Month: August 2026

Technology

‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs

Amid a jobs slump, award-winning writers, directors and producers taking on sometimes lucrative temp work…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzz

ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in days

Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off…

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Technology

Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash

It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax

The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Pass the Clarity Act

Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Ethena’s ENA token surges 48%, but altcoin season will have to wait

ENA is rallying on a $1 billion FalconX deal, while HYPE tests its record, though…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Coldcard ships firmware after $114 million bitcoin theft; says AI helped catch more bugs

Three weeks of review turned up problems unrelated to the flaw that cost users $114…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Analysts split on whether Bitcoin’s surge past key levels signals a new bull run

Market watchers say sudden sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations are the classic signs…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto bill

After years of stalled bills, misguided enforcement, and catastrophic collapses, almost any comprehensive crypto legislation…

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