NASA Begins Building Asteroid-Hunting Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfl1Eu8Z1A NASA has begun construction on a space telescope that is specifically designed to detect asteroids. Called the NEO Surveyor,...
Year: 2022
Lawsuits Pile Up at End of Digital Asset Markets’ Rough 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWL-yS0PtdM 2022 was generally a rough year for digital asset markets. In May, the Terra stablecoin depegged, causing the Terraform...
U.S. Judge Recuses Herself From Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Case
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams recused herself from the Sam Bankman-Fried fraud case due to a potential conflict of interest....
Perseverance Rover Drops First Samples for Return to Earth Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnJBKR9lqY The Perseverance Rover dropped the first sample cache to be returned to Earth in a future mission. These tubes...
NASA Ends InSight Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vnALPtdSH4 The InSight lander arrived at Mars on June 26, 2018. Since then, it has accomplished significant milestones like detecting...
NASA Considers “Air Taxi” System in New Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRgkAdr620 Where’s my flying car? Everyone who’s grown up with the idea that you could commute to work in a...
Visa Promotes Idea of Recurring Payments for Ethereum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osc_gwNW3Fw In a blog post published on December 19, 2022, Visa described a system for automated Ethereum payments using the...
FTX Attempting to Consolidate Cash Into Approved Bank Accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94FNoGipzsk During a recent creditors’ meeting, FTX management revealed that it is working on consolidating about $1.2 billion in cash...
Elon Musk May Step Down as Twitter CEO After Poll
In the tumultuous couple of months since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter, he may have come across as a...
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNCA-9sTSg Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and is likely to be extradited to the United States, where he...
Orion Spacecraft Returns to Earth Safely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzZPzmMtQA8 After 25 and a half days in space, a test version of the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth. It...
Perseverance Rover Gets Regolith Samples That Might Return to Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLePuj8LaY The Perseverance Rover got two samples of dust and sand from a small, windblown, dune-like structure on Mars. One...
Ethereum Developers Set Staked Ethereum Withdrawals for March 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shGuDfacVc Even before the Merge activated in September 2022, Ethereum stakers have been asking, "When unstaking?" Now Ethereum developers have...
Screenwriter Rob Edwards Joins Pre-Production Team for Historical Drama on Civil War Hero
Movie production company Legion M announced that screenwriter Rob Edwards joined the pre-production team for Defiant, a movie on Civil...
Artemis 1 Orion Prepares to Return to Earth After Impressive Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foKst4_Emf4 The uncrewed Orion launched by Artemis 1 on November 30, 2022, is now on its way back to Earth....
Spacewalkers Deploy New Solar Panels on International Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxenTNLjWE How much would you like to have a solar panel that you could just unroll like a sleeping bag...
Ledger Hires iPod Creator Tony Fadell for New Hardware Wallet Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsSO7S8buk Remember the iPod? If you're used to using Apple's mobile devices, Ledger's upcoming hardware wallet is likely to have...
South Korea Drops Arrest Warrant for Terra Co-Founder Daniel Shin
A South Korean court has dropped an arrest warrant for a less well-known Terraform Labs co-founder, Daniel Shin. "Considering the...
CFTC Chairman Calls for Overhaul of Crypto Regulation Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZC_9o0nYww During testimony at a hearing held by the Senate Agriculture Committee, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam called for an overhaul...
Ethereum Foundation Begins Shutdown of Ropsten Testnet
The Ethereum Foundation began winding down the Ropsten Testnet and expects to complete the shutdown by the end of December....
Coinbase Foils Extortion Attempt
Coinbase fended off a blackmail attempt from a malicious actor who threatened to expose customer records if the exchange didn’t...
Hodlnaut Faces Investigation Over UST Holdings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-2csF2kcs Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) announced an investigation into Hodlnaut’s crypto holdings. It alleges that Hodlnaut downplayed his holdings...
NYAG Opposes Bills to Remove Obstacles to Adding Crypto to Retirement Accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzazKecoHJw The New York Attorney General’s office issued a statement opposing two bills working their way through Congress that would...
Lawsuit Alleges Treasury Falsely Labeled Tornado Cash a Security Risk
Six cryptocurrency users filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The lawsuit alleges that a subdivision of...
New York Governor Signs Two-Year Moratorium on Crypto Mining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Phh5U-ylc New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill imposing a two-year moratorium on certain types of cryptocurrency mining, citing...
U.S. State-Level Securities Regulators Probing Genesis Global Capital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI7JmbZbT7U Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph Borg indicated that Alabama is participating in a multi-state effort to probe Genesis Global...
UK Court Rules Bitcoin.org Owner Must Unmask to Defend Against Court Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ff4BxbUBU The London High Court ruled that the Bitcoin.org owner, Cøbra, must reveal their identity to contest the legal costs...
Scientists Use X-Rays to Solve Mystery Around Blazars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQBLjiZI3Zg When a black hole feeds on material, it can whip up enormous jets of matter that stream out from...
NASA Seeks Public Comment on Mars Sample Return Mission
…But don’t overdo it, please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQV6Za0kgfA NASA is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for the Mars...
Genesis Global Capital Exploring Options Including Bankruptcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfQk_cPkc8M Genesis Global Capital hired an investment firm named Moelis & Company to explore options, including a potential bankruptcy. Since...
FTX Bankruptcy Judge Approves Redaction of FTX Creditors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuEaZSmjCJs The presiding judge in the FTX bankruptcy case, John Dorsey, approved FTX’s request to redact its creditors. A legal...
Test Orion Spacecraft Completes First Lunar Flyby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrj8q-_ahI After making the first launch of the SLS in several years with Artemis I on November 16, NASA announced...
BlockFi Prepares to File for Bankruptcy Amid FTX Collapse Fallout
BlockFi is currently preparing to lay off employees and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the fallout from FTX's rapid...
How to Save Twitter Without Nuking It and Starting Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprClbeiML0 So I’m sure we’re all at least somewhat familiar with the drama behind Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. First...
Astronomers Find Evidence of Early Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6KXoO0NEE The universe’s first stars could have formed as early as 100 million years after the universe formed. These early...
NASA Tops Forbes List of Top Employers for Veterans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhW6sxM7aI Are you a U.S. military veteran who is looking for a job? Unlike Big Tech companies, many of which...
Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as FTX CEO as FTX Declares Bankruptcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h9BTRU_0hM FTX capped a rough week for crypto by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a United States court. Sam...
New Study Confirms Some of Earth’s Water Comes from Meteorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1EJoInwD-I A paper published in Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta describes angrite meteorites’ role in bringing water to Earth. Angrites are...
Twitter Files Registration for Money Transmitter Business
A new regulatory filing with the U.S. Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) unveiled “Twitter Payments LLC,” a subsidiary...
Binance Walks Away From FTX Acquisition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaPHkGzzDs Yesterday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) announced a non-binding letter of intent to acquire FTX. Now he says the...
American Astronauts Have Opportunity to Vote from International Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7EMAimZ_g If you live in America and hopped online today, you probably saw the long lines of people going to...
Binance Signs Letter of Intent to Buy FTX
The day after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) announced that the exchange was liquidating its FTT holdings, he announced that...
Department of Justice Scores Big in Dark Web Fraud Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIuWx-xwhzg When someone defrauds a Dark Web platform used to buy and sell illegal goods, is he a hero or...
LBRY Loses Case Brought by SEC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22jyp6e6FA LBRY lost a case brought by the SEC in which the regulatory agency claimed that LBRY's tokens were a...
Binance Plans to Liquidate FTT Tokens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3vJNFhxD0 Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao ("CZ") announced plans to liquidate Binance's FTT holdings. He cited "recent revelations that have come...
Circle to Launch Euro-Backed Stablecoin on Solana Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6kJltreb0 Circle already has the U.S. Dollar-backed stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC). Now it plans to launch an European version, the...
SEC Subpoenas Hint at Investigation Into HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZe31DIeS0 The SEC has issued subpoenas to influencers who may have promoted HEX, PulseChain, and/or PulseX. The subpoenas demand that...
NASA’s Veritas Probe Delayed to 2031
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWQiq-tAy4 NASA’s VERITAS probe has been delayed to 2031 and, for once, it wasn’t due to technical issues with the...
Twitter Employees Sue Over Layoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3jyZQtPQw About 1,100 former Twitter employees saved Elon Musk the trouble of laying them off since he announced his offer...
Astronomers Find Black Hole 1,560 Light-Years from Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3X0cIbaNM Just when you’ve started to put your Halloween decorations away, astronomers found a new spook just 1,560 light-years from...
