Minnesota’s prediction market ban remained blocked on Aug. 2, one day after the law was scheduled to take effect. Summary July 27 injunction keeps Kalshi and Polymarket operating while Minnesota’s preemption case continues in court. Walz barred state employees from using confidential information to trade prediction markets for private benefit. Fairshake reported $126.97 million cash…
The 2026 astronomical calendar features only four eclipses. But August is a bounty of riches, with two set to occur. They include a full solar eclipse on August 12 and a partial lunar eclipse on August 27 and 28. Catch one—or both—of these eclipses if you can: They’ll be the last ones of 2026, as…
Key Takeaways Pompliano classified the Coldcard event as a third-party failure. Verified losses surpassed 1,360 BTC, valued at more than $86 million. The incident could deepen fear across an already bearish market. Pompliano Challenges the ‘Bitcoin Was Hacked’ Narrative Bitcoin investor and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano addressed the Coldcard security incident on Aug. 2, warning that…
Trump Media has continued reducing its BTC exposure after another major sale at a loss. Data shared by Lookonchain earlier today suggests that Trump Media, the entity behind the Truth Social media platform, majority-owned by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, has sold over $165 million worth of bitcoin. This was the second substantial…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that it may be time to “pace the rate of AI development” so that society can “harden around some of these new capability levels.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed how Altman’s comments were probably prompted by a recent hack…
Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on Aug. 2 that the Coldcard security failure strengthens the case for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, especially for investors who want long-term price exposure without managing private keys. Summary Galaxy traced 1,367.05 BTC across 4,585 addresses, valuing observed Coldcard losses near $88.6 million total. Balchunas argued institutional…
When you spend a lot of time working with PDFs, you very quickly learn to loathe PDFs. While they’re a useful file format for disseminating the final form of a document, they’re exceedingly difficult to make changes on. So, if you’re spending a lot of time going back and forth editing a document, or you…
Key Takeaways Bitgo funded 100 BTC on Aug. 1 to challenge Anthropic’s Claude models. Anthropic found 3 AI evaluation failures across 141,006 cybersecurity runs. Bitgo’s 100 BTC remained untouched as of Aug. 2 while Anthropic stayed silent. Bitgo CEO Pushes Back After Anthropic’s AI Disclosure The challenge began Aug. 1 when Belshe responded directly to…
PayPal processed a record $486.4 billion in payments during the second quarter and created a dedicated crypto division as it expands its digital asset strategy. PayPal has reported $486.4 billion in total payment volume for the second quarter on July 28, up 10% year over year. It also confirmed a reorganization that hands crypto…
TL;DR: Through today, Aug. 2, get the 2026 AI Security & Cybersecurity Expert Bundle for $20.99 (reg. $120). Artificial intelligence is changing the cybersecurity landscape from both sides. Businesses are adopting AI to improve productivity, while attackers are increasingly using it to automate phishing campaigns, reconnaissance, and other threats. That means security professionals — and…
