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May 9, 2026

Is Bitcoin a good investment right now? What to know before you buy — nypost.com

Bitcoin's price has dropped 50% from its 2025 peak. Explore the risks and opportunities before you get back in.

Venezuelan Victims of Socialism Are Using RuneScape To Make Money — reason.com

As uncertainty surrounds Venezuela's political future, the ripples of change are being felt not just in Caracas but in the unusually complex economy of a decades-old browser-based game. Over the past decade, tens of thousands of Venezuelans have logged on

Trump’s Iran Strategy: Economic Strangling Is Not Enough — spectator.org

In the spring of 2026, following Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. imposition of a naval blockade on April 13, President Donald Trump doubled down on a strategy of indefinite economic coercion rather than immediate military escalation or

Was AI called by Cthulhu? — unherd.com

Perhaps Anthropic’s marketing department reads more horror fiction than it lets on. Last month, when the company unveiled Claude Mythos, its most powerful AI model, it included the now-customary boasts. The system, the company declared, can identify and