Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer at Maelstrom and co-founder of BitMEX, sold 96,600 Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens for roughly $5.1 million, less than three weeks after his bullish prediction about the asset. Over the weekend, reports emerged that the crypto entrepreneur sold his entire stash of the decentralized exchange platform’s native token, sparking concerns about his […]
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Palantir has hit another major milestone in its meteoric stock rise. It’s now one of the 20 most valuable U.S. companies. The provider of software and data analytics technology to defense agencies saw its stock rise about 3% on Friday to another record, lifting the company’s market cap to $375 billion, which puts it ahead […]
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Crypto prices tumbled hard during Asian trading hours, wiping out nearly 4% of the market’s capitalization in a single session. Bitcoin drove the downturn, falling by more than $4,000 in the past day to hover near $112,000 at press time, according to CryptoSlate’s data. Meanwhile, the decline was not limited to BTC as Ethereum slid […]
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In the spring of 2022, Canadian teenager Markus Schouten’s dying wish was that no child should be forced to choose between life and death. Markus had just learned he was about to die. His oncologist broke the news to him and his family on the eighth floor cancer ward at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. They held […]
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The following is a guest post and opinion from Dr. Jae S. Jeong, Co-Founder and CTO, Gurufin. Today’s stablecoins are an extension of the U.S. financial system. Backed by the U.S. Dollar, they are tied to its monetary policy and indirectly answerable to its policy goals. This allegiance is useful to some, but not all. […]
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Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 people so far in 2025. The stress of the belt-tightening has gotten to CEO Satya Nadella. “Before anything else, I want to speak to what’s been weighing heavily on me, and what I know many of you are thinking about: the recent job eliminations,” Nadella wrote in a memo […]
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U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said he believes President Donald Trump’s new Gaza peace plan could represent a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity for Middle East peace.’ On Monday, Trump released his Gaza peace plan, which Israel agreed to. Despite U.S. criticism of the U.N.’s actions in Gaza, the plan relies on the international body’s […]
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The FBI says two men have been indicted in connection with an alleged money-laundering scheme tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s children. The indictments come after a years-long investigation that dates back to 2019 when the FBI’s Miami Field Office launched the probe based on indications that Arick Komarczyk opened U.S. bank accounts for Maduro’s […]
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The government shutdown costs taxpayers $400 million every day to pay federal employees who are not actively working, totaling $1.2 billion as of Friday, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data published by Sen. Joni Ernst’s, R-Iowa, office estimates. ‘Schumer’s Shutdown Shenanigans mean taxpayers will be on the hook for another $400 million today to pay 750,000 […]
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President Donald Trump on Saturday announced Israel has agreed to the ‘initial withdrawal line’ in Gaza, which the U.S. has shared with Hamas. Pending Hamas confirmation, the agreement will trigger an immediate ceasefire and exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. ‘After negotiations, Israel has agreed to the initial withdrawal line, which we have shown […]
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