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How Hyperliquid defied crypto’s DAT death spiral—and built the industry’s only flourishing digital asset treasury
In just 10 months, Hyperliquid Strategies amassed more than 35 million HYPE tokens—one of crypto’s fastest-rising assets.
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons ‘held talks this year’ on multibillion-pound merger
Deal would have created a supermarket with a market share of 23.6%, still well behind Tesco’s 27.8%Sainsbury’s held merger talks with rival Morrisons this year to discuss a multib…
Just a few years into working, Gen Z is already the most anxious generation about AI derailing their retirement—51% fear it will cut their nest egg
As AI disrupts career paths, Gen Z is already far more worried than millennials or Gen Xers about having enough money for their golden years of retirement.
Bitcoin price fails to break higher after best weekly close in eight months
Bitcoin’s highest weekly close in eight months formed low-timeframe resistance at the start of Monday’s US trading session.
Workers feared AI would kill jobs. Instead, it could boost their paychecks: 72% of employers say they’ll pay more for AI skills
72% of bosses will boost pay for recruits with AI skills, according to Robert Half—and job-seekers in Silicon Valley have the best odds of earning more.
Bitmine Buys $41M More Ethereum, Reaching 99% of Its 'Alchemy of 5%' Target
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash past 6 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" goal—as chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum is "dwarfing" other macro ass…
‘I was just kind of on my own’: Soldiers wounded in Iranian drone strike say the Army ‘took too long’ to treat their injuries
“I was just kind of on my own, at least it felt like that,” said Lincón, a veteran of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
‘There are no children’: A Greek island has just 2 students left—and its last school is about to close
Greece closed 75 schools this year as falling birth rates and population decline empty classrooms across the country.
Mark Thompson will remain chief executive at CNN after Paramount sale
Decision by Paramount Skydance executive David Ellison was relief to employees who feared overhaul – and possibility of Bari Weiss taking overMark Thompson, who since 2023 has ser…
A job that changed me: I mulched city parks in the dead of winter – I was not cut out for manual labour or working with family
My brother said I was terrible at mulching; he was right. But before tearing up my contract, he imparted some words of wisdomIn early 2020 in Canberra, I left my job in human reso…
Norway floats temporary but total ban on AI glasses as it investigates ‘socially beneficial uses’
Officials want a temporary ban as smart glasses make it easier to photograph, film and record people without their knowledge.
Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by the end of the year
The payments giant is planning a major global expansion for its stablecoin cards business, and is exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi use cases, new crypto head Henri Stern said.
Hungary hauls ex-foreign minister in to explain how he got a top job at BYD months after arranging government contracts
Péter Szijjártó faced lawmakers over BYD dealings after helping secure its first European plant and $63.7 million in state assistance
‘Did they achieve their goal? Partially’: Putin admits weakness as Ukraine claims 51% hit to Russia’s oil refining capacity
How big a deal is a hit to 1% of Russia's GDP?
Spain’s lefty government evicted an 87-year-old woman from her home of 70 years and thousands of protesters took the streets
Spain’s average rent has nearly doubled in a decade, while more than a quarter of renters spend 40% of their income on housing.
Mortgage Rates Today, Monday, October 5: A Little Lower
Mortgage interest rates are still well over 7%, but Friday's so-so employment data softened them up a bit.
Strategy opts for bigger spending on STRC buybacks over BTC purchases
Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million last week while spending $176.3 million to repurchase about 1.77 million shares of STRC.
Trump won Nebraska by 20 points. Now he’s trying to rescue a GOP Senate seat after angering ranchers with his plan to import more beef
Sen. Pete Ricketts is facing an unexpectedly competitive race as ranchers rebel against a White House plan meant to lower beef prices
China P2P stablecoin wallets grew 43x despite crypto restrictions: Chainalysis
Unique wallets sending P2P stablecoin transactions in China grew 43-fold between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026 as crypto activity increasingly shifted toward direct wallet-to-wallet transfe…
Strategy Posts $21B Q3 Gain, Buys $29M in BTC, Repurchases $176M in STRC
The firm's Bitcoin holdings hit a record 848,000 BTC, while the quarterly gain is a fair-value mark carrying $1.88 billion in deferred tax.
Too big to pause: Could an AI slowdown crash the economy?
Calls to slow down development of the most powerful AI models are colliding with an $800 billion investment boom. Could an AI slowdown tank the US economy?
NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance
For most of the last few decades, electricity demand in the United States has been relatively flat. That era is ending.
Too big to pause: Could an AI slowdown crash the economy?
Calls to slow down development of the most powerful AI models are colliding with an $800 billion investment boom. Could an AI slowdown tank the US economy?
Metaplanet reveals net income strategy to fuel Bitcoin accumulation
Metaplanet revealed a revised capital allocation framework proposing to allocate as much as 15% of total assets to strategic investments to fund its Bitcoin accumulation.