Opinion by: David Tomasian, CEO of Curious
When 1X Technologies revealed its humanoid robot, Neo, the headlines came fast. A sleek machine backed by OpenAI, marketed as the first home-ready humanoid, and available for preorder at around $20,000.
The idea is simple but staggering: a physical

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A man convicted of identity theft, who claims his hard drive with over 3,400 Bitcoin was seized and wiped by the FBI, has lost his lawsuit against the government in a US appeals court
A three-judge panel at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found on Tuesday that Michael Prime can’t sue the gov

The Ethereum ecosystem has just posted a new record high in transactions per second, with high-speed Ethereum layer 2 Lighter now being factored into the count.
Data from Growthepie shows that within the last 24 hours, there was one point where 24,192 transactions processed in a single second — the

Residents living in a small area of Hood County, Texas, have failed in their bid to become a new municipality in an attempt to regulate noise from a nearby Bitcoin mining facility.
According to a report from The Texas Tribune published on Wednesday, only 38% of 138 voters were in favor of the

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who started to take Bitcoin as salary in late 2021, said he’s unfazed about the recent volatility in the crypto market, claiming he’s now up around 300% on his Bitcoin paychecks.
Speaking to Fox Business on Wednesday, the crypto-friendly Mayor was asked if he was

Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden expects the government to keep pace with the US in stablecoin regulation, stating that it is “really important” for the allies to be synchronized on rules governing the $310 billion industry.
Speaking at the SALT conference in London on Wednesday, Breed

The United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice issued a mixed ruling on Tuesday in the Getty Images v. Stability AI intellectual property case filed in 2023, which mostly favored Stability AI but left key questions unanswered about AI’s use of copyrighted material.
Getty owns a library of copyrighted o

Stablecoin issuer Circle updated its policy for one of its tokens to clarify rules around prohibited transactions, explicitly addressing the use of legally obtained firearms and weapons.
Crypto sleuths and reports from this week noted that Circle had updated its terms for its USDC (USDC)

Understanding MEV and its impact on blockchain users
Transparency is one of the foundational features of blockchains, but it enabled value extraction by controlling the order and inclusion of transactions within a block, known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
This problem is common on most b

Cryptocurrency wallet company Tangem has launched Tangem Pay, a virtual Visa card connecting directly to the hardware wallet and allowing users to spend stablecoins at millions of merchants worldwide.
Launched in collaboration with US payment infrastructure company Paera, Tangem Pay enables users t

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Opinion by: Da Hongfei, founder of Neo
Decentralized, permissionless and transparent. These are the principles that attracted many of us to the blockchain ecosystem. This vision is still being undermined, however, by an insidious, often invisible force: maximal extractable value (MEV).
MEV isn’t i

Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has secured a $100 million Bitcoin-backed loan to purchase additional BTC and repurchase its shares.
According to a Tuesday filing, the funds were borrowed on Oct. 31 under a credit agreement that allows the company to secure short-term financing