Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest

Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage

June 4, 2026

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Blockchain No Longer Needing Bitcoin Is Gaining Momentum — bloomberg.com

Fintech is more interested in product than token prices.

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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Machine Is Misfiring on Every Cylinder — bloomberg.com

Michael Saylor built Strategy Inc. around a straightforward idea: raise money to buy Bitcoin, then never sell it. Over time, that simple bet has turned far more complicated.

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I bought peptides with crypto. How my purchase helped fuel a $100 million gray-market, ‘looksmaxxing’ economy — fortune.com

“Hi! I’m interested in buying peptides,” I wrote on WhatsApp. Two minutes later, I received a reply from a U.K. area code from someone calling herself Louise, whose profile picture was of a young woman with airbrushed skin. Louise shared a menu:

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Inside the AI Boom's Arctic Outpost — time.com

Standing atop a skeleton of reinforced steel, Torkjell Lund surveys his domain. To the east and west, snow-covered peaks loom over this vast Norwegian valley. To the south, a fjord deposits icy water into the Atlantic Ocean. Above, the northern lights have

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Five Eyes: Watch out for odd LinkedIn connection requests, China's back on the hunt for state secrets — theregister.com

MI5 and its international allies are once again warning that China is shopping for state secret leakers on popular recruitment platforms, including LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork. In a fresh advisory published on Wednesday evening, the UK’s domestic

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How Pakistan became Trump’s most surprising ally — vox.com

President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend the Peace Council meeting held during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026. | Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images As the world waits to see if

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Prediction Markets Are Learning From the Addiction Industry — newrepublic.com

If you believe the multibillion-dollar firms behind “prediction markets” and the individuals who are handsomely paid to promote them, two things are absolutely clear: These exchanges are not gambling, and they certainly don’t prey upon young or vulnerable

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