Auteur/autrice : Alberto

The corporate Ether acquisition race is accelerating as the world’s two largest Ether treasury firms are raising capital to acquire more of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, which is nearing its previous all-time high.Public Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm BitMine Immersion Technology is looking to raise $24.5 billion through a new at-the-market (ATM) stock sale offering to acquire more Ether (ETH) tokens, according to a Tuesday US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.BitMine’s SEC filing. Source: SEC.govBitMine’s offering comes the same day as corporate crypto treasury firm SharpLink completed a $389 million capital raise from common stock shares sold for select institutional investors,…

Bitcoin price maintained its position above $118,000 as two major corporations, Metaplanet and Smarter Web Company, announced significant additions to their Bitcoin treasury holdings, highlighting the growing trend of institutional Bitcoin adoption. Metaplanet, now the sixth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder, acquired 518 BTC at an average price of $118,519 per coin, representing a total investment of approximately $61.4 million. The Tokyo-based investment company’s latest purchase brings its total holdings to 18,113 BTC, with an average purchase price of $101,911 per Bitcoin. The company’s Bitcoin-related metrics show impressive growth, with its BTC Yield – a key performance indicator measuring Bitcoin holdings relative…

Publisher SNEG today re-released Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard on Steam, bringing the 20-year-old RTS/RPG hybrid back into the spotlight while giving it a series of light improvements that make it run smoother on modern PCs. Although SNEG stresses that Dragonshard’s re-release “is not a remaster,” since its gameplay, balance, art, and story have remained “unchanged,” anyone picking it up can expect “modern resolution support, localisation‑friendly saves and profiles, smoother timers and physics, ASLR compatibility,” alongside several other “under‑the‑hood fixes” that should make experiencing the game in its (almost) original glory easier. Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard Steam Re-Release In case you’re…

Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group, Inc. announced plans to roll out its own layer one (L1) blockchain, designed to use USDC as the fuel for transaction fees. Circle Debuts Plans for Arc, an EVM-Compatible L1 Using USDC Currently, Circle’s USDC stablecoin ranks as the second-largest fiat-backed crypto asset by market capitalization at $65.23 billion. On […]

Merkle trees are a fundamental part of what makes blockchains tick. Although it is definitely theoretically possible to make a blockchain without Merkle trees, simply by creating giant block headers that directly contain every transaction, doing so poses large scalability challenges that arguably puts the ability to trustlessly use blockchains out of the reach of all but the most powerful computers in the long term. Thanks to Merkle trees, it is possible to build Ethereum nodes that run on all computers and laptops large and small, smart phones, and even internet of things devices such as those that will be…

In August 2025, Amazon will once again be giving away several games to all Amazon Prime subscribers. This time, there will be twelve games. In August 2025, Amazon Prime subscribers can once again look forward to numerous free games. This time there are twelve of them. Amazon has included the 2000s strategy classic Civilization 3 and the 2014 reboot of the Thief franchise. Find out everything you need to know here. Quick navigation: Highlight: Civilization 3 All free games at a glance As always, the games are available as keys for various platforms such as Epic, GOG, or via the…

Context engineering has become a transformative force in moving from experimental AI demos to robust, production-grade systems across various industries. Below are distilled examples and evidence of real-world impact: 1. Insurance: Five Sigma & Agentic Underwriting Five Sigma Insurance achieved an 80% reduction in claim processing errors and a 25% increase in adjustor productivity by architecting AI systems that ingest policy data, claims history, and regulations simultaneously. The system leveraged advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and dynamic context assembly, enabling automation that previously wasn’t possible. In insurance underwriting, tailored schema creation and SME-guided context templates ensured…

Raoul Pal, a macro investor, former Goldman Sachs strategist, and founder of Real Vision, has revealed that he has been holding XRP for over four years after he referred to the digital asset as part of what he once described as a “moron trade.” The label, not meant as an insult, was a way to tell a specific retail trading behavior in early crypto market cycles. Soon after, he disclosed that he bought XRP in 2021 when it was trading at $0.60.  Raoul Pal Clears XRP “Moron Trade” Comment In a recent interview, Pal outlined his views on how retail…

The privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero has suffered a major disruption, with 60 mined blocks discarded from its blockchain in the past 24 hours amid an ongoing attempted 51% attack by the Qubic network.The Monero Consensus Status dashboard shows Monero saw 60 orphaned blocks (valid blocks that were rejected) in the last 720 blocks. The disruption comes amid an ongoing economic attack by the Qubic network, incentivizing selfish mining. Qubic miners redirect their computing power to mine Monero (XMR) and sell the proceeds to buy and burn Qubic tokens, while being paid in QUBIC. Qubic miners reportedly earn more than Monero miners…

Two publicly listed companies, Japan’s Metaplanet and the United Kingdom’s The Smarter Web Company, added almost $100 million worth of Bitcoin to their corporate treasuries.On Tuesday, Metaplanet disclosed that it had purchased 518 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $61.4 million at an average price of $118,519 per coin. The buy lifted the Tokyo-listed company’s total holdings to 18,113 BTC, worth about $2.15 billion at current prices, and acquired at an average of $101,911 per Bitcoin.Led by CEO Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet now ranks sixth globally in public company Bitcoin holdings, behind Michael Saylor’s Strategy, MARA, XXI, Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, and Riot,…