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A 64-year-old man paralyzed by ALS was able to communicate via his thoughts to his smart devices using a new type of brain implant that avoids potentially risky brain surgery. The man, identified only as “Mark” in a YouTube video uploaded Monday by Synchron, a New York-based company that makes the brain-computer interface, was apparently able to control a range of Amazon Alexa-enabled devices, including answering video calls, using just mind control. In a previous demonstration, Mark used Synchr...

MicroStrategy, the largest corporate reserve holder of Bitcoin with over $14 billion worth, announced Monday that it plans to buy even more Bitcoin as part of a private offering of $700 million worth of convertible senior notes. The firm said that it will use proceeds from the sale to redeem $500 million in previous senior secured notes that are due in 2028, with an expected total cost of $523.8 million including interest. MicroStrategy then plans to use any remaining proceeds to purchase more B...

Zynga, the mega mobile and casual game publisher behind FarmVille, has relinquished control of the Sugartown crypto game and its IP. The team that was working on the game has now relaunched as a new independent company, called D20 Labs, picking up where Zynga left off—and has already revealed a brand new game. D20 Labs was co-founded and is led by Matt Wolf, formerly the VP of Web3 gaming at Zynga, alongside ex-Zynga Web3 General Manager Tommy Ngo. By breaking off from the mobile gaming publishe...

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates dramatically this week, with the outspoken crypto critic arguing that higher borrowing costs have threatened the U.S. economy for too long. “Now is the time to swiftly move forward with rate cuts,” the Senator from Massachusetts wrote in a letter addressed to Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The letter was also signed by Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). In the letter, lawmakers called for a 75...

Crypto stocks across the board took a dive at Monday’s open after Bitcoin failed to maintain its early weekend momentum, but some are starting to rebound as the day goes on. At 9:45 am ET, Coinbase (COIN) fell 4% to $156.63. MicroStrategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, dipped by 5% to about $133, while the Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI) fell by the same amount to a price of nearly $16. By comparison, the S&P 500 traded flat, and the Nasdaq 100 traded 0.5% down at Monda...

Former president Donald Trump survived yet another suspected assassination attempt over the weekend. But this time political meme coins related to the Republican nominee have tanked over the week, causing some traders to question the dynamic between meme coin prices and relevant news events. After the first Trump assassination attempt, Solana meme coin TREMP jumped 71% over the following 24 hours, with TRUMP up 39% and MAGA also climbing 33%. In contrast, TREMP is down 5% over the past 24 hours,...

A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years in prison last Wednesday for orchestrating a series of home violent invasions targeting owners of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, stealing $3.5 million through brute force and SIM-swapping attacks alongside 13 other co-conspirators. Remy St Felix, 24, was the leader of a home invasion crew that held victims at gunpoint in Delray Beach and Homestead, Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). St Felix’s victims were assaulted and bound...