South Dakota lawmakers effectively kill proposed Bitcoin bill
Source: Coin Tegraph The House bill, which proposed allowing the US state to invest in Bitcoin, was deferred until after the legislative session ended. Read Full Article
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AT&T and Verizon connect first cellphone-to-satellite video calls
Source: The Verge Verizon and AT&T have each announced milestones in making cellphone-to-satellite video calls in partnership with satellite company AST SpaceMobile. Verizon has completed its first cellphone-to-satellite video call, while AT&T has completed its first using satellites that will be used as part of a commercial network. There’s lining up competition to T-Mobile’s arrangement…
Superchain will reach 80% of Ethereum L2 transactions in 2025 — Optimsm exec
Source: Coin Tegraph Sony, Coinbase, Kraken and Sam Altman’s World are all building on Optimism’s OP Stack. Read Full Article
Copper prices slip on tariff threat and Chinese inventories
Source: Live Mint (Recasts, adds analyst comment and changes dateline from New Delhi) LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Copper prices slipped on Monday as traders focused on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and changing demand signals from inventories in top consumer China. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.5% at…
Bitcoin Indicator Signals A Potential Shift In Momentum – Can Bulls Reclaim $100k? | TheSpuzz
Source: Bitcoinist Bitcoin is trading below the $100,000 mark, with bulls unable to reclaim this key level for over three weeks. The price has remained above critical demand zones, but market uncertainty and volatility continue to weigh on sentiment. Investors are growing impatient, as BTC’s price action has remained indecisive, fluctuating between attempts to break…
Analysts eye Bitcoin miners’ AI, chip sales ahead of Q4 earnings
Source: Coin Tegraph Miners are embracing adjacent business lines to offset pressure on core mining margins from the April 2024 halving. Read Full Article
What to expect from Amazon’s February Alexa event
Source: The Verge Amazon is holding a press event this week, where we expect it to finally launch its “new” Alexa. This could be the beginning of a major shift in how we use generative AI in our homes, or it could be a big disappointment. The latter seems likely, based on the delays and…
Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet takes aim at OpenAI and DeepSeek in AI’s next big battle
Source: Venture Beat Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet AI with groundbreaking ‘thinking time’ controls, challenging OpenAI and DeepSeek while reshaping enterprise AI with unified reasoning capabilities and new coding tools. Read Full Article
SEC task force continues meeting with firms over crypto regulations
Source: Coin Tegraph The US financial regulator has already closed an investigation into Robinhood Crypto and will reportedly drop its enforcement action against Coinbase. Read Full Article
Wall Street indexes mixed, tech weighs ahead of Nvidia results
Source: Live Mint Nike gains after Jefferies upgrades to ‘buy’ Berkshire Hathaway hits record high after record Q4 profit Domino’s Pizza falls after missing Q4 same-store sales estimates Indexes: Dow up 0.45%, S&P 500 up 0.04%, Nasdaq down 0.45% (Updates prices to afternoon) By Sinéad Carew and Johann M Cherian Feb 24 (Reuters) – Wall…