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View More NewsWildfire risk just got a lot worse in California, where some of the state’s most effective fire prevention specialists—goats—are under regulatory attack. As of July 1, the state’s standard minimum wage and overtime laws now apply to goat-herding companies, whose animals clear brush and reduce fire danger across the state. The change threatens to sideline these vital firefighters at a time when California can ill afford a setback in wildfire prevention. For decades, California’s goat and sheep herders have been largely exempt from the state’s wage and overtime rules. This is on account of the round-the-clock lifestyle that herding entails; without such…
Perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid’s weekly trading volume in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) exceeded that of all other asset categories combined for the first time.RWAs generated $25.1 billion in trading volume from July 13 to July 19, accounting for 52% of Hyperliquid’s total weekly volume of $48.2 billion, according to Blockworks data.“Hyperliquid’s RWA market alone was larger than the combined crypto perpetual volume of every other DEX,” wrote ARK Invest’s research director for digital assets, Lorenzo Valente, in a Thursday X post.The milestone reflects growing demand for tokenized assets on Hyperliquid. Over the past month, RWA holders grew by 32%…
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Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us the film that launched a million grifts, and he buried them.His Odyssey opened to $124 million domestically and a whopping $264 million worldwide. The haul does not prove the film is good. It does prove that the seven-month social-media campaign against it face-planted the moment real people bought tickets.Their indictment ran on three charges. Nolan cast Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, as Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty of the ancient world. Elliot Page, the transgender star, was said to…
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The crypto market continues to mature with growing institutional participation, and memecoins are paying the price.The combined market capitalization of DOGE$0.06905 and shiba inu…
World Foundation has raised an initial $52.5 million through a sale of locked WLD tokens to strategic investors, with Pantera Capital leading the funding…
In brief Claude Opus 5, released July 24, costs $5 per million input tokens—identical to its predecessor Opus 4.8 and exactly half the price…
A range of crypto companies appears in a preliminary list for the Russell 3000 index, including treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries, along with…
Selene Varela pleaded guilty to theft concerning a program receiving federal funds and faces up to 10 years in federal prison for stealing money…
Bangkok, May 27, 2026—Philippine authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of radio journalist Nestor Micator, identify and arrest those responsible, and…
XRP keeps moving in circles around the same range that has controlled price action for months, and the latest failed breakout near $1.36 only…
David Hoffman, an Ethereum advocate and the co-founder of the media company Bankless, says he sold the remainder of his Ether (ETH) holdings last…
Reinink v. Hart presented an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment. The case was rescheduled three times and relisted after eight conferences. On…
Crypto-focused political committees are flexing their growing bipartisan political muscle in Texas, spending more than $9 million on races this cycle as Tuesday’s primaries…
An unknown trader’s $1.3 billion sale of shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on Tuesday has coincided with a steep fall in the price…