Author: Vidya Saras

Bitcoin’s (BTC) realized market cap reached a new all-time high of $872 billion, but data from Glassnode reflects investors’ lack of enthusiasm at BTC’s current price levels. In a recent X post, the analytics platform pointed out that despite the realized cap milestone, the monthly growth rate of the metric has dropped to 0.9% month over month, which implied a risk-off sentiment in the market. Bitcoin realized cap net position. Source: X.comRealized cap measures the total value of all Bitcoin at the price they last moved, reflecting the actual capital invested, providing insight into Bitcoin’s economic activity. A slowing growth…

TL;DR: We are excited to announce that the applications are now open for the sixth cohort of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF6). The EPF provides a pathway for aspiring protocol developers to make meaningful contributions to Ethereum. In each cohort, a diverse group is assembled to work toward advancing Ethereum’s roadmap during the fellowship. This includes the development of client implementations, testing and specifications, and participating in the latest core protocol research. With an overarching goal to find eventual placement for fellows in R&D teams working on core protocol development, EPF provides fellows with a unique opportunity to collaborate with…

MapleStory Universe has launched the Henesys Chain, a new Layer 1 blockchain network built on Avalanche and powered by AvaCloud, to provide the technical foundation for MapleStory Universe’s expansion into web3 gaming.Designed to simplify blockchain interactions for players, the Henesys Chain introduces features such as gasless transactions and a permissioned NFT system.Developers will also have access to new tools that allow them to create dApss tied to the MapleStory Universe ecosystem. Source: MapleStory UniverseWhat is Henesys Chain?Henesys Chain is a custom Layer 1 blockchain created specifically for MapleStory Universe, developed using Avalanche’s technology through AvaCloud. The chain is named after…

The most profitable opportunity in 2025 is here: Global investors can easily earn up to $60,000 per day through PAIR Miner cloud mining. As global investors continue to look for high-yield, low-threshold passive income opportunities, cloud mining is rapidly emerging as a stable and reliable way to grow wealth. Today, holders of mainstream digital currencies, including Ripple (XRP), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Bitcoin (BTC) are realizing up to $50,000 in passive income per day through the PAIR Miner cloud mining platform. This trend is driving it to become one of the most attractive investment opportunities in 2025. PAIR Miner is one…

On June 5, a Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting was asked to approve a $500,000 contract between the county and Massive Blue in order to license Overwatch.“I was looking at the website for Massive Blue, and it’s a one-pager with no additional information and no links,” Kevin Cavanaugh, the then-supervisor for District 1, said to Pinal County’s Chief Deputy at the Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Thomas. “They produce software that we buy, and it does what? Can you explain that to us?”“I can’t get into great detail because it’s essentially trade secrets, and I don’t want to tip our hand…

Anti-Monopolist / April 17, 2025 Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government. Ad Policy A penicillin production line at China Meheco Kangli Pharma Company on October 17, 2022, in Haikou, China. The last US penicillin fermentation plant—which once produced 70 percent of the world’s supply—closed in 2004.(VCG / VCG via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s tariffs are a devastating blow to America, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic in their scope. They will spike consumer prices, hurt small businesses, bankrupt farmers, and have long-lasting extremely damaging macro effects. But there’s another…

When some commuter trains arrive at the end of the line, they must travel to a switching platform to be turned around so they can depart the station later, often from a different platform than the one at which they arrived.Engineers use software programs called algorithmic solvers to plan these movements, but at a station with thousands of weekly arrivals and departures, the problem becomes too complex for a traditional solver to unravel all at once.Using machine learning, MIT researchers have developed an improved planning system that reduces the solve time by up to 50 percent and produces a solution…

A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware is in danger of breaking down. The federally funded, non-profit research and development organization MITRE warned today that its contract to maintain the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program — which is traditionally funded each year by the Department of Homeland Security — expires on April 16. A letter from MITRE vice president Yosry Barsoum, warning that the funding for the CVE program will expire on April 16, 2025. Tens of thousands of security flaws in software are found and…

Bitcoin’s price trajectory is once again capturing headlines, and this time the catalyst appears to be global liquidity trends reshaping investor sentiment. In a recent comprehensive breakdown, Matt Crosby, Lead Analyst at Bitcoin Magazine Pro, presents compelling evidence tying the digital asset’s renewed bullish momentum to the expanding global M2 money supply. His insights not only illuminate the future of Bitcoin price but also anchor its macroeconomic relevance in a broader financial context. Figure 1: Historically, Bitcoin bull markets have coincided with the accelerated expansion of global liquidity. View Live Chart Bitcoin Price and Global Liquidity: A High-Impact Correlation Crosby…

Taylor Swift continues to leave the music industry in her glittery, high-heeled dust. The singer-songwriter has officially become the first artist in Spotify history to have five albums with over 9 billion streams each—an achievement that underscores not just her chart-topping prowess, but her rare ability to create albums that the public devours front to back. Taylor Swift Becomes First Artist with Five Albums Over 9 Billion Streams on Spotify Getty Images Taylor Swift is the Queen of Spotify The latest addition to this exclusive club? 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which recently crossed the 9 billion stream mark. The re-recording of…