Month: January 2026

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Popular Burger joint Steak ’n Shake buys $10 million bitcoin

The company says that accepting bitcoin payments has led to a “self-reinforcing cycle” where crypto…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

What comes next: State of Crypto

The crypto market structure bill isn’t dead, but it took a blow.

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Technology

Stress-free travel: plan now to avoid holiday scams and pitfalls

Top tips on holiday booking essentials, from how to pay to what insurance to buy…

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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward

Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says…

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Two solo bitcoin miners hit rare $300,000 jackpots in the same week

Two independent miners mined full blocks and collected roughly 3.15 BTC each, an uncommon outcome…

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HMRC taking more than a year to pay out tax rebates

Taxpayers talk of having to borrow cash and wait for months amid ‘significant backlogs’ in…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Elon Musk once backed a $10 billion OpenAI ICO, internal notes show

Internal OpenAI call notes show Elon Musk agreed to explore an ICO with a for-profit…

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He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?

How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Etherealize co-founders: ETH will hit $15,000 by 2027

Etherealize co-founders Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan believe Ethereum is exiting a regulatory “purgatory” to…

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Crypto developer protections don’t belong in market structure bill, senators say

Legislative language which would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, falls under the…

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