Live updates: Yen rally and rising bond yields pressure bitcoin and risk assets
Bitcoin, gold and technology stocks fall as the yen rallies, while oil prices and government bond yields climb globally.
Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback
Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.
Swiss stablecoin sandbox enters testing phase, adds two new partners
Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin.
Xiaomi’s wide foldable promises more power than Samsung’s
Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to release a short, wide foldable phone, in the week Apple is expected to do the same. I got to try the 18 Fold behind closed doors at IFA last week, and while it looks and feels similar enough to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, superior specs make it feel … Read more
Bit2Me sets up specialized unit to help law enforcement track down crypto assets
The unit formalizes past operations, building on 1.5 million euros in seized crypto the exchange processed in 2025 for agencies including Interpol and Europol.
Crypto traders turn on Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin before it even launches
Kraken deleted a promotional post after backlash, while a media group named in the token’s distribution publicly distanced itself from the project.
Bitcoin’s golden cross is here
A golden cross has triggered on bitcoin’s daily price chart, indicating a potential long-term bullish trend ahead.
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Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.
Mistral raises €3B
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Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from whitehat hackers; talks underway for the rest
Supposed whitehat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding.
Bitcoin slips under $79,000, Zcash leads losses as Fed hike odds hold near 60%
Every major token fell on Tuesday, though most keep weekly gains, with traders pricing a 60% chance of a Fed hike next week.
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.
Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction’s labor crunch
Eric Wu, who built and ran Opendoor before stepping away in 2022, has had his new company, NavigateAI, out of stealth since May — building AI copilots that give construction workers real-time, hands-free guidance through smartphones and Meta’s AI glasses, backed by $25 million from Elad Gil, Khosla Ventures, and Lennar to tackle a labor … Read more
First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
The Xiaomi 18 Fold and its Xring O3 chip. China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip. What’s so special about … Read more
Jellyfin 12.0
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TALA Is Open-Source
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Metaplanet CEO breaks silence but shareholders say the hard questions remain unanswered
Simon Gerovich said Metaplanet had not adequately explained the structure, and denied involvement in MMXX Ventures’ trading decisions.
Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.
OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down
Jakub Pachocki is calling for mandatory safety standards as OpenAI finds it harder to monitor advanced AI models’ reasoning.
Building an On-Device AR Game With MediaPipe, PixiJS, and Capacitor
I am Venezuelan; I live in Zurich, and I work in construction. In 2026, I learned to build apps with Claude. AURADUEL turns aura battles into a measurable sport, with on-device AR, no humiliation, and your body in motion. This is the story of why it exists, and what it took to reach Shipaton. 1. … Read more
UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report
Companies offering binary options for retail investors have been barred from selling, marketing and distributing products in the UK since 2019 following a directive from the FCA.
Why the AfD Wins
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