Key Takeaways Arthur Hayes published his “Yen-quake” essay on Substack on August 10. Japan and the GPIF pension fund hold a combined $1.373 trillion in U.S. Treasuries as leverage. The Fed’s FIMA repo facility caps each counterparty at $60 billion, a limit Hayes expects to rise. Three Ways to Strengthen the Yen Hayes, the BitMEX…
Ravencoin disclosed on Aug. 11 that a critical consensus vulnerability had been exploited since Aug. 7, allowing vulnerable nodes to accept invalid blocks beginning at height 4,487,776. Summary Ravencoin said invalid blocks began at height 4,487,776 after a critical consensus vulnerability was exploited. 2Miners released an emergency patch rejecting forged blocks and advised every network…
Every day seems to brings fresh news of an AI agent going “rogue.” Whether that’s compromising Hugging Face, hacking a gym website, or creating its own fake profiles to socially engineer an intrusion, AI models are increasingly behaving like bad actors. So, the AI labs that make the models doing the hacking are expanding their…
Your smartphone doesn’t need to break your concentration to affect your body… it may only need you to keep holding it. Smartphones have turned hours of looking down, gripping a small device, and repeatedly moving a thumb into ordinary daily behavior, and researchers are finding measurable physical consequences. Prolonged phone use has been associated with…
Key Takeaways FCA talks could bring tokenized gold into U.K. collateral markets as London handles 70% of global trading. HSBC’s $2.2B tokenized gold volume shows blockchain products could reshape bullion settlement. The FCA may issue rules within months as London faces competition from Shanghai and Hong Kong. London Pushes Tokenized Gold as China Challenges Its…
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said on Aug. 11 that a Federal Reserve facility increasingly discussed as part of Japan’s yen defense could eventually create a liquidity tailwind for Bitcoin, Ether and gold. Summary Hayes says expanded FIMA lending could strengthen yen while adding temporary dollar liquidity to markets. Japan officially plans to use FIMA after…
I learned that my iPhone 15 Pro Max and the upcoming 2026 total solar eclipse do not mix. I stumbled upon BGR’s article, which warned skygazers against using their phones to take pictures of the imminent cosmic event. If you’re like me, you may be wondering “Why?” After all, who wouldn’t want to snap a…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Philippine stock market is on the verge of a long-awaited fintech wave, but digital banking titan Maya is letting its biggest competitor take the stage first. Maya is now targeting an initial public offering…
Prediction markets terminal Fireplace is shutting down less than seven months after launch. The company raised $1.5 million in February and is giving users until September 30 to close positions and withdraw funds. Fireplace, the prediction markets trading terminal that raised $1.5 million in February, told users on August 10 that it is shutting…
I’m just another girl who dreams of owning her own L.L.Bean Boat and Tote, and I know I’m not alone. But the favored beach bag isn’t the only thing L.L.Bean is beloved for, both on the WIRED team and off of it. I’ve slept on its famed flannel bed sheets for our Best Flannel Sheets…
