Mystery Bitcoin burn destroys 107 BTC worth about $8.5M
An unknown entity burned $8.5 million worth of Bitcoin after 12 years of holding, rendering the BTC unspendable, despite its price increasing by 12,700%.
Oura unveils its Ring 5 with a thinner, lighter design starting at $399
The ring is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and comes with more accurate sensing, enhanced battery life, and more.
Kia’s flagship EV has a battery problem
I first realized there was an issue with Kia’s flagship EV9 when I tried to unlock my car last year. The hulking three-row SUV was sitting on my driveway completely dead. The key didn’t work, the app connection to the car was gone, and I was already late to an appointment. Luckily, I had prepared … Read more
They’ve finally made the Oura Ring smaller and lighter
The precious… I mean Oura Ring 5. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Wherever I go, whatever I do, people point at my finger and ask, “Is that an Oura Ring?” Lots of people find they like the design, and they tell me why they’re thinking about switching to a smart ring from … Read more
Temu fined more than $230 million by EU over illegal product sales
Temu has been fined €200 million (about $232 million) by the European Commission after it found that consumers are “very likely to encounter illegal items” on the popular Chinese e-commerce platform. According to the commission, Temu breached Digital Service Act (DSA) rules by failing to identify and assess the systemic risks of illegal products being … Read more
U.S.-Iran strikes rattle global markets, send bitcoin to 6-week low
Your day-ahead look for May 28, 2026
Gemini for Google Home can now use your cameras to trigger automations
Your security cameras will watch for specific events and then trigger whatever actions you need automatically. | Image: Google Google Home is rolling out a new Gemini-powered automation feature that can trigger smart home routines based on what your security cameras can see. This is one of several updates announced yesterday for Gemini for Home, … Read more
Samsung units to buy $408 million stake in South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange
Samsung Securities is set to take a 2% stake in Dunamu, worth over $200 million, from affiliates of technology conglomerate Kakao.
Bitcoin’s famous CME gaps are about to disappear, though three remain unresolved
The launch of round-the-clock bitcoin futures trading eliminates the long-standing CME weekend gap and marks another step toward fully integrated institutional crypto markets.
Crypto slides on Hormuz airstrikes as $897 million in long liquidations pile up
BTC dropped to its lowest since April 13 and ETH broke below $2,000 as U.S. airstrikes stoked inflation concerns, wiping out nearly $900 million in leveraged longs.
Bitcoin Slips Under $73K as Crypto Liquidations Near $1B
The near-$1 billion crypto liquidation spree comes amid rising tensions over the U.S.-Iran conflict and ETF outflows.
Polymarket exec says KYC limited to beta product, not existing platform
Polymarket executive Josh Stevens said identity checks apply only to early beta access and are not being added to Polymarket’s existing platform.
BIS Project Agorá shows tokenized payments can settle in seconds
The Bank for International Settlements’ collaboration with seven central banks and more than 40 institutions concludes a two-year project with a prototype settling wholesale payments in seconds.
CFTC, Gemini File Joint Motion to Reverse $5M Settlement
The regulator filed alongside the crypto exchange to undo a 2025 consent order it now says “should not have been filed.”
Crypto liquidations hit $935M as Bitcoin price dips to $72.6K
Over $935 million was wiped out across the crypto market as traders shifted their focus to $70,000 as the last line of defense for Bitcoin.
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The Email Problem That Kills M&A Deals Is Not the One Anyone Is Watching
Every M&A deal has a moment where someone realizes the integration plan was missing something obvious, and that moment almost always arrives after the deal has closed, the timeline is fixed, and the budget has been spent on everything else. That something is usually email, and it is usually a disaster. This is not a … Read more
White House reviews CFTC prediction-market rule as Trump backs federal control
The proposal could shape how Kalshi, Polymarket, and other event-contract platforms operate as states challenge the CFTC’s authority.
YouTube will let you ask AI to make a custom video feed
You can enter your own prompt, or select from the suggested options provided by YouTube. | Image: YouTube YouTube is launching a new AI feature that creates a personalized video feed based on descriptions of what you want to watch. In its announcement, YouTube says custom content feeds can be built around your specific interests, … Read more
Rethinking Kleppmann’s “Designing Data-Intensive Applications”
How Martin Kleppmann’s iconic book evolved for AI and cloud-native architectures Since its release in 2017, Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) has become known as the bible for anyone working on large-scale, data-driven systems. The book’s focus on fundamentals (like storage engines, replication, and partitioning) has helped it age well. Still, the world of distributed systems has evolved … Read more
Diverging trends: Ether slides below $2,000 while futures open interest hits record high of 16 million ETH
Ether drops below $2,000 amid heavy selling pressure, yet futures open interest hits a record high. This divergences suggests aggressive shorting.
Crypto companies have tightened compliance, but gaps remain: Chainalysis
Around 47% of crypto organizations onboarded in 2026 are operating at alerting standards that would have ranked among the industry’s strictest five years ago.
How I Aligned Years of Time-Lapse Photos With OpenCV and Neural Matching
In the previous post, I described the Seasons project: a time-lapse of hundreds of pictures taken from nearly the same viewpoint over the years. The hardest challenge wasn’t taking the pictures or assembling them, but aligning them. You might have noticed the nearly part about viewpoint in the above paragraph. Indeed, it’s an approximation. I’m … Read more
Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880
Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu’s new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.
The Last Mile Problem in Agentic AI: Why Context Abstraction Is the Next Developer Battleground
There is a distinct lifecycle when developers build with LLMs. Phase one is pure awe: you ask a model to write a Python script or debug an async function, and it spits out working code in seconds. Phase two is ambition: you try to move past simple chat windows and build an autonomous AI agent … Read more
Markets Don’t Move Linearly — They Transition Between Behavioral States
After eight years of trading EUR/USD, I kept running into the same frustration: a strategy that printed money for two years would suddenly stop working — not gradually, but almost overnight. No obvious reason. Same logic, same execution, same pair. It just… stopped. The usual explanation is “the edge decayed” or “the market adapted.” But … Read more
Crypto markets shed $80B after fresh US strikes on Iran
The crypto market capitalization has fallen to its lowest level since mid-April after the US carried out strikes on Iran for the second time in three days amid peace talks.
CFTC seeks to reverse settlement deal with Gemini
The CFTC claimed that its settled complaint filed under the Biden administration relied heavily on a whistleblower’s allegations that Gemini inflated trading activity to distort user demand.