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View More NewsIn brief Michael Saylor pointed to the unprecedented AI buildout as a reason for Bitcoin’s recent decline. The Strategy chairman highlighted more than $4 billion in ETF outflows as proof of capital rotation. Bitcoin has fallen alongside MSTR shares, dipping 22% and 30% respectively over the last month. Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor said the flight of capital into artificial intelligence is responsible for the volatility dragging down Bitcoin—even as some point the finger at his company’s own recent BTC sale.The top crypto asset has dropped 3.7% in the last 24 hours, recently changing hands at $63,429. Over the…
From People v. Nichols, decided Tuesday by Justice Mark Clarke, joined by Justices John Barberis and Barry Vaughan: [The] charges [in this case] were predicated on photographs and videos of the defendant’s minor daughters taken between 2002 and 2016 and were found on a computer and an external hard drive in the defendant’s home. The defendant’s husband, Douglas Nichols, who is not a party to this appeal [but who reportedly has filed his own appeal -EV], was also charged … with possession of the same images and videos. Some backstory on how the images were found, from a March article…
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In the summer of 2014, my wife and I were forced to flee our hometown of Donetsk after it was occupied by Russia. We left with a couple of suitcases containing everything we had managed to pack in a hurry. Our apartment, our belongings, our family ties were abandoned forever. One of the least practical things I brought with me to Kyiv was a copy of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s 2012 book, Antifragile. I imagined that it would help pass the time on the journey, but the train was too crowded and I was too anxious to read it. I rediscovered…
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Stablecoin depegs are a recurring feature of crypto bear markets. And the latest candidate is apxUSD, the preferred equity-backed stablecoin of the Apyx protocol.As…
In brief An audit by the Ledger Donjon team found a hardware vulnerability relating to Trezor’s TROPIC01 Secure Element chip. The attack could reveal…
Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies is launching a $300 million perpetual preferred stock offering, borrowing a page from Strategy’s financing playbook. Bitmine told the…
The bitcoin ETF bleed has spread across crypto. U.S. spot bitcoin funds shed another $396.60 million on Wednesday, extending a record outflow streak to…
Bitcoin BTC$62,801.32 extended losses early Thursday, falling to $63,000 for the first time since February 24. The cryptocurrency has lost over 14% this week…
Fintech company Revolut plans to offer stablecoins through its future US bank, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing comments from the company’s US CEO, Cetin Duransoy.Duransoy…
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In brief Nous Research launched Hermes Desktop on June 2 as a native public preview app for macOS, Windows, and Linux Before this release,…
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), an Ethereum treasury company led by Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee, is borrowing a page from Strategy’s financing playbook and launching…