that creating tools for privacy should not be treated as a crime. In a post on X, he stated that he had long…
Ethereum holds $3K as Wyckoff structure nears breakout phase; analysts eye $5K–$7K if $4K flips. Ethereum (ETH) is showing strong structure across key technical models and on-chain data. Analysts tracking long-term patterns suggest ETH could be nearing the end of a multi-year accumulation phase. With the price holding support near $3,000, some see conditions…
Crypto majors are mostly flat ahead of today’s supreme court opinion on the trump tariffs; btc +1% at $90,300; eth 13% at $3,090, sol +3% at $138; xrp +1% to $2.10. Polygon (+11%), zec (+11%) and syrup (+7%) led top movers. Jpmorgan said the recent bitcoin and ethereum sell-off may be bottoming, pointing to improving…
Key Takeaways: Andreessen Horowitz raised a record amount of funds totaling to 15.5 billion dollars in a bid to fund various lines of technology. Capital is divided into specialized funds of which $6.75 billion is allocated to growth and infrastructure and apps of any type of app. The company is focused on the intersection of…
Thomas Peterffy, Founder and Chairman of Interactive Brokers, appeared on CNBC to discuss prediction markets and their differences from long-term investing. The segment began by replaying an earlier discussion in which it was noted, “most of them, the more they play, will lose money,” and added that prediction markets are “not the same as investing…
Online gambling has come a long way with blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Now, you can enjoy your favorite games from home without dealing with traditional payments or long sign-ups. Phantom, a popular crypto wallet for gambling, makes things even simpler. You can log in, deposit, and withdraw directly from your wallet without extra steps. In this…
A couple from Stone Mountain, Georgia says Wells Fargo denied their fraud claim for more than $5,000 in unauthorized charges made hundreds of miles from their home. According to local Atlanta news outlet WSB, Debbie Stanhouse says she regularly monitors the family’s checking account and quickly spotted suspicious activity. “I said, ‘Jim, we have got…
Key Takeaways Cloudforce, a Maryland-based AI company, raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures. The funding round saw participation from Microsoft’s venture fund, M12, granting Cloudforce access to Microsoft’s enterprise resources. Share this article Cloudforce, an AI firm that specializes in the Microsoft cloud ecosystem, has secured $10 million in a…