Paul Brody
@pbrody.bsky.social
EY Blockchain Leader, Chairman of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. ETH Maxi. prbrody.eth 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈Author: Ethereum For Business.
#WorthReading Self-driving car tech start-up Nuro raises $200mn at $6bn valuation
Self-driving car tech start-up Nuro raises more than $200mn at $6bn valuation
California start-up secures new funding amid growing investor appetite in autonomous vehicle technology
www.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#WorthReading Self-driving car tech start-up Nuro raises $200mn at $6bn valuation
#WorthReading MetaMask Joins Stablecoin Race With mUSD, Backed by M0 Protocol and Stripe's Bridge
Stablecoin News: MetaMask Confirms mUSD Launch, Backed by M0 and Stripe's Bridge
MetaMask's upcoming digital dollar is the first example of the partnership, combining Bridge's regulatory and reserve management with M0’s blockchain expertise.
www.coindesk.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#WorthReading MetaMask Joins Stablecoin Race With mUSD, Backed by M0 Protocol and Stripe's Bridge
#WorthReading Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time
Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time
Focus Friend gamifies my attention in just the right ways.
www.theverge.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
#WorthReading Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time
#WorthReading China is quietly upstaging America with its open models
China is quietly upstaging America with its open models
How worried should OpenAI and other labs be?
www.economist.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#WorthReading China is quietly upstaging America with its open models
#WorthReading Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI
Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI
History teaches that tech revolutions follow a predictable cycle of installation followed by creative destruction
www.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#WorthReading Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI
#WorthReading Hyperliquid Now Dominates DeFi Derivatives, Processing $30B a Day
Hyperliquid Now Dominates DeFi Derivatives, Processing $30B a Day
A new RedStone report says Hyperliquid’s on-chain order book, HIP-3 market creation, and dual-chain design have propelled it to over 80% market share.
www.coindesk.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#WorthReading Hyperliquid Now Dominates DeFi Derivatives, Processing $30B a Day
#WorthReading Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment
Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment
Workers say the executive was volatile and retaliated when they cooperated with an investigation. Apple denies the claims.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#WorthReading Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment
#WorthReading Stablecoin Market Could Hit $1.2T by 2028, Maybe Affecting U.S. Government Debt Yields: Coinbase
Coinbase Sees Stablecoin Market Growing to $1.2T by 2028
The target translates to stablecoins growing almost five-fold from the current market size of $270 billion.
www.coindesk.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#WorthReading Stablecoin Market Could Hit $1.2T by 2028, Maybe Affecting U.S. Government Debt Yields: Coinbase
#WorthReading The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss.
www.theatlantic.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#WorthReading The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
#WorthReading The decline in reading for pleasure
The decline in reading for pleasure - Marginal REVOLUTION
We measure reading for pleasure and reading with children from 2003 to 2023, using a nationally representative sample from the American Time Use Survey (n = 236,270). We found marked declines in the...
marginalrevolution.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#WorthReading The decline in reading for pleasure
#WorthReading U.S. Justice Department Official Says Writing Code Without Bad Intent 'Not a Crime'
U.S. Justice Department Official Says Writing Code Without Bad Intent 'Not a Crime'
Despite this month's trial conviction of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, the DOJ signaled to a crypto crowd in Wyoming that it's not chasing developers.
www.coindesk.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
#WorthReading U.S. Justice Department Official Says Writing Code Without Bad Intent 'Not a Crime'
#WorthReading ‘Micro-Soft’
MSNBC, Spinning Out of NBCUniversal, Rebrands as ‘MS NOW’ With a Godawful Backronym and Even Worse Logo
The oddest part about the whole situation is that CNBC is being spun out into Versant, too, but while they’re losing the NBC peacock logo, they’re just keeping their name, unchanged.
daringfireball.net
October 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#WorthReading ‘Micro-Soft’
#WorthReading ‘America First’ Does Not Mean ‘America Everywhere’
‘America First’ Does Not Mean ‘America Everywhere’
It’s time for Europe and America to accept how different they actually are.
www.theatlantic.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#WorthReading ‘America First’ Does Not Mean ‘America Everywhere’
#WorthReading US OCC terminates 2022 order targeting Anchorage Digital over AML
cointelegraph.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#WorthReading US OCC terminates 2022 order targeting Anchorage Digital over AML
#WorthReading A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
You all deserved better.
www.theatlantic.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
#WorthReading A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
#WorthReading Winklevoss Twins Donate $21 Million in Bitcoin to Pro-Trump, Anti-Democrat Crypto PAC
Winklevoss Twins Donate $21 Million in Bitcoin to Pro-Trump, Anti-Democrat Crypto PAC - Decrypt
The Digital Freedom Fund will focus on supporting President Trump’s crypto agenda—first and foremost by trying to beat Democrats in next year’s midterms.
decrypt.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#WorthReading Winklevoss Twins Donate $21 Million in Bitcoin to Pro-Trump, Anti-Democrat Crypto PAC
#WorthReading Silicon Valley Throws $100M at AI-Powered Mattress With a Subscription
Silicon Valley Throws $100M at AI-Powered Mattress With a Subscription - Decrypt
The startup's $500 million valuation shows Silicon Valley will throw money at AI-powered anything—even a high tech mattress.
decrypt.co
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#WorthReading Silicon Valley Throws $100M at AI-Powered Mattress With a Subscription
#WorthReading Tether Taps Bo Hines, Former White House Crypto Council Head, as Advisor for U.S Strategy
Tether (USDT) Taps Bo Hines, Trump's Crypto Advisor, to Guide U.S. Strategy
Hines will guide Tether’s U.S. market push, focusing on policy engagement and digital asset growth, the firm said.
www.coindesk.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#WorthReading Tether Taps Bo Hines, Former White House Crypto Council Head, as Advisor for U.S Strategy
#WorthReading U.S. Federal Reserve's New Supervision Chief Sold on Bringing Crypto to Finance
U.S. Federal Reserve's New Supervision Chief Sold on Bringing Crypto to Finance
The Fed vice chair who leads banking oversight, Michelle Bowman, comes across as a crypto evangelist as she echoes industry views on its regulatory needs.
www.coindesk.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#WorthReading U.S. Federal Reserve's New Supervision Chief Sold on Bringing Crypto to Finance
#WorthReading The Growing Cohort of Single Dads by Choice
The Growing Cohort of Single Dads by Choice
For some men, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity.
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#WorthReading The Growing Cohort of Single Dads by Choice
#WorthReading CLEAR Launches Biometric eGates At Airports, In Partnership With TSA
CLEAR Launches Biometric eGates At Airports, In Partnership With TSA
CLEAR is rolling out eGates at TSA checkpoints for members, which will simplify the security process. Here's what to expect.
onemileatatime.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#WorthReading CLEAR Launches Biometric eGates At Airports, In Partnership With TSA
#WorthReading Records Topple as Runners Crush Punishing Leadville 100 Ultramarathon
Records Topple as Runners Crush Punishing Leadville 100 Ultramarathon
Anne Flower broke a 31-year-old record held by Ann Trason, while David Roche set a record for the second year in a row at the 2025 Leadville 100 Mile.
gearjunkie.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
#WorthReading Records Topple as Runners Crush Punishing Leadville 100 Ultramarathon
#WorthReading Circle’s Arc blockchain to debut with institutional access via Fireblocks
cointelegraph.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
#WorthReading Circle’s Arc blockchain to debut with institutional access via Fireblocks
#WorthReading These Microsoft Copilot Wearables are what I imagined Google Glass would look like in 2025
These Microsoft Copilot Wearables are what I imagined Google Glass would look like in 2025 - Yanko Design
It's been 12 years since the Google Glass experiment. We've moved on miles since then, with smaller wearables, face-worn cameras, HUDs, and even actual voice AI... but the companies that gave us all these...
www.yankodesign.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#WorthReading These Microsoft Copilot Wearables are what I imagined Google Glass would look like in 2025
#WorthReading Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning
Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning
Developers are free to create and distribute derivative models. Importantly, Nvidia does not claim ownership of any outputs generated...
venturebeat.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#WorthReading Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning