In brief A new IMF report has highlighted the “striking” scale of stablecoin adoption in Nigeria. The IMF warned that adoption sharpens …
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Rio de Janeiro Built an AI Model That Beat DeepSeek—But Was Based on Someone Else’s Work
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief IplanRIO released Rio 3.5 Open 397B on June 13, billing it as a government-built frontier AI model with benchmark scores …
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In brief An anonymous Polymarket trader put $1 million on Spain to beat Cape Verde in their Group H opener on June …
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Pudgy Penguins NFT Game ‘Pudgy Party’ Shuts Down Less Than a Year After Launch
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Mobile battle royale game Pudgy Party has shut down and ceased development. The Pudgy Penguins team said that it has …
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In brief A 32-year-old man has been indicted in Nancy over a so-called “wrench attack” targeting a crypto holder. The man was …
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In brief GameStop renewed an options deal that ties up nearly all its Bitcoin with Coinbase Credit. The pledged coins no longer …
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Sam Bankman-Fried Loses Appeal as Federal Court Upholds ‘Robust’ Fraud Conviction
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief A federal appeals court unanimously upheld Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence. Judges rejected his argument that FTX …
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In brief Reve 2.0 debuted at #2 on the Arena text-to-image leaderboard, behind OpenAI’s GPT Image 2 and ahead of Google’s Nano …
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Pokémon Card Sales Are Surging on Crypto Platforms—Just Don’t Call It Gambling
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Monthly sales for tokenized Pokémon cards skyrocketed over the past year, fueled by a wave of speculative demand surrounding trading …
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Iran-Linked Group That Hacked Kash Patel’s Email Threatens World Cup With Hijacked FBI Drones
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Iran-linked hacking group Handala claimed it breached FBI drones and accessed surveillance footage. The group threatened teams participating in the …