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FTX sells LedgerX for $50M to affiliate of Miami-based exchange holding company

FTX sells LedgerX for $50M to affiliate of...

The futures and options exchange was purchased by FTX.US in 2021 to expand its spot trading services. Three other FTX assets remain up for sale.

Bitcoin advocates rally at Texas State Capitol to oppose bill cutting mining incentives

Bitcoin advocates rally at Texas State Cap...

“When you target one industry the way they are with this bill, that’s bad policy no matter what the industry you’re targeting,” said Satoshi A...

Three takes on tomorrow’s materials

Three takes on tomorrow’s materials

Lights, muscles, action Ritu Raman’s engineered muscle cells contract in response to light—and could lead to biologically based robots that ad...

GI trouble? Swallow this sensor.

GI trouble? Swallow this sensor.

About 35 million Americans suffer from digestive issues such as constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and gastroparesis (partial stom...

Going digital makes aid programs more effective

Going digital makes aid programs more effe...

For years, the Indonesian government sent 10-kilo bags of rice to villages, where local leaders were supposed to distribute them to poor resid...

‘Mother of all of us’

‘Mother of all of us’

Priscilla King Gray, the wife of former MIT president Paul Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60, and cofounder of the MIT Public Service Center (since re...

Helping cities build community

Helping cities build community

Owiso Makuku, MArch ’99, MCP ’99, knows what it means to stand out. Opinionated, driven, and half Kenyan, half Jewish, Makuku has long navigat...

Reframing ageism

Reframing ageism

Among the Ojibwe of North America, an older person is referred to as a “great person” and young people are taught not to answer back when chas...

The preschool boost

The preschool boost

Children who attend preschool at age four are significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by MIT economist...