Polygon Labs Bolsters Stablecoin Payments Push, Acquiring Coinme and Sequence
Polygon Labs signaled that it’s becoming a regulated payments company by acquiring Coinme and Sequence for a combined $250 million....
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Meta is closing its VR workplace app amid Reality Labs layoffs
Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Meta is switching off Horizon Workrooms as a stand-alone...
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Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables
Around 10 percent of Meta's Reality Labs division, which develops its XR products and services, will be laid off beginning on Tuesday, as reported by Bloomberg . Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confir...
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How Meta's Latest Job Cuts Compare to Recent Broader Tech Sector Layoffs
The roughly 1,000 job cuts in Reality Labs come as Meta reallocates resources from the metaverse to AI wearables and mobile products....
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Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI
Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Tw...
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​​Polygon strikes $250M deal for Coinme and Sequence in stablecoin payments push
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron told Cointelegraph that the acquisitions position the network as a regulated payments platform built to move stablecoins onchain at scale....
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Michael Saylor pushes back on criticism of Bitcoin treasury companies
Speaking on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, Strategy chairman Michael Saylor pushed back against criticism of companies issuing equity or debt to buy Bitcoin....
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Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among emp...
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America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan but for zoning laws
Article URL: https://abio.substack.com/p/america-could-have-4-lunch-bowls Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646970 Points: 24 # Comments: 4...
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Wall Street hits back at Trump’s plan to limit interest on credit cards
Banks such as Citigroup and Wells Fargo say capping rates would limit credit and hurt economic growth...
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ETH’s back at $3.2K: Will traders flip the level from resistance to support?
Ethereum remains the leader in total value locked, but declining usage and economic uncertainty in the United States may hinder a rally to $4,000....
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Morning Minute: Fidelity Calls Bitcoin 'Maturing,' Lays Out 2026 Bull and Bear Case
The financial services firm lays out a pretty straightforward bull case for Bitcoin as it matures—will it come to fruition?...
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Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion
Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has made a number of claims about the state of his former company, Call of Duty, and the console market as part of a response to a lawsuit. Kotick, who left Activis...
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Policy Forces Reshape Bitcoin Trading as Four-Year Cycle Weakens
Bitcoin is increasingly trading on fiscal and regulatory signals as policy-driven liquidity expectations reshape market behavior in 2026....
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Disney+ Announces First Streaming Bundle Deal of 2026
Disney+ pricing has been a bit all over the place recently. The service raised prices across all of its streaming plans (including Hulu) last October, before offering a pretty solid Cyber Monday deal ...
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THEN AND NOW: Vintage photos show how department stores have changed
Department stores, then and now. Bettmann/Getty Images ; Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images Department stores have changed dramatically over the last 100 years. Department stores once sold necessities. No...
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Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios
Marvel’s Deadpool VR. Meta is laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts apparently include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. It "appears" Twisted Pixel...
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After Coinbase Reversal Forces Delay on Crypto Bill, Is There a Path Forward?
Crypto industry leaders scrambled Thursday to salvage the market structure bill—but some conceded the bill now has lower chances of passage....
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Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions to his re-election campaign...
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Kraken-Linked SPAC Eyes $250 Million US Public Offering
KRAKacquisition Corp., a newly formed blank check firm linked to crypto exchange Kraken, proposed a $250 million public offering....
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