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View More NewsLatest NewsPublishedJul 21, 2026The blockchain developer will continue operating under court supervision as it restructures following a market-making scandal, a co-founder’s suspension, and exchange delistings that rocked the project. Movement Labs, the developer behind the Movement Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, according to court records.The petition was filed July 15 under Subchapter V, a streamlined reorganization process for qualifying small businesses. The filing allows the company to continue operating while it restructures under court supervision.On Monday, the court approved interim requests allowing Movement Labs to…
In brief Google is reportedly developing a server chip called Frozen v2 that hardwires part of Gemini’s architecture into silicon. Based on reports, engineers project six to ten times the efficiency of current TPUs and a 2028 deployment target. Alphabet shares climbed roughly 3% during Monday’s trading session after the news broke, ahead of Q2 2026 earnings due Wednesday, July 22. Google is building a chip designed for one job: running Gemini faster and cheaper.The chip, codenamed Frozen v2, was reported by The Information on Monday and gives Google a potential answer to a problem it can’t spend its way…
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A review of Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov; 243 pages; Farrar, Straus and Giroux (April 2026)Omer Bartov, a prominent historian at Brown University, was born to a solidly left-wing Zionist family in Kibbutz ‘Ein Hahoresh, south of Haifa, in 1954. (By chance, I was also born in ‘Ein Hahoresh, six years earlier; also by chance, both of us did our IDF service in the Nahal (Infantry) Corps and both at some point were wounded. And both of us did our PhDs in Oxbridge in European history). Omer’s father, Hanoch Bartov, was born in Palestine in 1926 to Polish Jewish…
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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
from the this-could-get-ugly dept Paramount has been forced to pause consummation of its controversial $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers after a state antitrust…
The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), has submitted a report to the United…
Tether-controlled Twenty One Capital (XXI) named Raphael Zagury as CEO, replacing Jack Mallers, and dropped Strike from a proposed three-way merger, the companies said.Mallers…
In brief Supporters say the Clarity Act would make the U.S. the global leader in crypto regulation and influence policy abroad. Critics like Sen.…
From Doe v. U.S. Dep’t of State, decided yesterday by Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.): Plaintiffs are 49 U.S. visa applicants. Their applications were…
In today’s newsletter, Hassan Ahmed outlines the state of crypto, stablecoins and regulations in Asia, comparing growth to regions with clarity.Then, in “Ask an…
Crypto exchange Gemini has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI to launch an artificial intelligence-powered feature for its prediction markets platform that will allow users…
In brief A new CryptoQuant report shows that larger Bitcoin holders are shedding Bitcoin or adding more slowly than usual. The trend “mirrors” that…
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The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has been hit by recent criticism and negative commentary following a $20 billion drop in total value locked (TVL)…
Recent moves by the Iranian government to Bitcoin for oil tolls as gold overtakes US dollar assets in global central bank reserves signals a…