Dealogic: 51 US tech IPOs raised $16.8B in 2025, driven by AI and crypto, above the past three-year average but far below 2021's 127 IPOs raising $74.4B (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-crypto-companies-dominat…
Mord en miniature: True-Crime-Doku „Crafting Crimes“ für Meta Quest ausprobiert
Die interaktive True-Crime-Doku „Crafting Crimes“ verleiht berühmten Kriminalfällen eine räumliche Dimension und führt damit zu den Wurzeln der Forensik.
CryptPad: Zero-Knowledge Architecture
While Google Docs reads everything you type, CryptPad's XSalsa20-Poly1305 encryption and Nakamoto-style consensus protocol ensure the server never decrypts your documents.
https://www.sambent.com/cryptpad-zero-knowledge-architecture…
Donald Trump has reversed Joe Biden’s legal offensive against #crypto,
debuting his own token, $Trump, before his inauguration,
and rolling back government actions against the industry, which heavily supported him during his bid for the presidency.
Celebrities have likewise returned to hawking cryptocurrency projects or launching tokens of their own.
Celebrities in the crypto realm …
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Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka "Bitcoin Jesus", reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ and pays ~$50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/14/roger…
Trump’s efforts to disband programs that promote democracy abroad
and to downplay allegations of corruption and human rights abuses in other countries
took on an added dimension this week
when he appeared before Israel’s parliament and called for pardoning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The request to dismiss corruption charges was the latest in a long line of actions reversing America’s long-standing posture as an exporter of democratic values.
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1
Investigation: after Trump's return to office, the SEC eased up on or dismissed 60% of ongoing crypto cases, including ones involving Trump-linked companies (New York Times)
https://www.