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Aethir’s decentralized Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) network began as a solution for cloud gaming, but co-founder Mark Rydon says the company is now focused on artificial intelligence — an industry where soaring demand for compute power is driving up GPU value and colliding with U.S.-China geopolitics. Aethir, founded in 2022, is one of the most […]

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3430.34, down 1.1% (-39.46) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+2.0%) and XLM (+1.7%). Laggards: APT (-5.1%) and NEAR (-5.1%).

HyperLiquid, the layer-1 blockchain known for its derivatives exchange, has responded to criticism over an apparent lack of decentralization and issues around validators. The concerns were initially published by Kam Benbrik, an employee at ChorusOne which operates several nodes across different blockchains. Many of the issues stemmed from HyperLiquid using “closed-source code,” which Benbrik claims

Appchains are launching on Starknet, the layer-2 blockchain on Ethereum known for its embrace of zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography. StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, shared the news on Wednesday, telling CoinDesk that its “SN Stack” will let developers easily build blockchains tailored to specific crypto use cases. StarkWare originally announced in July 2023 that it

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Just a day ago, I highlighted that the bias for protective puts in the S&P 500 options market are painting a cautious picture for risk assets. Fast forward to today, the tide has turned and risk assets, including BTC, are on the defensive. The change in

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR) The bitcoin (BTC) development company MicroStrategy (MSTR) is one of the most volatile and traded equities on the market. Volatility within an equity can be beneficial as it allows for high-volume trading. Even though MicroStrategy has a market cap of less than $100

Dogecoin (DOGE) led losses among crypto majors as bitcoin (BTC) slid to nearly $96,000, a dump attributed to fresh economic data that sent U.S. treasury yields soaring. DOGE plunged 10%, with Solana’s SOL, Cardano’s ADA, BNB Chain’s BNB and ether (ETH) down at least 7%. Bitcoin fell 5.5%, while the broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a

Autonomous robots may sound like sci-fi concepts that are decades away, but large language models and generative AI now allow machines to plan, learn, and think. More than that – the same software that can win the math olympics and write novels can also control physical robots, allowing one digital persona to operate across the

Coinbase Inc. has been given an unusual chance to skip ahead in a U.S. federal court dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when a judge granted the company’s request to chase a narrow appeal of the regulator’s accusations about trading crypto securities. If the U.S. digital assets exchange can get the U.S. Court

Arbitrum, the largest layer-2 network on top of Ethereum, has awarded its biggest-ever developer grant to Lotte Group, the multibillion-dollar South Korean conglomerate known for its vast portfolio of shopping malls, media companies and entertainment properties. According to Offchain Labs, the developer behind Arbitrum, the grant cements Arbitrum as the main blockchain infrastructure provider for