Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Robert Kaplan has backed the Federal Reserve’s 9–3 decision to keep interest rates at 3.50%–3.75% in July, arguing that policymakers needed more time to assess inflation before acting. Summary The Fed held rates at 3.50%–3.75% in July despite three votes for an increase. Kaplan said incoming data should determine whether policymakers…
Video games were supposed to be entertainment. For more than 2,000 people, they may now be a path toward controlling America’s skies. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) say they have added more than 2,000 candidates after deliberately targeting gamers in their latest air traffic controller recruitment campaign, helping…
A new group of veteran Bitcoiners will take over operations after supplying fresh capital and engineering resources. Boltz has suspended its Bitcoin swap service after a series of AI-assisted attacks caused losses for the bootstrapped five-person company, with the shutdown announced on August 3 and a new group of veteran Bitcoiners now preparing to…
SAVE $80.01: The Soundcore Boom 2 Plus portable speaker is on sale at Amazon for $169.98, down from the normal price of $249.99. That’s a 32% discount. $169.98 at Amazon $249.99 Save $80.01 Summer 2026 is coming to a close. If you have a few gatherings left on the calendar, it’s time to make…
Key Takeaways Raymond Johnson won $1M on a $10 Triple Red 777 Jackpot ticket on his porch. He took the $600,000 lump sum over a $50,000-a-year, 20-year annuity. Two of the game’s three $1 million top prizes have been claimed since July. One Ticket, Two Days, and the House They Had Just Seen Johnson bought…
Neutrl has suspended minting, redemptions, and other protocol functions while it assesses an unspecified reserve issue affecting roughly $53.7 million of NUSD in circulation. Summary Neutrl stopped core protocol functions after circumstances affected its reserves. Legal counsel advised the suspension while the team determines the scale of the impact. NUSD continues to trade near $0.998…
Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Fortinsky has been busy. “I was a groomsman at two weddings this weekend,” he tells me over Zoom. Also, the sports trading company he runs, Novig, launched its prediction market last week, facilitating $18 million in trading volume on its first day. Today, Novig launches a “responsible trading framework” in its exchange rulebook,…
If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that ChatGPT was a little bit quicker on the uptake, OpenAI seems to be answering your prayers. The AI lab has rolled out a new mode called Ultrafast, which it says is designed to seriously accelerate the pace at which its latest and most powerful model, GPT-5.6 Sol, accomplishes…
Key Takeaways Fidelity has filed to let FETH stake up to 100% of ETH and distribute rewards quarterly. FETH would keep 85% of rewards, pressuring Blackrock and Grayscale to compete on yield. Fidelity plans 15% staking fees and quarterly cash payouts if approved by the SEC. Fidelity Plans Quarterly Cash Payouts From FETH Staking Rewards…
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has said the network’s layer 1 will leave Poseidon after an eight-year, eight-figure research effort and pursue established hash functions such as SHA-2 or BLAKE2s. Summary Ethereum’s L1 roadmap will use traditional hashes instead of the SNARK-focused Poseidon function. Binary-field SNARKs can reportedly prove about 1 million traditional hash calls…
