Infrastructure

US Military Is Running a Live Bitcoin Node for Cybersecurity Research, Indo-Pacific Commander Tells Congress

Admiral Samuel Paparo told Congress that INDOPACOM is running a live Bitcoin node and conducting operational security tests using the protocol, describing Bitcoin as a computer science tool rather than a financial asset. The post…
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Regulation

Sam Bankman-Fried Pulls Retrial Motion, Again Accusing Judge Kaplan of Bias

Sam Bankman-Fried withdrew his Rule 33 motion for a new trial, saying he won’t get a fair hearing from Judge…
Markets

Polymarket Falls Behind Kalshi in Prediction Market Race After Operational Stumbles

Bloomberg reports that Polymarket has lost its prediction market trading volume lead to Kalshi amid a botched fee rollout, a…
Regulation

Eric Trump and WLFI Co-Founder Push Back on Justin Sun’s Lawsuit, Calling Claims ‘Meritless’

Eric Trump called Justin Sun’s lawsuit against World Liberty Financial “ridiculous” while co-founder Zach Witkoff called the claims meritless, as…
AI

OpenAI appears to be poaching Coinbase’s marketing team

Six Coinbase senior marketing executives, including the exchange’s former chief marketing officer, have jumped to OpenAI in the past year…
Markets

Bitcoin's bull score index just left bear territory. There's a warning attached.

The index has returned to neutral territory, a rare milestone that has historically marked market turning points, but not always…
AI

FTX sold its Cursor stake for $200,000 in 2023. It would be worth $3 billion today

SpaceX’s agreement to acquire AI coding startup Cursor at a $60 billion valuation has retroactively turned a routine bankruptcy asset…
Markets

Crypto sentiment index soars to a 3-month high as Bitcoin holds $77K

Despite the rise, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index score remains stuck in the “Fear” zone, where it has been…
Markets

Apple fixes bug that allowed FBI to read deleted Signal messages

FBI used the flaw to extract readable previews of Signal messages from an iPhone’s notification database even after the app…
Infrastructure

Blockchain Capital is raising $700M for 2 new funds: Report

The new funding rounds are expected to be completed in the next six months, but the firm has already begun…