Critical coverage usually draws an angry email or two. For Ina and David Steiner, it led to live cockroaches, a fetal pig, and a bloody Halloween mask. On Monday, July 27, eBay and several former executives agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve the couple’s lawsuit over the 2019 corporate harassment campaign. The Steiners are…
In Japan crypto news, Japanese game developer Gumi is launching an $18.3M crypto asset fund with SBI Financial Services, and the strategy goes well beyond parking cash in Bitcoin. The fund will actively stake, rebalance, and hedge across Bitcoin and major altcoins. Gumi has explicitly framed it as a stepping stone toward Japan’s eventual opening…
Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann welcomes me into his palace—what he calls his large apartment in San Francisco. He sits on the couch in his living room, clad in an orange shirt emblazoned with a cartoon version of the motorcycle driven by Italian racer Valentino Rossi. He props his feet up on the side table and…
Key Takeaways Unknown miners hold 230,770 bitcoin blocks, 24.03% of all blocks, per Cloverpool data. Antpool ranks second with 109,004 blocks; Foundry USA leads current hashrate despite fewer historic blocks. Poolin filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey in July 2026 after ceasing Texas operations. Onchain statistics tracked by Cloverpool, the mining pool and platform…
Heavy capitulation and lower-priced accumulation have slashed Bitcoin’s short-term holder realized cap. Bitcoin traded in a tight range around $64,500 as investors remained cautious following the Federal Reserve’s hawkish hold, while ongoing US-Iran tensions kept risk sentiment in check. Against this backdrop, a key BTC on-chain metric has fallen 62% in the past nine…
Galaxy said on July 28 that it has acquired approximately 500 acres of land in McGregor, McLennan County, Texas, under a development agreement with the City of McGregor, to build and operate a data center campus serving artificial intelligence and high-performance computing in the McGregor Industrial Park. This marks Galaxy’s second major data center investment…
Executive search firm Christian & Timbers estimates that there are only about 2,000 engineers in the U.S. with the special cocktail of sector know-how, gravitas, and hands-on applied AI experience needed to consistently help enterprises see a return on their AI expenditures. “Not 2,000 available,” reads the study, shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “2,000 total.” As…
A decade of tokenized equity pitches promised global access to American stocks. The use case that finally moved volume is pairing them against memecoins on a brokerage’s own chain, and it just pushed Robinhood Chain past Solana in tokenized stock trading. Nobody planned this. Summary Since mid-July, launch platforms Bankr and long.xyz have let users…
China’s AI video industry is creating an unexpected new side hustle: licensing your face. Platforms such as ActID and New Claw are paying people to let producers use AI-generated versions of their likenesses in films, advertisements, and short-form videos. Rather than hiring performers for every shoot, creators can license pre-approved digital identities that can be…
Key Takeaways Blackrock’s IBIT drove $32.11M into bitcoin ETFs, ending a 4-day losing streak. Morgan Stanley’s MSOL drew $19.06M, showing staking ETFs can redirect altcoin demand. HYPE lost $8.78M for a 5th day as XRP ETFs added a modest $584.7K. Morgan Stanley Pulls $19M Into Solana as Funds Reverse Loss The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF)…
