Bhutan has partnered with Binance Pay and DK Bank to launch the world’s first national crypto-based tourism payment system, allowing visitors to use digital assets for everything from hotels to market purchases, boosting financial inclusion and innovation.
Bhutan Becomes First Nation to Power Entire Tourism Sector with Crypto
In a landmark move blending technology with tourism, Bhutan has rolled…
Fill up Your Car With Crypto at Dubai Gas Stations Through New Crypto.com and Emarat Partnership
May 8, 2025
Emirates Petroleum Company (Emarat) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to introduce cryptocurrency services at its service stations, pending regulatory approval. The collaboration will initially integrate Crypto.com services at 10 Emarat stations, with plans for…
Lightricks, the company behind popular creative apps like Facetune and VideoLeap, announced today the release of its most powerful AI video generation model to date. The LTX Video 13-billion-parameter model (LTXV-13B) generates high-quality AI video up to 30 times faster…
Meet the new king of AI coding: Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition dethrones Claude 3.7 Sonnet
May 7, 2025
There’s a new king on the throne of AI coding models: Today, Google’s DeepMind AI research unit unveiled Gemini 2.5 Pro “I/O” edition, a new version of its hit Gemini 2.5 Pro multimodal large language model (LLM) released back in March that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said on X is “the best coding model we’ve ever built!”
Indeed, the initial benchmarks released by the company…
Generative AI tools have surpassed cybersecurity as the top budget priority for global IT leaders heading into 2025, according to a comprehensive new study released today by Amazon Web Services.
The AWS Generative AI Adoption Index, which surveyed 3,739 senior IT decision…
E-Cells, an e-bike brand in the US known for its all-wheel-drive fat tire e-bikes with extremely high performance, has announced that it is terminating operations and closing its doors.
The announcement was posted to the company’s social media accounts by the brand’s…
It’s not just electric vehicles. Toyota is warning, “We don’t have much time left,” with China poised to take the lead in another emerging technology following EVs.
Toyota is warning that China’s lead with EVs is just the start
It’s no secret by now that China is, by far, leading the transition to electric. Last year, over 17 million EVs were sold globally. According to Rho Motion…
Lectric Ebikes appears to be preparing for a major new product launch, teasing what looks like the next evolution of its wildly popular folding fat tire electric bike. Based on the clues, it looks like a new Lectric XP 4 could be inbound.
In a social media post released over…
Momentum is accelerating in Washington as lawmakers edge closer to passing landmark crypto and stablecoin legislation that could reshape U.S. digital asset regulation by August.
Coinbase Pushes Congress to Finalize Stablecoin and Crypto Rules Before August
Coinbase CEO Brian…
India’s top court just ignited a regulatory firestorm, slamming bitcoin trading as refined Hawala and blasting government delays that leave the crypto market in legal limbo.
Indian Supreme Court Calls Bitcoin Refined Hawala, Decries Absence of Regulatory Framework
The Supreme Court of India compared bitcoin trading to “a refined way of Hawala business” on Monday while expressing frustration…
