Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Says ‘Own Bitcoin, Not MicroStrategy’ In January 2024, Cramer said that bitcoin was likely topping out and called for an exit. The asset has surged more than 100% since.

Trump says he’ll put tariffs on imported chips ‘in the near future’ Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesWithout going into detail about what might happen to the $52 billion in subsidies from the CHIPS Act under his administration, Donald Trump said tariffs on foreign computer chips, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals are coming “in the near future.” He also namechecked DeepSeek’s AI releases, saying, …

Google Maps in the US will change to Gulf of America and Mount McKinley Illustration: The VergeGoogle said today that it plans to update Google Maps to reflect President Trump’s January 20th executive order to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, respectively. The company noted on X the updated nomenclature will appear once the Geographic Names Information Syst…

How much should you focus on improving your product to get growth? Hello fellow eCom owners I was wondering how important has word of mouth marketing (due to exceptional product quality) been to your business’ growth. For context, I have a one-time purchase product. Its in furniture category. My product is far from perfect but its unique and my business is fairly profitable. I want to grow the business to a cou…

black box of e-commerce returns? Context: I bought a package from italic They used some fulfillment partner to deliver Lasership inc for package tracking The package couldn’t be delivered after repeated attempts (I was out of town) and so the package was returned to sender. Upon communication with italic, they said that they could not resend the package; and that they had los…

Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse Bats ffor Diversified U.S. Crypto Reserve Ripple’s CEO calls for a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve that includes more than one token.

KuCoin to Pay Nearly $300M Fine After Pleading Guilty to DOJ Charges KuCoin was used to launder billions in proceeds from darknet markets, malware, ransomware and fraud schemes, U.S. Attorney Danielle R. Sassoon said in a statement.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia vote to form Amazon-owned grocery store’s first union The vote marks the first successful organizing effort at Whole Foods since Amazon acquired the grocer for $13.7 billion in 2017.

SoftBank-backed TravelPerk doubles valuation to $2.7 billion, plans fintech push Corporate travel platform TravelPerk raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the startup at $2.7 billion.

Anyone else having issues with USPS? We push out about 170 orders per day, and apart from the USPS local pickup guy being extremely flakey, we are noticing more and more delayed/lost packages. Customers are waiting 2 weeks because their package stalls for 4-7 days, with no updates. We ship out same day, but we still get lots of angry emails regarding shipping time. 90% of our pack…

E-commerce owners, how do you currently deal with false declines on your orders? Hey peeps! Need help with a product thesis feedback! My friends and I are trying to build a product that helps e-commerce owners deal with false declines from platforms like Signifyd or Riskified. Our current market research says that some e-commerce owners create tickets with Signifyd or Riskified with more information about the transaction an…

8 Months Into My Small Business – How Am I Doing? I started my men’s product business last March as a learning project while studying math and physics before starting an engineering program in September. I also work part-time, so I don’t market actively. I only run TikTok ads (too lazy to try other platforms) and have an Instagram account. This month, I sold 17 items and made $5,079 in revenue….

I got a laid off and I made a tool that instantly drafts/sends email replies to customers using your data Hey guys, so I am a developer that got laid off and got frustrated with the amount of rejections (not fun being a developer rn) – I invested a bunch of time in launching my startup. I made an email tool that either instantly replies or drafts responses to all incoming emails using your data. This is how it works: 1) Create an account 2) Upload …

Japan chip stocks extend losses as DeepSeek worries fuel Wall Street tech rout Japan’s chip-related shares extended declines for a second day after DeepSeek triggered concerns over competitiveness in the artificial intelligence sector.

MKBHD: I Tried Samsung’s Secret Android XR Headset! submitted by /u/BcuzRacecar

Nvidia calls China’s DeepSeek R1 model ‘an excellent AI advancement’ Nvidia called DeepSeek’s R1 model “an excellent AI advancement,” despite the Chinese startup’s emergence causing the chip maker’s stock price to plunge 17%.

Bitcoin drops below $100,000 in risk-off move as Nasdaq stocks are hit Crypto is in a cooling period after running to a new record last week and was pulled lower by the DeepSeek-driven sell-off in tech stocks.

Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to oversee grocery business Amazon named Jason Buechel, who currently serves as CEO of Whole Foods, to oversee its larger worldwide grocery business.

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in Maps after government updates In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government’s lead in changing the names on its Maps app.

E-commerce Industry News Recap 🔥 Week of Jan 27th, 2025 Hi r/ecommerce – I’m Paul and I follow the e-commerce industry closely for my Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter. Every week for the past 3+ years I’ve posted a summary recap of the week’s top stories on this subreddit, which I cover in depth with sources in the full edition. Let’s dive in to this week’s top e-commerce news… STAT OF THE WEEK: …