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As electric vehicles roll off assembly lines, a bottleneck sits upstream: lithium refinement. Turning raw lithium into the compounds needed for batteries is expensive, messy, and energy-intensive, but Mangrove Lithium, a Vancouver-based startup, has a better way. The company has developed an electrochemical refining process that converts lithium feedstocks into battery-grade lithium hydroxide.Converting raw lithium to lithium hydroxide typically requires roasting spodumene—a mineral from which lithium is derived—at high temperatures, and then leaching it with acid to convert it to lithium sulfate. That compound then needs to be converted to lithium hydroxide. “It’s a thermochemical reaction that uses heavy amounts…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure With a White House deadline on the anticipated CLARITY Act set for March 1, crypto policy discussions are intensifying in Washington. On Thursday afternoon, Senate Democrats are scheduled to meet to continue deliberations on the crypto market structure bill.  Ahead of those talks, the Blockchain Association returned to Capitol Hill to press lawmakers on how decentralized finance (DeFi) will be treated in the latest draft from the Senate Banking Committee. Blockchain Association Lobbies For Developer Protections The industry trade group, which represents a range of crypto companies,…

Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded 7.45% over the past two days after dropping to $62,400 on Tuesday, below a key onchain price support. Despite the bounce, holders who bought between six months and two years ago remain at an average cost of $74,500, a level that now stands as a potential inflection level.As BTC moves higher, the concentration of supply around $74,500 stands as a key test for the current trend; a decisive reclaim of that level may signal demand and a shift in short-term market structure.Why $74,500 matters to Bitcoin bullsBitcoin’s realized price tracks the average onchain acquisition cost for…

Wall Street moved toward Ethereum first then price followed. Institutions funneled $157M into Ethereum investment products on Wednesday, the largest daily inflow since mid January. Just hours later, ETH ripped 15% and reclaimed the $2,000 psychological level.Now trading around $2,050, the move looks less like retail hype and more like deliberate positioning. While some large holders were selling into weakness, institutional desks were quietly absorbing supply.That divergence stands out. It suggests this rally has a structural bid behind it, not just short term speculation. Key Takeaways The Catalyst: Donald Trump’s State of the Union address reignited risk-on sentiment, directly preceding…

Common phrases heard among Bitcoiners include “don’t trust, verify” or “not your keys, not your coins”, sometimes even claiming that it’s “backed by math”. But what do these proverbs ultimately boil down to, and how exactly is this involved math put into practice? Most readers are surely aware that a fundamental ingredient in the design of Bitcoin is public-key cryptography and more specifically digital signatures, which are essential to prove ownership without needing a central entity. Probably less well-known is what piece of software is under the hood to make that elliptic curve math work and what efforts are involved…

Ethereum (ETH) price is up 18% since plunging below the $1,800 mark on Feb. 6, reclaiming the $2,000 support level. Surging price volatility and a low MVRV Z-score value are also signaling a local bottom forming.Key takeaways:Ethereum realized volatility on Binance has risen to its highest level since March 2025, hinting at a potential recovery.Ether’s MVRV Z-Score has dropped into the accumulation zone, suggesting that ETH has bottomed. Ether’s multiyear trend line around $1,800-$1,900 holds as support. Ethereum’s volatility hits 12-month highsEthereum’s volatility has seen a sudden spike, suggesting that the market is entering a period of intense activity and strong repricing,…

This Botcrypto review will guide you through Botcrypto, a trading service founded in 2017 that offers the creation and customization of trading bots. They are incubated at SEMIA, a startup incubator located in Strasbourg, France. They have won multiple startup awards and are supported by the French public investment bank (Bpifrance) in 2020. Summary (TL;DR) Botcrypto offers the creation and customization of trading bots.The Botcrypto store provides more than sixty pre-built strategies for beginners.You can create your trading bot without coding using drag and drop editor.Backtests allow you to try strategies on past data.Trading Contents help you to learn from…

Telecom networks may soon begin adjusting themselves in real time, as operators test systems that allow AI agents to manage traffic and service quality. AI may soon be making operational decisions.This week, Nokia and AWS presented a new network slicing system that uses AI agents to monitor network conditions and adjust resources automatically. The setup is being tested by telecom operators du in the United Arab Emirates and Orange in Europe and Africa, according to a joint announcement from Nokia.Adaptive AI-driven networksNetwork slicing lets operators create multiple virtual networks on the same physical infrastructure, each tuned for a different purpose.…

This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free!Standing Out as a Remote Worker Takes a Different StrategyMy first experience as a remote worker was a disaster.Before I joined a San Francisco-based team with a lead developer in Connecticut, I had worked in person, five days a week. I thought success was simple: write good code, solve hard problems, deliver results. So I put my head down and worked harder than ever.Twelve-hour…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Americans lost $333 million to crypto ATM fraud last year alone. That staggering number sits at the heart of why Bitcoin Depot, the country’s biggest Bitcoin ATM operator, just made a sweeping change to how it does business — one that affects every single person who walks up to one of its machines. Starting this February, the company began rolling out a requirement for customers to show identification before completing any transaction, not just when signing up for the first time. No ID, no Bitcoin. Simple as…