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Zero Percent: Switzerland Reverts to 0% Rates to Counter Deflation Pressure
19.6.2025
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its key interest rate to 0% on June 19, 2025, reinstating a zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) effective immediately. SNB Joins Zero-Rate Club After Sixth Consecutive Cut The Swiss National Bank (SNB) lowered its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0%, effective...
Return of Zero Interest Rate Policy as Swiss Central Bank Cuts Rates
19.6.2025
The return to zero comes as tariffs threaten to deflate nations with trade surplus, such as Switzerland and China
Mario Kart World Is Redemption For One Of The 1980s' Most Underrated Racing Games
18.6.2025
I spent an enormously disproportionate amount of my childhood playing one game: Buggy Boy. I have learned, in preparation for this article, that this arcade classic had a different name in the U.S. “Speed Buggy.” Pah-tooie. Ew. No. It’s Buggy Boy, and it was—until 2025—the only racing game that...
No One Fell for It: Paraguay’s Bitcoin Legal Tender Announcement Was a Zero-Sum Hack
10.6.2025
A recent social media post by President Santiago Peña announcing the enactment of bitcoin as Paraguay’s legal tender, shook the crypto community. Nonetheless, this turned out to be a scheme by attackers who gained control of the account and tried to take advantage. Attackers Compromise Paraguay’s...
11-Month Battle Over AI Finally Ending As Striking Game Actors Reach Tentative Deal
10.6.2025
A nearly year-long battle between SAG-AFTRA game actors and the major publishers over AI protections for performances is set to end, after both sides reached a tentative agreement this week. Details of the deal haven’t yet been released, but the union says it includes “necessary AI guardrails”...
A crypto scam that doesn’t need private keys: How does zero-value transfer work?
9.6.2025
A crypto investor lost $2.6 million in hours, falling victim to a zero-value transfer scam, a type of address poisoning scam
A crypto scam that doesn’t need private keys: How does zero-value transfer work?
9.6.2025
A crypto investor lost $2.6 million in hours, falling victim to a zero-value transfer scam, a type of address poisoning scam
Legendary Producer Timbaland's Next Artist Will Be AI-Generated
5.6.2025
Grammy Award-winning producer Timbaland is going to make us listen to his AI music if it’s the last thing he does. Today it was announced that he will be launching a new AI entertainment company, Stage Zero, and introducing the world to his first AI-generated artist known as TaTa.Read more
Crypto-Friendly Bank Revolut Eyes Expansion Into Derivatives
3.6.2025
Revolut is recruiting a general manager of crypto derivatives who will be tasked with taking a new related offering "from zero to scale."
Strategy Expands Capital Stack With Launch of High-Yield STRD Preferred Shares
3.6.2025
New 10% non-cumulative perpetual preferred sits below STRF and STRK in seniority, offering investors long-duration yield exposure with zero fees
Metaplanet issues $50M in new debt to buy more Bitcoin
28.5.2025
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet is raising $50 million through a private placement of zero-interest bonds as part of its ongoing strategy to increase its Bitcoin exposure. In a May 28 announcement, the company that it was raising $50 million through bonds. The bonds are issued in $1.25...
Metaplanet issues $50M in new debt to buy more Bitcoin
28.5.2025
Japanese investment company Metaplanet is raising $50 million through a private placement of zero-interest bonds as part of its strategy to increase its Bitcoin exposure. In a May 28 announcement, the company said it was raising $50 million through bonds. The bonds are issued in $1.25 million...
StarkWare launches mobile-friendly zero-knowledge prover
27.5.2025
Blockchain company StarkWare has unveiled zero-knowledge (ZK) prover STARK Two (S-two), enabling enhanced privacy and verification on everyday devices like phones, laptops and browsers. The company said the new ZK prover allows users to generate complex cryptographic proofs from the client...
StarkWare launches mobile-friendly zero-knowledge prover
27.5.2025
Blockchain company StarkWare has unveiled zero-knowledge (ZK) prover STARK Two (S-two), enabling enhanced privacy and verification on everyday devices like phones, laptops and browsers. The company said the new ZK prover allows users to generate complex cryptographic proofs from the client...
StarkWare launches mobile-friendly zero-knowledge prover
27.5.2025
Blockchain company StarkWare has unveiled zero-knowledge (ZK) prover STARK Two (S-two), enabling enhanced privacy and verification on everyday devices like phones, laptops and browsers. The company said the new ZK prover allows users to generate complex cryptographic proofs from the client...
StarkWare launches mobile-friendly zero-knowledge prover
27.5.2025
Blockchain company StarkWare has unveiled zero-knowledge (ZK) prover STARK Two (S-two), enabling enhanced privacy and verification on everyday devices like phones, laptops and browsers. The company said the new ZK prover allows users to generate complex cryptographic proofs from the client...
Crypto investor loses $2.5M in stablecoins in double phishing scam
26.5.2025
A single victim has been scammed two times within three hours, losing a total of $2.5 million in stablecoins.According to data shared on May 26 by crypto compliance firm Cyvers, the victim sent 843,000 worth of USDt (USDT) followed by another 2.6 million USDt around three hours later. Cyvers said...
DeFi near-zero onboarding costs can help 1.4B unbanked: 1inch co-founder
23.5.2025
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms have a major cost advantage over traditional banks when it comes to onboarding new users, according to Anton Bukov, co-founder of decentralized exchange (DEX) 1inch.Speaking at a panel during Dutch Blockchain Week on May 22 in Amsterdam, Bukov said traditional...
DeFi near-zero onboarding costs can help 1.4B unbanked: 1inch co-founder
23.5.2025
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms have a major cost advantage over traditional banks when it comes to onboarding new users, according to Anton Bukov, co-founder of decentralized exchange (DEX) 1inch.Speaking at a panel during Dutch Blockchain Week on May 22 in Amsterdam, Bukov said traditional...
How To Beat Monster Hunter Wilds’ Craziest Hunt
22.5.2025
The general gameplay loop of Monster Hunter Wilds is using cool weapons to fight strong monsters—and then using their parts to make even cooler weapons to fight even stronger monsters. That cycle likely doesn’t have many hitches until you have to wrestle with Zoh Shia. While their debut hunt can...