Alpha Finance Lab rallies after integrating with Compound and Binance Smart Chain
Alpha Finance Lab’s recent integration with Binance Smart Chain and Compound Finance triggered an 85% rally in the protocol’s ALPHA governance token.
NFTs based on STARZ show ‘American Gods’ coming soon from Curio
The NFT market continues to expand, with upcoming tokens based on a mainstream TV show.
Law Decoded: Loose ends and long dramas, Feb. 19–26
Longstanding sagas in crypto saw major plot development and even a conclusion or two in this week’s newsletter.
SEC’s Division of Examinations issues Risk Alert on digital assets
The Risk Alert seemed to take particular aim at broker-dealers, who have been “inadequate” in their AML compliance.
SEC suspends trading of 15 stocks after suspicious social media promotion, as analysis finds bots programmatically hyped “meme” stocks on social media (Michelle Price/Reuters)
Michelle Price / Reuters:SEC suspends trading of 15 stocks after suspicious social media promotion, as analysis finds bots programmatically hyped “meme” stocks on social media — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop Corp and other “meme” stocks …
The use of “+” to name on-demand services was fine when streaming was new but has become a cliché and a minus (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:The use of “+” to name on-demand services was fine when streaming was new but has become a cliché and a minus — An idea that seemed like a real plus when streaming was newer has fallen into cliché. — First there was e. — Then came i. — Now…
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Facebook’s NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Facebook’s NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta — Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS. The app makes it possible for rappers …
Advanced deepfakes of Tom Cruise are going viral on TikTok, with the account deeptomcruise amassing 200K+ followers in a few days (Marlow Stern/The Daily Beast)
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:Advanced deepfakes of Tom Cruise are going viral on TikTok, with the account deeptomcruise amassing 200K+ followers in a few days — FOR THE LOVE OF XENU — Be afraid. Be very afraid. — Three days ago, a TikTok account going by @deeptomcruise began posting video clips …
Largest Electric School Bus Order In US History — Montgomery County Orders 326 Buses (Just To Start)
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has decided to fully electrify its fleet. It has chosen Highland Electric Transportation to get to work transitioning its school bus fleet from fossil fuels to electricity, and that starts with an order for 326 electric school buses — to be delivered in the next 4 years. “I figured that…
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Improving The Efficiency Of Your Home – Series 2: Heating, Cooling, (Hot) Water – Part Seven
One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of clean energy available (and the least…
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