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RED Hydrogen One review: unique design and long-lasting battery, but holographic display is poor and blurry, and it falls far short of other $1,000+ phones (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: RED Hydrogen One review: unique design and long-lasting battery, but holographic display is poor and blurry, and it falls far short of other $1,000+ phones  —  It’s obvious this is RED’s first phone  —  RED’s debut smartphone is such a mess that it made me question what fundamental parts of

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DJI launches $2,000 Mavic 2 Enterprise, with accessories for emergency operations like a spotlight, a loudspeaker, and an ultra-light beacon, available today (Adam Clark Estes/Gizmodo)

Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo: DJI launches $2,000 Mavic 2 Enterprise, with accessories for emergency operations like a spotlight, a loudspeaker, and an ultra-light beacon, available today  —  DJI just announced the rumored (and leaked) Mavic 2 Enterprise.  It looks a lot like the consumer-focused Mavic 2 series … DJI launches ,000 Mavic 2 Enterprise,

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South Korea-based NXC, which owns local cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, has acquired Bitstamp, EU's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume (Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss/Reuters)

Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: South Korea-based NXC, which owns local cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, has acquired Bitstamp, EU’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) – NXMH, a Belgium-based investment company, has acquired digital currency exchange Bitstamp in an all cash deal … South Korea-based NXC, which owns local cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, has acquired

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Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab raises $200M from Booking Holdings, the travel firm formerly known as Priceline (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab raises $200M from Booking Holdings, the travel firm formerly known as Priceline  —  Fresh a strategic investment from Microsoft, Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing leader Grab is back in the money again after it closed $200 million in fresh capital from Booking Holdings … Southeast Asian ride-hailing service

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Google updates Firebase with premium enterprise-grade support, better ML Kit facial recognition, Management API, a Test Lab for iOS, and more (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat)

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Google updates Firebase with premium enterprise-grade support, better ML Kit facial recognition, Management API, a Test Lab for iOS, and more  —  Google today updated Firebase, its service for helping developers build apps for Android, iOS, and the web.  Firebase has gained paid enterprise-grade support … Google updates Firebase with premium

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Japan: Stablecoins are not cryptocurrencies

The Japanese Financial Services Agency revealed exclusively to Bitcoin News today that, under current law, stablecoins are not cryptocurrencies. Currently there are two pieces of legislation that cryptocurrency companies must satisfy in Japan. The Fund Settlement Law and the Payment Services Act. The Fund Settlement Law defines cryptocurrencies as means of payment, making them exempt

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp acquired by Belgium investment firm

Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange desk Bitstamp has been acquired by NXMH, a Brussels-based investment firm owned by the South Korean conglomerate Nexon Holdings (NXC), the company announced today. The terms of the deal, which was signed on October 25, have not been revealed. NXHM now holds eighty percent stake in Bitstamp, while the exchange desk’s founder Nejc Kodric

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