Key Takeaways Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong highlighted 8 financial gaps spanning assets, markets, payments, AI, regulation, access, fundraising, and sound money. Stablecoins and tokenized assets remain central as blockchain-based finance expands into institutional markets. Policy changes and technical progress could shape how widely these systems reach users. Finance Still Needs These 8 Core Upgrades, Coinbase…
Today’s NYT Strands hints are easy if you served your country. Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes…
Senior Commodity Futures Trading Commission officials who raised concerns about prediction market firms were suspended, investigated and pushed out, according to a New York Times investigation. Summary NYT reported CFTC officials raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and a Gemini affiliate before suspensions. Crypto.news reported CFTC relief for event contracts as prediction market legal fights widened…
These potato-salad-slinging AI chefs aren’t taking anyone’s jobs. Not yet, anyway. They’re just here as volunteers. Project Open Hand, a nonprofit founded in 1985 by local grandmother and HIV-awareness advocate Ruth Brinker, prepares and packages meals to meet the diverse nutritional requirements of people who need them. The effort began in response to the AIDS…
Key Takeaways Brent crude fell below $99 on May 24 as Trump declared a U.S.-Iran deal “largely negotiated,” targeting the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. JPMorgan forecasts Brent averaging $60 long-term if tensions ease, with WTI potentially sliding into the $80s on confirmed supply restoration. Bitcoin held near $77,000 through the Memorial Day weekend…
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event in Los Angeles. Amid the din around us, de Souza, who speaks in the calm, measured manner of a university professor, offered useful advice for companies navigating the AI security moment we’re all living through,…
On February 20, 2025, after more than six years of mobile mining and three years of closed mainnet operation, Pi Network finally dropped its firewall and let PI trade. Summary Pi Network opened its mainnet firewall on February 20, 2025, allowing PI to trade externally. PI reached an all-time high of $2.99 after launch before…
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Key Takeaways Buterin detailed on May 24, 2026, that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) holds only 0.16% of all ETH, far below rivals. The EF plans to shrink its scope, focusing solely on censorship-resistance, privacy, and open infrastructure for Ethereum. Buterin called for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted formal verification to make Ethereum provably bug-free within months. Buterin…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed a plan to provide exemptions for crypto exchanges to trade tokenized real-world assets. The securities regulator was preparing to release its “innovation exemption” for tokenized stocks as soon as this week, and a draft of the plan had been prepared and reviewed by staff. However, the timing…
