Block Joins S&P 500 as Crypto’s Mainstreaming Marches On
Block, owner of Square and Cash App, is preparing to join the S&P 500.
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That’s per a Friday (July 18) report by Bloomberg News, which positions the news as a milestone for ...
Blackstone Backs Off From TikTok Ownership Plans
Private equity group Blackstone has withdrawn from plans to invest in TikTok US.
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That’s according to a report Friday (July 18) by Reuters, citing a source familiar with th...
Clothing-as-a-Service Founder Accused of $300 Million Fraud
Federal authorities have accused the former head of clothing tech company CaaStle of defrauding investors.
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Christine Hunsicker was charged Friday (July 18) with wire fraud...
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is n00bdragon with a comment about the behavior of Grok and LLMs in general:
LLMs are just bias engines. That’s literally what they do. That...
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Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we saw a new breed of scammers start abusing the DMCA on YouTube, and a new evolution of copyright trolls abusing the DMCA to take down social media accounts and dema...
High yields, hidden hazards? The truth about staking in crypto
The following is a guest post and opinion of Vitaliy Shtyrkin, Chief Product Officer at B2BINPAY.
Staking has quickly become crypto’s “poster child” for easy rewards. According to on-chain data,...