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View More News“There is no major negative fundamental catalyst that we can see,” Dorman said. “These kinds of big movements are common after SPACs because the entire investor base turns over from fixed-income-oriented SPAC buyers to new, fundamentally driven long-term equity owners.”SPAC merger tickers are often volatile in their early days of trading. These vehicles raise money first and seek an acquisition later, allowing a private company to reach the public market by merging with the shell. But once the deal closes, the investor base often turns over, with SPAC arbitrage investors and redemption-focused holders giving way to public-equity investors weighing the…
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $63,000 after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as chip companies led a dip in US stocks.Key points:Bitcoin attempts to hold $63,000 after seeing its highest levels in two weeks.US stock markets see a correction on the day SpaceX joins the Nasdaq-100.Bollinger Bands creator John Bollinger continues to eye a long-term BTC price reversal.BTC price comes off two-week highs as US stocks fallData from TradingView showed BTC price action cooling after a trip to $64,660 — its highest point since June 22.BTC/USD one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewBTC/USD surfed a comedown in US equities, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100…
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Science does not often advance in sudden epiphanies that yield “Eureka” moments. More typical are years of failed experiments, dogged hypothesis-testing, and incremental discoveries that are, at best, inconclusive. And then, sometimes, eventually, the accumulated knowledge results in a breakthrough. Two recent examples are stunning advances in cancer medicine—one for pancreatic cancer, the other for melanoma—that are rewriting what doctors can promise their patients. But to understand why these achievements matter so profoundly, it is instructive to appreciate how long they took.A Pill That Doubled Survival for the Disease That Kills Almost EveryonePancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer…
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In brief Two traders sued Polymarket in New York, alleging it wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin by May 31…
“The institutional bid has all but vanished,” said Yusuf Fakhro, partner at ARP Digital, pointing to CME futures open interest at a 32-month low…
Vitalik Buterin has confirmed that AI-assisted analysis used by Co-Invest CEO Franklyn Wang correctly identified his anonymous contribution to an Ethereum proposal.The identification comes…
Japanese bonds are challenging the boost bitcoin BTC$63,142.01 has received from shifting interest-rate expectations that lifted the price of the largest cryptocurrency by 8%…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle has 7 online courses designed to help learners build skills that align directly with industry…
Politicians promise they’ll “help” us. President Donald Trump says he’ll “create the jobs and future you deserve.” President Joe Biden liked to say, “Help…
For years, privacy in transacting was one of crypto’s most ambitious promises. Then it took a back seat as other trends took off.As developers…
Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank and stablecoin infrastructure provider, has submitted a public comment letter supporting the US Treasury Department’s proposed Anti-Money…
In brief MIT researchers tracked 67 participants over four weeks using an AI-powered misinformation detection system. Accuracy improved by 21% during AI-assisted sessions, while…
Enshittification isn’t just a sweary word to describe the accelerating decay of the online platforms, apps, and services that we rely on. It’s a framework for understanding the structural…
from the rebuilding-a-better-internet dept Last month Terry Godier published a great essay on his website about “the boring internet,” discussing how the internet that…
From today’s opinion by Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué A. Lett (S.D. Fla.) in Trump v. BBC: On December 15, 2025, Plaintiff initiated this action, and…