Fold Shares Jump 162% After Bitcoin Fintech Sells $45 Million in BTC, Wipes Out Debt
Publicly traded Fold sold Bitcoin holdings to restructure its balance sheet, fueling a stock surge on Wednesday morning.
Month: June 2026
ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet
ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.
Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers
After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run out, citing scammers who “continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals.” In its post, … Read more
Crypto outflows are sentiment shock, not structural crisis: CoinShares’ Butterfill
CoinShares’ James Butterfill said recent crypto outflows reflect a macro-driven sentiment shock, while other analysts warned Bitcoin’s rebound may remain fragile.
Five questions for the duo behind The Pelley Minutes
Scott Pelley, correspondent, 60 Minutes. | Photo by Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images Websites are so back! Today’s website worth visiting is The Pelley Minutes, a clever project that puts the career of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley into perspective. The show may only be 60 minutes long, but Pelley racked up nearly … Read more
The Social Reckoning trailer gives us our first look at Jeremy Strong as Zuck
Over 15 years after David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network premiered in theaters, Sony has released the first trailer for The Social Reckoning ahead of its theatrical release on October 9th. The follow-up takes place 17 years after the events portrayed in the original film and follows a young Facebook engineer who enlists … Read more
The TechBeat: Kafka Won’t Save Your Architecture If You Don’t Understand Coupling (6/10/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## PC Workman Earns a 58 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Real-Time System Monitor That Explains Why Your PC Is … Read more
The AirPods Pro 3 are $179 at Walmart, their best-ever price
AirPods Pro 3 | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Ahead of Prime Day, Walmart is offering the best price we’ve seen yet on the Apple AirPods 3 wireless earbuds. Originally $249 (though commonly selling somewhere between $200 and $220), they’re $179 at Walmart, presumably for a limited time. If you have an … Read more
Pyth unveils continuous pricing indexes for US stocks and commodities
Coinbase, Kraken and dYdX are adopting Pyth’s new indexes, which provide continuous pricing for US stocks, gold and oil outside market hours.
I’m relieved Siri AI isn’t trying to be a health coach
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. This week’s issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge’s WWDC coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usual time next … Read more
Prediction markets get first U.S. rule proposal as CFTC pursues contract reviews
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a proposed rule for public comment that sets an approach to determine contracts in the “public interest.”
Michael Saylor gets into public debate over claims that Strategy’s latest share sale was dilutive
Strategy’s BTC Yield fell from 13.0% to 12.8% following its latest bitcoin purchase, prompting a debate on X over whether the purchase was dilutive to shareholders.
Delaware Advances Bill to Ban ‘Predatory’ Bitcoin ATMs
Lawmakers have advanced legislation that would ban all cryptocurrency kiosks statewide, with physical removal mandated within 90 days.
Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business
The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Index drops 1.4% as all constituents decline
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fell 4.1% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) shed 4.3%, leading the index lower.
Bitcoin price may slide toward $30K as institutions dump 450% of daily BTC supply
Bitcoin’s institutional support weakened as ETFs and companies dumped almost 2,000 BTC daily and Strategy’s buying lost momentum.
Solana Sponsors the World Series of Poker, Enabling Crypto Entry Fees and Payouts
Players can now enter World Series of Poker tournaments with SOL or stablecoins, with Solana branding to be prominent at events.
World Series of Poker adds Solana payments for tournament buy-ins
The move marks an integration of blockchain-based payments into a major live sporting and gaming event.
Morning Minute: Crypto Falls Amidst War Escalation and Mythos Release
Markets sold off ahead of CPI. Crypto tax bills hit a wall in the House. And Morpho closed one of the biggest DeFi rounds in a long time.
Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends
Users under 16 years old will get a separate profile to show Stories and Spotlight posts to friends that they follow back.
Why everyone’s an energy company now
Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
U.S. inflation meets expectations, reinforcing Fed’s higher-for-longer stance
Bitcoin was trading at $61,700 following the news, slightly down over the past 24 hours.
Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma
Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.
Equipment finance platform Trad.Fi to bring $650M in private credit onchain
Trad.Fi plans to bring up to $650 million in equipment-finance credit onchain, targeting a trillion-dollar US market still dominated by paperwork.
A ‘Bitcoin DeFi’ project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn’t care
“It did not work,” Botanix said. “At lest not in this market and not in this timeline.”
Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze
Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts worth by 2030.
The three sets of earbuds I reach for
I listen to a lot of earbuds, but these three I actually use all the time. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like Reviewed, Digital Trends, IGN, … Read more