Xapo Bank is revolutionizing bitcoin finance with a game-changing loan service—borrow up to $1M in USD without selling your BTC.
Bitcoin-Backed Loans: A New Era of Crypto Credit
Xapo Bank has introduced a bitcoin-backed loan service, enabling qualifying members to secure USD loans without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. The new offering, available through the Xapo Bank app, allows members to…
The current AI ecosystem wasn’t built with game developers in mind. While impressive in controlled demos, today’s AI technologies expose critical limitations when transitioning to production-ready games, said Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld AI, in an interview with…
Mistral AI drops new open-source model that outperforms GPT-4o Mini with fraction of parameters
March 18, 2025
French artificial-intelligence startup Mistral AI unveiled a new open-source model today that the company says outperforms similar offerings from Google and OpenAI, setting the stage for increased competition in a market dominated by U.S. tech giants.
The model, called…
Baidu delivers new LLMs ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1 undercutting DeepSeek, OpenAI on cost — but they’re not open source (yet)
March 18, 2025
Over the weekend, Chinese web search giant Baidu announced the launch of two new AI models, ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, a multimodal language model and reasoning model, respectively.
Baidu claims they offer state-of-the-art performance on a variety of metrics, besting DeepSeek’s non-reasoning V3 and OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 (how do you like the close name match Baidu chose as well?) on several third-party…
Toyota hints at Tacoma and 4Runner EVs for the US
March 18, 2025
The electric Tacoma and 4Runner may not be a pipe dream after all. Toyota is hinting that EV versions of the popular pickup and SUV could be coming to the US.
Is Toyota launching Tacoma and 4Runner EVs?
Toyota took the spotlight this week in Brussels, unveiling three new…
BYD sub-brand Yangwang to launch ultra-luxe U7 sedan on March 27 with tons of new tech
March 18, 2025
Yangwang is gearing up to officially launch its long-teased U7 sedan—a third flagship model for BYD’s high-end performance sub-brand. When it hits the market in China later this month, the U7 promises competitive luxury and “groundbreaking technology.”
Yangwang…
Yet another luxury automaker is looking to cash in on China’s EV tech boom. As legacy OEMs struggle to keep pace, more are turning to Chinese-made tech to help turn things around.
Luxury automakers are adopting China’s EV smart tech
It’s no secret by now that China is dominating the electric vehicle market, not only with lower prices, but often with more advanced tech.
According to Rho…
Poll: Low Support for Federal Crypto Spending; White House Fact Sheet Contradicts Survey
March 18, 2025
A recent survey by Data for Progress found that only about 10% of US voters want the Trump administration to increase federal funding for cryptocurrency and blockchain development. However, a White House fact sheet clarifies that the strategic reserve will be funded…
A British man’s desperate fight to recover about 8,000 lost bitcoin—worth hundreds of millions—has been blocked again, pushing him to take his battle to Europe.
Appeal Denied: 8,000 BTC Trapped as Man’s Battle Moves to Europe
A British man who accidentally discarded…
The U.S. is “sowing the seeds of future upheavals,” an ECB official warns, claiming its crypto policies could ignite the next global financial crisis and destabilize markets worldwide.
ECB Official Blasts US Crypto Strategy
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau has warned that the United States’ approach to cryptocurrencies and non-bank finance…
