A former Coinbase Asset Management co-chief investment officer now directs Evernorth’s treasury, which held approximately 473 million XRP at closing. His appointment brings institutional trading experience to a Nasdaq-listed company pursuing active cryptocurrency investment strategies.
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Hugo Jeandesboz leads a treasury that held about 473 million XRP at closing.
His…
XRPL Commons Selects 13 Startups for Payments, AI, and DeFi Push
October 14, 2026
XRPL Commons has selected startups developing stablecoin payments, AI commerce, and blockchain lending for its first fully online Aquarium cohort. The program connects founders with coaching, investors, and potential grants to expand XRP Ledger applications.
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Bitcoin and XRP social sentiment is bearish after price declines, including XRP’s weekly drop exceeding 9%, while ether attracts roughly twice as many bullish comments as bearish ones. Santiment’s assessment links the contrast to a potentially more favorable recovery…
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover breaks interplanetary driving record - and it's far from done
October 14, 2026
In a milestone achievement, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has broken the record for most miles driven on a world beyond Earth.
On Oct. 11, Perseverance hit 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) traveled on Mars, breaking the record previously held by NASA’s Opportunity rover which went 28.06 miles (45.16 km). It took Oppy 14 years to cover all that ground; Perseverance, by contrast, has been…
The great Halley's Comet disappointment of 1986 — and the discoveries that changed astronomy forever
October 14, 2026
This year, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of the most recent appearance of Halley’s Comet, the most famous comet in the solar system.
Roughly every 76 years, Halley punctuates history like an exclamation mark in the night sky. As writer Guy Ottewell has said, it is…
Hydrogen may be the most common element in the cosmos, but scientists could use it to do something unique: uncover the nature of dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.
This new line of dark energy investigation comes from the…
SpaceX and Google both said no. Now his software is riding a SpaceX rocket next to Google’s
October 14, 2026
The way Rama Afullo tells it, he saw orbital data centers coming.
The Kenyan American engineer previously worked in Google’s cloud computing business before a brief stint at SpaceX’s Starlink communications network in 2024. His experiences convinced him that there was untapped potential for computers in space.
“When I was at SpaceX, I tried to pitch this internally. They said no.
Personal AI agents are increasingly making transactions on their users’ behalf, but given the nondeterministic nature of large language models, AI bots are prone to doing what they’re not supposed to. Which, in this case, raises the possibility of AI misfiring…
Only five years into its journey, Character.AI, which lets users create AI characters and have conversations with them, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a slew of lawsuits and struggles to scale its popular platform. In a court document, the company said it had…
Remembering Giraffes: the latest book in the photo conservation series that has already raised over US$1.6 million is now on sale
October 14, 2026
The eleventh book in the Remembering Wildlife conservation series has just gone on sale.
Remembering Giraffes will raise funds to protect the world’s tallest mammal, and buyers can also view the 20 winning images from the Remembering Wildlife competition that featured in issue 307 of Digital Camera magazine.
A 146-page hardback printed on high-quality art paper, Remembering Giraffes features…
