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View More Newsfrom the cowards dept Buc-ee’s trademark bullying ways continue! This company that has long been famous for its enormous gas station and convenience stores practically dripping in Americana is quickly building a national reputation for itself as a petulant trademark bully. It’s lawsuits are typically dumb and usually feature Buc-ee’s claim that it somehow owns every cartoon animal mascot depiction for convenience stores and gas stations, and even cartoon human mascots at times. It’s so bad that it even caught the attention of John Oliver recently, resulting in the show creating its own merchandise that is far more similar to…
Crypto perpetual futures trading volume on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) fell to $4 trillion in July, marking a 31-month low last seen in December 2023.Binance led CEXs with $1.4 trillion in monthly perpetual futures volume, followed by OKX with $607 billion and Bybit with $300 billion, analytics platform CryptoRank said in a Friday X post.Perpetual futures volumes briefly recovered between April and June before declining across all major venues in July.The 31-month low in perpetual futures activity came as daily spot crypto trading volume fell 23.6% between July 1 and July 31, from $17.8 billion to $13.6 billion, according to…
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In what we know as the Middle East, a dramatic jump in the emerging pattern of human violence took place around 5500 BCE, the primary evidence being circumvallation, the construction of walled fortifications around population centres.Circumvallation was not unprecedented. The massive and fabled walls of Jericho appeared around 8000 BCE. Twelve feet high and six feet thick, an estimated 1,800 feet in circumference, the walls were a mute indicator of both the place’s unprecedented wealth—perhaps derived from trading Dead Sea salt—and the need to protect it. But these fortifications stood alone for 2,500 years; and then, rather suddenly, equivalents began…
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from the what-third-branch? dept There are many ways to describe the Trump Era, but the executive branch’s conviction that it can simply ignore the…
While acknowledging bipartisan support exists for the legislation, Rafique said party politics are likely to outweigh the industry’s push for regulatory clarity.He dismissed Democratic…
Bitcoin (BTC) hit new August highs into Friday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to weaker US jobs numbers.Key points:Crypto and risk assets gained…
In brief A wallet holding 49.97 BTC—received on July 16, 2011—moved the funds on Wednesday at block 961331. The stash is worth about $3.2…
The coming week appears to be macro-led, with U.S. economic data carrying the main calendar risk. Inflation, growth, jobless claims and housing numbers all…
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the final week of May with traders optimistic about an $80,000 rebound — will it end up as a liquidity grab?Bitcoin…
When Justice Neil Gorsuch recently described America as a “creedal nation”—one defined by ideas rather than bloodlines—it sparked a debate. But Gorsuch is right…
Walk into three different bars in Tokyo, and you may have three completely different experiences: one bar thick with cigarette smoke, one with a…
Crypto fund flows are starting to fracture, with investors exiting bitcoin BTC$77,483.75 and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) while rotating into alternative tokens such…
An active supply chain attack is targeting crypto and artificial intelligence developers in a bid to steal crypto, data or credentials, says the developer…
A Texas teaching aide was arrested after investigators said she exposed a 7-year-old girl’s chest in front of classmates and compared to child to…
Crypto trading platform Hyperliquid is beginning to compete with traditional exchanges and prediction market operators as it expands beyond perpetual futures trading, according to…