Despite Trump’s backing, crypto is choosing MiCA over America: Paybis

MiCA’s licensing clarity helped Europe capture crypto flows as US retail activity declined despite a crypto-friendly Trump administration. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Europe is pulling ahead in the global crypto race under its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, outpacing even President Donald Trump’s crypto-friendly America. According to Konstantins Vasilenko, co-founder and chief business…

Bitcoin price risks sub-$100K dive after Trump confirms Iran strikes

BTC price declines accelerate as the US hits Iran’s nuclear facilities, but traders are hopeful that Bitcoin may even gain from geopolitical uncertainty. Market Update COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Key points: Bitcoin sees a snap reaction to news of direct US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, dipping below $102,000. Traders note that war-based headlines…

Texas governor signs bill adding Bitcoin to official reserves

Texas becomes the first US state to commit public funds to a standalone Bitcoin reserve, aiming to treat BTC as a long-term strategic asset. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed Senate Bill 21 (SB21), officially authorizing the creation of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a state-managed fund that will…

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Tunnelmole: The Open Source ngrok Alternative Developers Need

Tunnelmole: The Open Source ngrok Alternative Developers Need Looking for an ngrok alternative that gives you open-source freedom, developer-friendly features, and a blazing-fast setup? You’re not alone. Thousands of developers need to share local servers or test webhooks with a public URL—without hitting ngrok’s paywalls or dealing with proprietary limits. In this guide, you’ll discover…

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Step-by-Step Guide to Setting OIDC With Terraform for GitHub Actions Workflows with AWS

Your GitHub Actions Secrets Are the Weakest Link in Your AWS Security Chain Are you still using AWS access keys and secrets to authenticate your GitHub Actions with AWS in 2025? Please don’t. Unless you want to wake up someday with 1000 GPU machines mining Bitcoin in your account at your expense, footing a million-dollar bill….

Fixing Microservice Communication: From Fragile Calls to Resilient Systems

Microservices promise flexibility, scalability, and faster deployments. However, without proper communication strategies, they quickly become a tangled web of tightly coupled services, frequent downtime, and frustrating bugs. In this article, we’ll explore common microservice communication problems and how to fix them by adopting modern patterns and tools. The Problem with Direct Service Calls Imagine a…

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A Thousand Blows season 2: everything we know about the returning Hulu and Disney+ show

A Thousand Blows Season 2: key information – A second season was confirmed during the week of the show’s premiere – It was filmed back-to-back with the first season – A date is yet to be confirmed for its release, but creator Steven Knight said “you won’t have to wait long” – Most of the…

Past Wordle answers – every solution so far, alphabetical and by date

Memorizing all of the past Wordle answers is nearly impossible – after all, there have now been more than 1,400 of them. But knowing what’s gone before is important, because Wordle answers don’t repeat – so you could easily be wasting guesses. What you need then, is a list of past Wordle answers, and that’s…

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A Sunday Reflection: Coding Apps & New Opportunities

It’s a sunny Sunday morning, and I’m sipping coffee while thinking about the joy of creating mobile apps. There’s something special about turning an idea into a functional, user-friendly application. Whether I’m diving into native Android development with Java/Kotlin or exploring cross-platform solutions with Flutter, the process of building something meaningful keeps me inspired. This…

Higher Order Functions in JavaScript – Map, Filter, Reduce Deep Dive

JavaScript’s functional programming capabilities shine through its higher-order functions, which allow developers to write concise, reusable, and expressive code. Among these, map, filter, and reduce stand out as essential tools for transforming and manipulating arrays. Introduced with ES5 and enhanced in later standards, these methods leverage the power of callbacks to process data efficiently. This…