Citadel CEO holds 4.5% stake in Solana treasury DeFi Dev Corp

Key Takeaways Citadel’s Ken Griffin beneficially owns 1,315,654 shares, representing 4.5% of the outstanding common stock of DeFi Development Corp. DeFi Dev Corp’s business model centers around acquiring and staking Solana tokens, boosting shareholder value through onchain yield and exposure. Share this article Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, disclosed a 4.5% beneficial ownership […]

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Why did MetaMask show $0 on Ethereum when AWS went offline?

An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails. AWS reported a fault in its US-EAST-1 region starting at 03:11 ET, with DNS and EC2 load-balancer health monitoring failures […]

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Samsung Galaxy XR is a secretly a Pixel

Last week, I got to spend some time with Samsung’s newest device, a mixed reality headset called the Galaxy XR. This is the “Project Moohan” product Samsung has been working on for ages to take on the Apple Vision Pro. It’s an important launch for the company, and it’s even priced to compete — well, […]

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Samsung is working on XR smart glasses with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster

As part of its Galaxy XR headset presentation, Samsung also briefly teased another wearable product. It’s working in collaboration with two eyewear companies, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, on AI-powered smart glasses to go up against Meta’s Ray-Ban models, Samsung’s head of customer experience Jay Kim announced at the end of the livestream. “We’re also […]

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Estrada signs with the Dodgers

Like almost any MIT student, Mason Estrada wants to take what he learned on campus and apply it to the working world. Unlike any other current MIT student, Estrada’s primary workplace is a pitcher’s mound. Estrada, the star pitcher for MIT’s baseball team, has signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who selected him in the […]

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