Bullish Bitcoin bets unraveled below $110K: Will October revive risk-on sentiment?
Bitcoin is down 5%, its sharpest weekly drop since March, but October seasonality and long-term holder stability suggest a potential recovery ahead.
Tether’s mega fundraise draws top investors as it expands beyond yield income
SoftBank and ARK are reportedly eyeing an investment in Tether, a move that could value the stablecoin issuer at up to $500 billion as it diversifies beyond USDT.
Bitcoin underperformance signals ‘distinct’ Q3 altseason: Grayscale
According to Grayscale, some market sectors benefited from significant changes to US policy in the third quarter, but Bitcoin underperformed compared to Ether and others.
Want to Stay Safe Online? Lie About Your Birthday
The Gentle January series shares one practical privacy tip a day from a Markup staffer who actually uses the advice in their own life. Getting presents on your birthday can be really fun. So I can understand if, when companies have asked you for your date of birth (so they can send you something special … Read more
LYS Labs Moves Beyond Data and Aims to Become the Operating System for Automated Global Finance
Bucharest, Romania, September 26th, 2025/Chainwire//–LYS Labs, the Web3 data infrastructure company building the intelligence layer for machine finance on Solana, today announced a series of significant milestones that underscore its rapid growth and adoption. The company is expanding its data capabilities and gearing up to introduce a new trading product on Solana, LYS Flash, aiming … Read more
AlphaTON adds $30M in Toncoin to balance sheet amid price decline
Two Nasdaq-listed DATs are investing in The Open Network’s native token, allocating millions to token reserves even as the asset and their share prices decline.
Crypto Market Battles Sea of Red and Growing Fear, But HYPE Floats
With Bitcoin standing still and the rest of the crypto market close to posting a red monthly candle, Hyperliquid’s HYPE is bucking the trend.
10 PR Myths in 2025, And What the Data Actually Shows
Public relations is at a turning point. Traditional tactics and the rise of generative AI has reshaped how audiences discover and trust information. As the industry shifts, assumptions naturally emerge. Many of these assumptions sound logical, but fresh data reveals that they don’t hold up in practice. The gap between traditional PR instincts and modern … Read more
Crypto Biz: Wall Street turns the key: Banks, stablecoins, tokenized collateral hit fast-forward
Wall Street leans into crypto: E*Trade to add BTC, ETH and SOL, JPMorgan cools on stablecoin risks, and CFTC tests tokenized collateral.
One of our favorite video doorbells is 47 percent off in the run-up to Prime Day
The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus is $70 off. With Halloween and Amazon’s fall Prime Day just around the corner, now’s a great time to grab a video doorbell. They make it easy to watch over trick-or-treaters and keep tabs on Prime Day deliveries and right now, one of our favorites — the Ring Battery Doorbell … Read more
The Harsh Math of AI: 78% Adoption, 90%+ Disappointment with Generative AI ROI
AI has become a corporate standard, but mass adoption hasn’t guaranteed mass success. Here’s why so many enterprises are struggling to turn hype into measurable value and what explains AI adoption failure reasons in 2025. AI is everywhere, but not everyone is happy In 2025, artificial intelligence in business 2025 isn’t a bold experiment anymore … Read more
Humanoid robots are Meta’s next ‘AR-size bet’
This is Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Building humanoid robots is Meta’s next “AR size bet,” a top executive told me recently. That suggests the company plans to spend billions of dollars on the effort. During a recent conversation … Read more
The TikTok deal raises more questions than answers
Following months of delays, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that’s supposed to “save” TikTok. Trump claims the deal will make the app “American-operated,” fulfilling the divest-or-ban law that threatened the China-owned app’s presence in the US. But the Trump administration didn’t reveal any information about who will own TikTok’s US operations, or … Read more
What’s behind the massive AI data center headlines?
This week on Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff go beyond the headlines to break down what’s really going on in these AI infrastructure deals.
TV giant Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air
Sinclair Broadcasting will air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show on its 38 ABC affiliate stations once again, the company announced, after Disney reinstated Kimmel from a suspension earlier this week. Along with fellow broadcast company Nexstar, Sinclair had suspended airing Kimmel’s show under pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, but Sinclair initially chose to replace … Read more
Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation
Checkout.com is boosting its valuation as part of an employee stock buy-back program, and now says it’s profitable.
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Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B
The rumored buyers of EA include investors like Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
‘The Social Network’ sequel will focus on Haugen leaks, with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg
Fifteen years after “The Social Network,” director Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel film about Facebook called “The Social Reckoning.”
$18 Billion in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire—Here’s What to Expect
A record $18 billion Bitcoin options expiry today may spark delayed volatility as crypto markets brace for weekend moves, said analysts.
Do LLMs Dream of Electric Sheep? New AI Study Shows Surprising Results
A new AI study finds that large language models show stable, surprising behaviors when left alone.
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YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share trivia and commentary
YouTube Music’s new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the platform’s new hub for AI experiments.
Costco is already selling piles of Lego Game Boys cheaper than the Lego company
The Lego Game Boy isn’t supposed to go on sale until October 1st — but I already bought one and built it for you. How? Costco and Sam’s Club have pallets full of them at warehouses across the country, they’re already on sale at a discount, and I’ll tell you how to check if they’re … Read more
Killing the 7-Day Week
I quit my job because I wanted freedom of time. But even running my own company, I still hated Mondays. Why? Because Monday was the day after Sunday. And every Sunday I felt fucking miserable just knowing the next day I had meetings I dreaded. Not because I chose them. But because society decided Monday … Read more
SoftBank, Ark May Back Stablecoin Giant Tether in Massive Funding Round: Report
The stablecoin issuer is seeking to raise up to $15-$20 billion for a 3% stake. Ark Invest and Softbank are in discussions to participate.
UN: Experiment With Pension Funds Proves Blockchain as ‘Ultimate’ Identity Tech
The United Nations leaned into blockchain technology to overhaul its own pension system, and a study of that process concluded the innovation is the “ultimate technology for digital identity verification,” which has spurred the UN toward extending the system and sharing it with other international groups. The UN — which has explored various blockchain uses … Read more