After satirical paper The Onion bought right-wing conspiracy site Infowars, it faced legal obstacles — but now the people behind it say they’re launching a new Infowars and sidestepping the courts. The founder of Infowars, Alex Jones, declared bankruptcy in 2022 following defamation lawsuits from families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, which Jones claimed was a…
Key Takeaways Cryptoquant’s Ki Young Ju says a prolonged sideways market, not a crash, is the real risk to Strategy’s STRC structure. STRC, an 11.5%-dividend preferred stock built to trade near $100, slid toward $85 as bitcoin hovered around $64,000 throughout June. Strategy holds more than 846,000 BTC and has used STRC proceeds to fund…
A former EF contributor says underinvestment today could create costly development setbacks that become visible within 18 months. Ethereum may be heading toward a funding crisis that could begin to emerge within the next three to nine months, according to former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trent Van Epps. In a recent article on X, Van…
“We thought that’s probably the one that’s least likely to pop up,” Geisbert says. “We guessed wrong.” Concerned by that knowledge gap, in 2011 he decided to modify a vaccine, which led to the crab-eating macaque study. In the same study, he also finally tested a blend of existing ebola vaccines on the Bundibugyo strain,…
A smart contract is not smart, and it is barely a contract. It is a small program that lives on a blockchain and runs itself when its conditions are met, with no person to enforce it and no way to undo it. Understanding this one idea unlocks almost everything in crypto. Summary Smart contracts are…
Prediction markets leader Kalshi has quietly begun engaging investment banks about a potential public listing, a development that could mark a milestone moment for an industry that has grown from a regulatory novelty into one of the most debated financial platforms in the United States. Top executives at Kalshi have engaged in early, informal talks…
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is…
Key Takeaways The U.S. Department of War is seeking $80 billion for the Iran war and non-war bills. The request follows an earlier $200 billion ask and an April estimate that pegged the war’s cost near $25 billion. Rising U.S. debt past $39 trillion has strengthened the argument for bitcoin as a hedge, JPMorgan and…
In Bitcoin ETF news today, BlackRock offloaded more than 1,000 BTC in a single Thursday session, dragging combined spot Bitcoin ETF net flows to approximately -1,410 BTC on the day, and the timing could not be worse. Bitcoin is heading into the weekend sitting on support it has occupied for 16 hours without producing a…
Morgan Stanley has taken another step toward launching its spot Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds, filing second-amended S-1 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The updated filings introduce a detailed fee structure and staking mechanism for both products — and in doing so, position Morgan Stanley to offer the cheapest…
