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View More NewsStay-at-home moms: Reader, let me take your hand and guide you to a realm of the internet that I inhabit, which you probably don’t even know exists. Welcome to Mom Twitter, where the discourse vacillates between dumb and enlightening. Today’s topic? What exactly the term “stay-at-home mom” means, and whether “work”—presumably meaning formal participation in the labor force—disqualifies you. moms on TikTok that are like “SAHMs what are you doing to make income from home 🥺 I need to make $200 a week” and the comments are all giving them suggestions…..idk how to tell them that they aren’t SAHMs. they…
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $95 million on Thursday, per SoSoValue data, while ether ETFs shed about $52 million, ending a five-day inflow run that had been the steadier side of the market.Fidelity’s FBTC drove the bitcoin outflow with roughly $63 million, followed by ARKB at about $40 million. BlackRock’s IBIT was flat, neither adding nor losing money, and VanEck’s HODL and Morgan Stanley’s MSBT were the only funds in the green. Total bitcoin ETF assets sit near $77 billion.Ether’s reversal was broader. Fidelity’s FETH lost about $34 million and BlackRock’s ETHA roughly $13 million, with Bitwise and…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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This summary was created based on CoinDesk Research’s latest report; Digital Assets: Quarterly Review and Outlook, Featuring CoinDesk 5 and CoinDesk 20.- Joshua de…
Bitcoin (BTC) institutional demand is “not yet strong” despite positive inflows to the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Key points:Bitcoin ETF flows reverse a…
Brazil’s B3 stock exchange has unveiled options on bitcoin BTC$63,004.85, ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) futures, expanding its regulated crypto derivatives offerings.The contracts bec+ame…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw intraday highs after Thursday’s Wall Street open as US stocks rebounded on fresh Iran peace hopes.Key points:Bitcoin joins a risk-asset rebound…
Eli McKown-Dawson (Silver Bulletin) writes (introduced by Nate Silver): California is notoriously slow at counting its ballots. In 2024, it took California until November 8…
Michael Saylor may have offered a clue about Strategy’s (MSTR) next move after last week’s surprise bitcoin BTC$62,212.04 sale.On Sunday, the company’s executive chairman…
In brief Security researcher Taylor Hornby used Claude Opus 4.8 to discover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash’s Orchard privacy pool that could have enabled…
Bitcoin BTC$62,255.66 dropping below $60,000 to a fresh cycle low has left investors searching for a culprit. According to Greg Cipolaro, global head of…
Bitcoin BTC$62,806.40 is back to trading at levels seen in early February: near $60,000. But this time, the response from institutions is totally different.Today,…
In brief Arthur Hayes warned that Hyperliquid’s use of trading fees to burn tokens exposes the protocol to market share losses. Less than two…
I asked Claude, “Under the federal law clerk hiring plan, when can a recommender e-mail or call a judge to recommend a student?” Claude…
Bill Barhydt built Abra around a simple idea: Crypto should function like a bank.In 2018, Abra became one of the first companies to offer…