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August 31, 2026

Bitcoin is back—and so is Michael Saylor’s Strategy, which made its first buy in two months — fortune.com

After a two-month dry spell, Strategy has resumed its Bitcoin buying spree. On Monday, the world’s largest digital asset treasury announced that it had purchased $370 million worth of Bitcoin at an average price of roughly $80,300 per BTC. Strategy shares

Exclusive: Bessent calls for less regulation to help small banks — axios.com

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a case for lighter financial regulation at the G20 finance ministers gathering Monday, arguing to CEOs that post-crisis rules have squeezed small banks, according to remarks first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The

How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep — 404media.co

This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Erin West and Paul Raffile. Check out the whole thing here on YouTube. Erin West and Paul Raffile stepped out of their van about 45 minutes outside Lagos, Nigeria, and walked down a muddy

OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman — theguardian.com

With traditional goals such as stability and homeownership feeling out of reach, young people are focused on the present By now, we all know the shape of financial nihilism: the throw-your-money-at-anything reaction to the dissolution of the slow, linear

Vets for AI — prospect.org

This is a collaboration with The Lever, a reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds accountable the people and corporations manipulating the levers of power. Max Rose, the pugnacious former Democratic congressman from Staten Island, has been a