A new report on crypto market fragmentation and liquidity has highlighted the increasing complexity of trading digital assets, with liquidity thinning across multiple venues and regulatory uncertainty shaping institutional participation. The study, titled Crypto OTC Trading Report 2024, examines the evolving market structure, trading mechanisms, and regulatory landscape in the crypto space.
US tariffs, Fed rate expectations, and fiscal policy drive market volatility, with inflation data and yield movements shaping economic outlook.
The official X account of Solana-based memecoin platform Pump.fun was compromised on Feb. 26, with hackers using it to advertise a fraudulent governance token called “PUMP.”
EURUSD currency pair can be expected to fall further to the next support level 1.0400 (which stopped the previous minor correction ii earlier this month).
At Amazon’s annual Devices & Services event on Wednesday, the company introduced Alexa+, an enhanced version of its voice assistant, now powered by generative AI.  During the demonstration, Amazon showcased how users can share documents with Alexa+, allowing it to recall important details and answer questions about those documents. Mara Segal, director of Alexa, provided […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon is not giving up on making its Alexa a virtual shopping assistant, On Wednesday, the company announced that Alexa+, its revamped Alexa experience, will be able to help consumers grocery shop from home using more natural conversations and requests. The feature will work with Amazon Fresh or any other grocery partner working with Amazon, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon’s new and improved Alexa experience, Alexa+, starts at $19.99, or free for Amazon Prime subscribers. It’ll roll out in early access beginning next month in the U.S., and then will come to a wider group of users in waves over the subsequent months, Amazon said. Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 devices will […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
As part of the reveal of Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa+ assistant, the tech giant announced that it’s launching two new features designed for kids called “Explore with Alexa” and “Stories with Alexa.” The features, which leverage Alexa’s new AI capabilities, will be available to Amazon Kids+ subscribers. The company demonstrated the new features at a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon says that the new and improved Alexa unveiled on Wednesday, Alexa+, is powered by a “model agnostic” system that’s always using the “best” AI model for any given task. Onstage at a press event in NYC, Amazon VP Daniel Rausch said that Alexa+ draws on Bedrock, Amazon’s cloud platform designed to let organizations experiment […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A new startup wants to help developers create customized, contextual coding assistants that can connect with any model and integrate seamlessly with their development environments. Founded in June 2023 by CEO Ty Dunn and CTO Nate Sesti (pictured above), Y Combinator alum Continue has already garnered some 23,000 stars on GitHub and 11,000 Discord community […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.