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View More NewsIn brief Strive purchased 1,110 Bitcoin at an average price of $73,409. The company issued 3.65 million common shares and 441,313 preferred shares during the same period. Its total Bitcoin holdings reached 21,356 BTC. Public asset manager Strive bought 1,110 Bitcoin, worth around $87.5 million, last week while issuing more common and preferred shares to fund its treasury strategy.Co-founded in 2022 by Vivek Ramaswamy, Strive’s Bitcoin holdings increased 5.5% between August 17 and August 21. But the new shares meant its Bitcoin per fully diluted share—a measure of how much Bitcoin corresponds to each share—rose by only about 1.4%.Myriad: Bitcoin…
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The gene genie has been out of the bottle for some time. In late 2023, two graduate students working under FBI supervision at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab ordered fragments of a virus from 38 commercial DNA synthesis companies. The virus in question was the 1918 “Spanish flu” variant of influenza—the pathogen responsible for one of history’s most devastating pandemics, which killed an estimated fifty million people worldwide. The orders were placed on behalf of an organisation that conducts no laboratory experiments, and shipping was requested to an address with no laboratory facilities—both details that should have triggered…
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from the stop-experimenting-blindly dept We’ve been talking for a while now about how the rush (much of it driven by politicians’ obsession with Jonathan…
Stand With Crypto, a member group that rates the crypto friendliness of politicians, is supporting 32 U.S. House incumbents, with more endorsements coming. Read…
Bitcoin (BTC) passed $80,000 after Monday’s Wall Street open as bulls built on last week’s snap BTC price rally.Key points:Bitcoin hits $80,000 for the…
In brief Zcash reached its highest price since 2018 after gaining more than 50% in four days. Open interest in ZEC perpetual futures rose…
In brief Senate Banking Republicans released the draft text of the crypto market structure bill Wednesday ahead of a key committee vote on Thursday.…
With oil and gas prices shooting higher, a key metric for measuring inflation hit its highest level in three years in April. Consumer prices…
Shopping giant eBay has rejected video game retailer GameStop’s ambitious $56 billion takeover offer, leaving the latter to decide whether it wants to walk…
Istanbul, Türkiye, April 12, 2026 – Istanbul Blockchain Week, organized by Web3 marketing agency EAK Digital is set to return for its fifth edition…
In brief North Korea-linked hackers were responsible for 60% of all crypto theft losses in 2025, totaling $2.06 billion in attributed losses, according to…
from the censorial-fascist-weirdos dept ABC/Disney, like most major media companies, has spent much of its time during America’s bout with authoritarianism being a feckless…
From yesterday’s decision by Judge David Estudillo (W.D. Wash.) in Arias v. Univ. of Wash. Tacoma: For purposes of the present motion, and resolving…
Index on Censorship last night honoured two women at the British Book Awards in London who showed bravery in standing up to rich and…