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In the competitive world of startups, relying only on intuition is risky. The most successful new businesses aren’t just built on a great idea; they’re guided by facts. Data acts like a compass, helping founders navigate uncertainty, confirm their assumptions, and find a path to lasting growth.  Image Credit: Unsplash Adopting a data-driven approach from the start can be the most important thing that separates a new business from a market leader. Why Data Matters for New Ventures For a long time, business decisions often came from experience and gut feelings. While instinct has its place, today’s startup environment needs…

TL;DR MON staking is live as of August 4, 2026, with two tiers: Bonded Staking (up to 12% APY) and Auto Earn (up to 6% APY) Bonded Staking carries the highest headline rate, with a standard unbonding period when you unstake Auto Earn activates automatically on eligible balances, no setup required Available now globally, with a small number of geographic exclusions If your MON isn’t earning, it’s not working. MON staking is live for our global client base (see exceptions below), making it simple to earn rewards on your MON holdings while helping secure the Monad network. You can start…

Cruises have become one of my favourite ways to travel. I have been on six of them and planning to go on way more as I get older. I used to think that cruises was for “old” people (i.e. above 65 years old) and growing up in the 90s, I had the “Titanic” fear. However, much of my previous impression of cruises has changed over the years. Below are my personal top pros and cons of cruising. Before I get going, I just wanted to address the “Titanic” fear factor. In 2026, I had the privilege to speak directly to…

Lite Strategy has repurchased 4.9 million shares for $5.4 million, using Litecoin treasury activity and covered-call premiums to fund the buyback. The company said the repurchase represented 13% of shares outstanding, with an average price of $1.11 per share. The validated notes show Lite Strategy holding 819,070 LTC against 31,882,648 shares outstanding after the transaction. The buyback funding mix is the interesting part. Lite Strategy said the capital came from treasury operations, with 11.87% funded by selling Litecoin and 1.13% funded by covered-call premiums. The stated goal is to increase the amount of Litecoin backing every remaining share of common…

Trying to get traffic to your website is trickier than ever. With more and more content to compete with, it can often feel like there is no single approach that can get people to come to your website. And in truth, there isn’t! But there is a combined approach you can take, each with its own creative flair that is sure to get you noticed. Here, I’ll take you through several ways you can attempt to attract new customers to your website. Some you may have heard of, and some are a little more ‘creative’ for startups looking to gain…

AI-assisted security campaign focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem, Bitcoin Red Team, said it generated 6,700 findings across 425 projects in its first 55 hours. The campaign labeled 1,029 of them high or critical.The Aug. 6 update measures how much material entered a security triage pipeline, and its effect on software security remains unreported.The retrieved thread omitted audit-ready definitions and denominators for the severity counts, as well as case-level outcomes, an aggregate false-positive rate, and a fix rate.Those missing fields prevent a calculation of how many alerts became confirmed vulnerabilities, how many maintainers rejected or downgraded, and how many led to…

The Weis Wave Volume Indicator MT4 helps traders look beyond candles by combining price movement with volume analysis. Instead of focusing on every individual bar, it groups price swings into volume waves, making it easier to spot buying and selling pressure. This gives traders another way to judge whether a trend has real strength or is beginning to fade.Many traders use traditional volume indicators, but they often create too much noise during choppy conditions. The Weis Wave Volume Indicator MT4 simplifies the information by highlighting meaningful waves instead of every small fluctuation. That makes trend analysis easier and provides a…

OpenAI said Friday it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra after an internal review found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity — enough to warrant concern over its capabilities. OpenAI said in a blog post Friday that this model, which is still in development, reached its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems. Under the company’s “Preparedness Framework,” which it created in 2023, this triggered additional safeguards. “While we continue to benchmark and assess this model, our preliminary evaluations indicate strong…

An artificial intelligence company is preparing to pay $3.2 million to resolve federal allegations of discriminating against American workers during recruitment for certain roles. OpenAI OpCo LLC and its subsidiary Statsig Inc. reached the combined settlement with the Justice Department over claims they violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by preferring temporary visa holders in the Permanent Labor Certification process, says the U.S. Department of Justice. The companies allegedly discouraged U.S. applicants by requiring paper mail submissions, airing late-night radio ads, and skipping public job postings for fewer than 10 positions. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice…

Wall Street, DeFi engineers and corporate treasurers have converged on the same conclusion: it would be good if bitcoin could pay. So-called bitcoin yield products provide a potential solution. For many, the case for bitcoin has long rested on what it refuses to do. No coupon, no dividend, no counterparty, no promises — a scarce bearer asset whose entire return is price appreciation. Zero yield has always been a feature, and holders accepted, for the most part, nothing-per-annum as the price of asymmetric upside. That value proposition hasn’t gone anywhere.  As exchange-traded fund (ETF) holders, corporate treasurers and income-benchmarked institutions…