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In January 1986, four skinny, long-haired twenty-somethings from Huntington Park, California, walked into a recording studio in Los Angeles. Three weeks later, they emerged with Reign in Blood—a 28-minute and 55-second sonic blitzkrieg that became an instant thrash-metal classic. This wasn’t just another metal album. It was an assault that redefined just how fast and just how uncompromising music could be. If John Coltrane pioneered sheets of sound, Slayer fired sheets of shrapnel from the opening bars of “Angel of Death.” There is no atmospheric intro, no fade-in, and no warning—just a surgically precise cymbal and guitar punch before vocalist Tom…
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from the fix-your-own-shit dept There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally…
This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to…
In brief Bitcoin dropped as low as $76,877 on Friday after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole keynote, confirming the resistance zone flagged…
Following a deal with Shinhan Financial, the global payments giant is widening its footprint in Asia’s major crypto hub through South Korea’s largest exchange.…
This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter ‘Daybook.’ Sign up here, if you haven’t already.Institutional demand for crypto is real, and suggests there may…
With lawmakers on the US Senate Banking Committee set to consider a markup on a cryptocurrency market structure bill this week, some Democrats are…
In brief Crypto scams hit $17 billion in 2025, as AI makes attacks cheaper and more convincing than ever. Binance says 100+ AI models…
President Donald Trump is not a fan of The View, an ABC talk show whose panelists frequently criticize him. Neither is Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed…
Disclosure: The author of this story owns shares in Strategy (MSTR).Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder…
Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle surged Monday after the company reported mostly upbeat earnings and disclosed that a major crypto venture capital fund had…
In brief Circle launched Agent Stack, a suite of tools letting AI agents autonomously hold funds, make payments, and hire other services using USDC…
The U.S. Supreme Court (Photo 81937138 © Steven Frame | Dreamstime.com) A recent YouGov poll, conducted in early May, finds that 38% of Americans…