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The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok — theatlantic.com
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel confronts the growing crisis around AI-generated sexual abuse and the culture of impunity enabling it. He examines how Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is being used
These Finnish Homes Are Being Heated by a Surprising Source: Bitcoin Mining — motherjones.com
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a dream job: teaching clients how to decarbonize buildings. But he
Gas Just Got Poured On The Democrat Civil War Jasmine Crockett Started — dailycaller.com
Progressives gonna be big mad...
Michael Saylor’s Creative Bitcoin Strategy Isn’t Working — nytimes.com
Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.
Gen Z’s pursuit of the #RichTok lifestyle sends them to social media for investing advice — fortune.com
Gen Z loves #RichTok — and they love being rich. Mash them together and you get a generation that overwhelmingly turns to social media for investing advice as they seek the most elusive thing of all for the young: financial independence. Social media
‘De-dollarization’ is dead: Investors discount Trump’s dramas as they pile into U.S. assets — fortune.com
There is a conflict between Wall Street analysts right now over the right strategy for dealing with U.S. dollar-denominated assets. Some, like Pimco chief investment officer Dan Ivascyn, have recommended investors diversify out of U.S. equities because the
Coinbase is late to stocks—but CEO Brian Armstrong says it will win in the long run — fortune.com
Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase in 2012. Since then, he has built his company into a dominant crypto brand with products that range from wallets to stablecoins to a Bitcoin-themed credit card. Now, Armstrong’s firm is pushing into a decidedly different
How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption — theatlantic.com
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Brandon LaRoque kept his life savings in a cryptocurrency account. One morning, as he went to check his balance, he discovered that it was all missing. LaRoque is one of many
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new cryptocurrency loses 75% of value within a day — timesofisrael.com
Insiders say Adams's former adviser Frank Carone and real estate investor Yosef Sefi Zvieli involved in NYC Token; some experts say rollout looked like 'rug pull' The post Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new cryptocurrency loses 75% of value within a day appeared
Jefferies’ Wood Drops Bitcoin on Threat From Quantum Computing — bloomberg.com
The once-distant threat of quantum computing has prompted one of the most closely followed market strategists to walk away from Bitcoin, underscoring how doubts over the token’s security are creeping into mainstream portfolio thinking.
The Tech Billionaires Behind Trump’s Greenland Push — jacobin.com
Silicon Valley oligarchs like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen have much to gain from Donald Trump’s seizure of Greenland, both as a source of rare earth minerals to feed the AI boom and as a site for a libertarian “crypto state.” Donald Trump wants
Coinbase CEO: Big banks are trying to 'kill the competition' through crypto regulation — foxbusiness.com
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed why the cryptocurrency giant chose to withdraw support for a key Senate crypto bill during an interview on "Mornings with Maria." "It just felt deeply unfair to me that one industry [banks] would come in and get to do
Bitmine’s Switch From Ether to MrBeast — theinformation.com
Investors who own shares of Bitmine, which last year turned itself into a holding company for ether tokens, woke up to some surprising news today. Bitmine is investing $200 million in Beast Industries, the company of MrBeast, the No.1 YouTuber. He’s known
The Australian Open is offering $10 million for one lucky fan. But there’s almost no way to win — smh.com.au
Tennis Australia and its cryptocurrency partner are trumpeting the largest prize in tennis. But fans have a one in 170 undecillion chance of winning.
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