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JUST IN: Microsoft $MSFT in talks to acquire TikTok. @WatcherGuru

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JUST: 🇨🇳 Chinese AI platform DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT on Apple's App Store download rankings in the United States. @BRICSNews

#TechBite| Alchemy Pay has announced securing registration as a Digital Currency Exchange Provider with AUSTRAC, enabling it to offer fiat-to-crypto payment services in Australia.

🚨 LATEST: DeepSeek AI reports service degradation caused by large-scale malicious attacks.

🚨 LATEST: DeepSeek R1, an open-source AI model has overtaken ChatGPT to become the #1 app on the US App Store. @Cointelegraph

JUST IN: According to Odaily, Solana-based PumpDotfun, known for viral memecoins, set a record $15.38 million in daily fees and became the fastest crypto app to hit $100 million in revenue, despite facing legal challenges and rising competition. Telegram | Twitter

🪙 Current price of digital currencies: 🔴 $BTC: $98800.25 (-5.14%) 🔴 $ETH: $3050.35 (-7.84%) 🔴 $XRP: $2.7193 (-12.98%) 🔴 $DOGE: $0.31 (-11.91%) 🔴 $TON: $4.818 (-4.59%) 🔴 $NOT: $0.004221 (-15.48%) 🔴 $DOGS: $0.000268 (-17.72%) 🔴 $HMSTR: $0.0023951 (-13.83%) 🔴 $X: $0.0000871 (-16.65%) 🔴 $MAJOR: $0.24 (-17.85%) ―――――――――――――― 🔴 $PAXG (Gold): $2760 (-0.58%) 🟢 $USDT: 844150 ﷼

#TechBite| Safaricom and Kenyan banks oppose CBK's plan to build a new payment system at a cost of Sh26 billion. They say that it will cause inefficiencies and duplication and proposed improving existing platforms like Pesalink and M-Pesa instead

❗️North Korea has successfully tested a strategic submarine-launched cruise missile, – KCNA. The launch was observed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

BREAKING: 🟠 BlackRock files to allow in-kind creations and redemptions for its spot Bitcoin ETF❗️ However, only the Authorized Participants (institutions) will be able to do this. In other words, institutions would be able to redeem their shares for actual Bitcoin instead of cash if this is accepted.

#TechBite| Elon Musk's Starlink doubled its market share in Kenya from 0.5% in June to 1.1% in Sept, adding 8,723 users to reach 16,786. Its rental model boosted satellite internet capacity by 153% to 2,124 Gbps.

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JUST IN: The BNB Hackathon Q4 2024 awarded PayNova for its blockchain payroll solution, with Outrun, AgentArcade, and others recognized for innovative Web3 projects spanning DeFi, AI, music, rewards, and knowledge sharing. Telegram | Twitter

Samsung also showcased their thin Galaxy S25 Edge! Said to be 6.4mm thin & launch is scheduled for first half of 2025. 🌐📲 @TechnologyBoxs

🇺🇸 NOW: Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks says the Digital Assets Working Group will work on defining market structures, stablecoins and evaluating the national digital asset stockpile. @Cointelegraph

RECENTLY: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed Elon Musk's claim about a lack of funding for the Stargate Project, inviting him to visit the construction site and highlighting its benefits for the U.S. Telegram | Twitter

#CRYPTO: Vine founder Rus Yusupov launched Vinecoin (VINE) meme token as a fun project, but it quickly saw massive attention from whales, with large SOL orders pushing it to over 161,000% growth in just hours, as insiders made significant profits, including a $12.5M floating profit.

🚨 LATEST: Ethereum tops blockchain earnings in 2024 with $2.48B collected in fees despite an upgrade in March that reduced costs on the network, according to CoinGecko. @Cointelegraph