Metaplanet has made another significant move in its ongoing Bitcoin investment strategy, announcing on Monday the acquisition of an additional 269.43 BTC. The purchase, valued at approximately $26.4 million (¥4 billion), further cements Metaplanet’s position as a major corporate player in the cryptocurrency space.
This latest acquisition brings the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to…
Tesla is testing a couple of creative solutions to try to prevent charging cable thefts at its Supercharging stations, which has become a serious problem for all charging station operators.
There are still a lot of problems with public charging stations for electric…
Lectric XPeak 1.0 e-Bike with $727 in Free Gear, Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 $459, More
February 18, 2025
Leading today’s Green Deals is the continued clearance sale on Lectric XPeak 1.0 Step-Thru Off-Road e-bike that is getting $727 in free gear (including an extra battery for double mileage) at $1,399, as well as the options to start off or upgrade to the latest XPeak 2.0…
VinFast’s (VFS) deliveries surged last year, nearly tripling from 2023. Although VinFast delivered almost 100,000 EVs in 2024, nearly 90% were in its home market.
VinFast delivered 97,399 EVs in 2024, over 50K in Q4
VinFast announced on Thursday that it delivered 97,399 EVs in total last year, up an impressive 192% from the roughly 35,000 sold in 2023.
The growth was enough to top its revised…
Investor interest in Binance remains high, with former CEO Changpeng Zhao acknowledging the possibility of small-scale investments.
Exclusive Binance Stakes? CZ Signals Potential for Small-Scale Investments
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) dismissed rumors about a…
Russia Declares SWIFT 'Dying' as Crypto Reshapes Finance
February 18, 2025
Russia claims it can reconnect to SWIFT anytime but questions its relevance as digital finance evolves. Could SWIFT become obsolete as BRICS nations develop alternatives?
Russia Calls SWIFT Obsolete—Is Crypto the Key to the New Financial Order?
Russia claims that it has…
Polymarket Bet Signals 78% Chance for SEC-Approved XRP ETF, Higher Odds for SOL and LTC Funds
February 18, 2025
Based on fresh data from the prediction marketplace Polymarket, there is a 78% probability that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) this year.
Wagers Point to High Odds for SEC-Approved XRP, LTC and SOL ETFs
Enthusiastic bettors on Polymarket believe the SEC will authorize an XRP ETF in 2025. Several firms—including 21shares…
Perplexity has shattered the AI market’s status quo today by launching Deep Research, a tool that generates comprehensive research reports in minutes and opens advanced AI capabilities to users at a fraction of typical enterprise costs.
“Thankful for open source! We’re…
Replit and Anthropic’s AI just helped Zillow build production software—without a single engineer
February 18, 2025
Replit has transformed non-technical employees at Zillow into software developers. The real estate giant now routes over 100,000 home shoppers to agents using applications built by team members who had never written code before.
This breakthrough stems from Replit’s new…
Shadow AI: How unapproved AI apps are compromising security, and what you can do about it
February 18, 2025
Security leaders and CISOs are discovering that a growing swarm of shadow AI apps has been compromising their networks, in some cases for over a year.
They’re not the tradecraft of typical attackers. They are the work of otherwise trustworthy employees creating AI apps without IT and security department oversight or approval, apps designed to do everything from automating reports that were…
