Belarus has blocked access to several major crypto exchanges — including Bitget, Bybit, OKX, BingX, Weex and Gate.com — after authorities flagged “inappropriate advertising” under the country’s Mass Media Law.
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The websites of several global cryptocurrency platforms, including Bitget, Bybit and OKX, have been blocked in Belarus, effective Dec. 10, following a…
Crypto CEOs Step Into CFTC Council as Market Structure Shifts
December 12, 2025
Crypto heavyweights step directly into the regulatory core as the CFTC’s new CEO Innovation Council pulls top exchange leaders into fast-moving debates on tokenization, collateral, 24/7 trading, and the evolving derivatives framework set to guide U.S. market…
Scientists map of old Mars river basins for the 1st time. These could be great places to search for ancient life
December 12, 2025
For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may also be among the most promising places to search for signs of past life.
Billions of years ago, before the Red Planet became the frigid desert it is…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught on camera in new images from Hubble Space Telescope and JUICE Jupiter probe
December 12, 2025
Two flagship spacecraft captured striking new images of Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including a surprisingly sharp snapshot from a camera never meant for scientific imaging.
Discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed visitor from another solar system, following 1I/’Oumuamua in 2017 and comet 2I/Borisov in 2019.
In November, both…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a hot Jupiter exoplanet leaking twin gas tails that defy explanation
December 12, 2025
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant “hot Jupiter” planet has two staggeringly long tails composed of helium that currently defy explanation. The observations represent the first study of gases leaking from a…
Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is soaring
December 12, 2025
Spoor launched in 2021 with the goal of using computer vision to help reduce the impact of wind turbines on local bird populations. Now the startup has proven its technology works and is seeing demand from wind farms and beyond.
Oslo, Norway-based Spoor has built software…
Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage
December 12, 2025
Spotify may be synonymous with music streaming, but it’s also got a wildly popular developer-tool side hustle called Backstage.
Backstage is an open source project that helps companies build their own internal developer portals: a catalog of their developer tools along with quick visualizations of the work the tools have done, and other metrics. But like many open source projects, Backstage…
AI DevOps tool Harness, founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, is on track to exceed $250 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, Bansal tells TechCrunch.
The startup just raised a fresh $240 million Series E funding round that values the company at $5.5…
Taken with a 61MP resolution specialist camera, this dark and moody vision of a Japanese temple transforms a postcard favorite into fine art
December 12, 2025
Buddhist temples in Japan are major tourist attractions, and the most popular have been photographed literally millions of times. So if you’re entering an image of a temple into a competition, it’s going to be an uphill struggle to get noticed, especially within…
BMW EVs officially gain access to Tesla Supercharger network today
December 12, 2025
BMW is the latest major automaker to officially gain access to the Tesla Supercharger network in North America. Starting today, BMW EV drivers in the US can access over 25,000 Tesla Superchargers, adding a massive boost to the charging options for owners of the i4, iX, and other electric models from the German automaker.
It follows a wave of other automakers gaining access over the last year as…
