Month: February 2021
Bitcoin briefly breaks the $50,000 barrier as Coinbase’s direct listing looms
The hodl-crew are having quite the moment as bitcoin passed the $50,000 mark earlier today for the first time. Data pegs the peak at just over $50,500. The price of bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, has historically proven a reasonable proxy for consumer interest in the cryptocurrency space, and for…
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What did we learn from the GameStop mess?
On this week’s Decoder, I sat down with CNBC anchor Jon Fortt to talk about GameStop, how the media covered it, what happens next for the market, and what — if anything — we learned from it all. We also talked about his new online course, The Black Experience in…
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How to Get Started Making Bread at Home
Save some dough by baking your own. Here are our favorite tips, tools, and recipes to help your homemade loaf rise above. Source
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Shared scooter startup Revel adds electric bike subscriptions to its business
Shared electric moped startup Revel will start offering monthly electric bike subscriptions in New York, the second new business venture the company has announced in the past several weeks. Revel said Tuesday it was expanding its product line — which until the end of January consisted only of shared mopeds…
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Telegram had some major security vulnerabilities Telegram
Messaging app Telegram was beset with vulnerabilities last year after one security researcher discovered 13 in the course of a single investigation. Writing for IT security firm Shielder, an individual known as “polict” also confirmed that all the security bugs have been responsibly reported to Telegram and subsequently fixed. The…
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Interested in Carl Pei’s Nothing? You can now be an investor Nothing
Ever since its launch, Nothing has been trying to stand out from the crowd. Staying true to that idea, the Carl Pei-led technology startup is now opening up for its community to invest in. In December, Carl announced that he will be starting a new venture after parting ways with…
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