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January 5, 2026
The Company That Just Buys Bitcoin Booked $17 Billion in Q4 Losses — gizmodo.com
Strategy's business model results in wild swings, but since it hasn't sold any bitcoin, these are just paper losses
Bitcoin Options Traders Eye $100,000 Following Year-End Meltdown — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin options are showing that traders are setting their sights on a return to the $100,000 price level amid optimism that investors will turn back to digital assets following the crypto market’s crash in the fourth quarter.
Lucrative online trades on Maduro ouster spur new bill to ban Polymarket insider trading — axios.com
A House Democrat is introducing legislation that would make it illegal for government officials to use online prediction markets to make bets on political events based on privileged information. Why it matters: The bill comes in response to the huge
The State of Anti-Surveillance Design — 404media.co
An abridged version of this story appeared in 404 Media's zine. Get a copy here. The same sort of algorithms that use your face to unlock your phone are being used by cops to recognize you in traffic stops and immigration raids. Cops have access to tools
Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene departs Congress a vocal critic — rollcall.com
Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene came to Congress in 2021 as a MAGA luminary and staunch Donald Trump loyalist. She is resigning Monday — a year before her term ends — deeply disillusioned with a president she once revered. “I have too much self
Saylor’s Strategy Has $17.44 Billion Unrealized Loss in Fourth Quarter — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin accumulator Strategy Inc. had a $17.44 billion unrealized loss in the fourth quarter tied to the decline in the value of the Michael Saylor-led company’s roughly $62 billion cryptocurrency stockpile.
Ethereum has long talked a big game. Now it’s time for the second biggest blockchain to deliver — fortune.com
On Jan. 1, Vitalik Buterin announced a New Year’s resolution for the blockchain he devised way back in 2013. It’s time, he declared, for Ethereum to step up and deliver on its original mission: “To build the world computer that serves as a central
Health care, housing and crime bills top White House’s 2026 wish list — rollcall.com
President Donald Trump often says Republican lawmakers need not send him any new legislation after last year’s enactment of his sweeping tax and spending package, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But a senior administration official and GOP members
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s requiem for MAGA — vox.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds a "Make America Great Again" hat during a news conference outside the US Capitol. | Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Key takeaways The polemical politician is leaving Congress on January 5 after her
Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland — fortune.com
The price of oil (as measured by Brent crude) fell nearly 2% overnight as traders digested the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Perhaps counterintuitively, they concluded that this would not have much effect on
Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise — jacobin.com
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024. President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping. ACH fraud is becoming ever more common due to an increase in digital
Monetizing Regime Change — prospect.org
Hours before the United States military arrested and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, bombing sites across Caracas in the process, an anonymous user on the prediction market Polymarket was betting thousands of dollars that an
Lawmakers seek to embed financial services rules into legislation — rollcall.com
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill is on a campaign to embed financial regulations into law, a move to make it much more difficult for a different administration to reverse course. Hill, R-Ark. has pushed the committee to approve nearly 100
Bitcoin Climbs to Three-Week High After US Captures Maduro — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin hit a three-week high in early Asia trading, as political uncertainty continues after the US move to oust Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro over the weekend.
Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for a big week that will put the U.S. economy back on Trump’s radar — fortune.com
Stock futures and oil prices edged higher on Sunday evening as investors began to digest the implications of the U.S. military raid on Venezuela that captured Nicolas Maduro. While the country has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, production has
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