Stablecoin transfer volume on Ethereum surpassed $8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking a new all-time high, reported Token Terminal on Monday. The $8 trillion milestone is almost double the transfer volume figure for the second quarter, which was just over $4 trillion, according to the chart. Stablecoin issuance on Ethereum increased by … Read more
BEST PICTURE “Bugonia”“Frankenstein”“Hamnet”“Jay Kelly”“Marty Supreme”“One Battle After Another” — WINNER“Sentimental Value”“Sinners”“Train Dreams”“Wicked: For Good” BEST ACTOR Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme” — WINNERLeonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent” BEST ACTRESS Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” — WINNERRose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”Chase Infiniti, “One … Read more
The 2026 Critics Choice Awards have come and gone, and amid all the major fashion and major wins, certain standout moments seemed destined to live on forever (in our hearts and in Instagram meme format, at least). From host Chelsea Handler’s touching tribute to Rob Reiner and Jimmy Kimmel reference to his 2025 suspension to … Read more
Bitcoin developers working on the software that powers most nodes backing the blockchain had a busy year in 2025, with more developers pushing out more code, according to Bitcoiner Jameson Lopp. Lopp, the co-founder of the crypto management platform Casa, said on Sunday that 135 different people had contributed code to Bitcoin Core last year, … Read more
Get ready, Pittheads! Season 2 of The Pitt is almost upon us, and Katherine LaNasa is celebrating in style at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. The actor, nominated tonight for best supporting actress in a drama series for her role as charge nurse Dana Evans, won an Emmy for her work in Season 1 back … Read more
Samsung’s latest update to its Family Hub smart fridge line adds a feature I’ve always wanted — voice-activated door opening and closing. Using the device’s built-in Bixby voice control, you will soon be able to say “Shut the fridge door,” or “Open the door,” and your machine will obey. According to a press release from … Read more
As Warner Bros. stands to be swallowed whole by Netflix, Noah Wyle — the recently minted winner of Best Actor in a Drama Series at the Critics Choice Awards (for his turn as the commanding attending physician on HBO Max‘s The Pitt) — is thanking his circle of collaborators, supporters and friends, not to mention … Read more
The amazingly thin wallpaper design from LG is back. The first Wallpaper TV was released back in 2017, and it’s been six years since we saw the last one. But LG has revived the product line with the LG OLED evo W6, and I’ve seen it here at CES. The TV body is only 9mm … Read more
Crypto traders flooded back to memecoins as the new year turned, driving memecoin market capitalization up by over 23% in the last week after trading at a yearly low in the final days of 2025. The memcoin market cap crossed $47.7 billion on Monday, up from $38 billion on Dec. 29, according to cryptocurrency data … Read more
As a leading nominee this awards season, Wicked: For Good star Ariana Grande is bound to deliver plenty of statement looks over the next few months, as she continues her best-supporting-actress campaign. But if you thought that would mean she is shedding her love for Glinda pink in the process, you are mistaken: The star … Read more