Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit. Currently, if you’re stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin fell below $77,000, triggering $657M in liquidations, $584M of which came from long positions in 24 hours. Whale trader Machi Big Brother was liquidated during the crash and immediately opened a new 25x ETH long on 1,825 ETH worth $3.87M. The four-day decline followed the CLARITY Act’s Senate Banking Committee advance on…
## Market Snapshot The “Wes Streeting Resignation” market is currently inactive with zero volume, but Streeting’s leadership challenge has potential for market shifts. The “Starmer Out Timing” market shows 68.5% YES for a resignation by June 30, 2026, up from 66% a day earlier. The “Next UK Prime Minister in 2026” market remains unaffected by…
Inside a makeshift workshop in Gaza, rebuilt after it was damaged by Israeli air strikes, Suleiman Abu Hassanin stands among piles of broken concrete, trying to give them a new form. His voice over the phone sounds tired, carrying the weight of what he is trying to do: rebuild in a place where building materials…
Japan’s major brokerage groups are preparing crypto investment trust products as regulators work toward allowing funds to hold digital assets by 2028. Summary SBI and Rakuten are preparing in-house crypto investment trusts for Japanese retail investors. Nomura, Daiwa, SMBC and Mizuho-linked firms are studying crypto fund products as rules evolve. Japan’s 2028 roadmap could allow…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! There is a bit of a theme emerging in transportation — and really every industry: AI is creating jobs for some…
This editorial is from last week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. Key Takeaways Binance and CME deepened crypto-tradfi ties in 2026, widening access beyond…
China will purchase at least $17 billion worth of US agricultural products every year, the White House announced following renewed discussions between President Trump and President Xi Jinping. The deal marks the most significant trade commitment between the two economies since tariff escalations threw bilateral commerce into chaos. What’s actually in the deal The $17…
There’s a small sliver of the Moon in the sky tonight, but is it enough to spot any surface features? What is today’s Moon phase? As of Monday, May 18, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. Tonight, 3% of the moon will be be lit up, according to NASA’s Daily Moon Guide. Unfortunately, there is…
CoinGecko data revealed that Bitcoin outperformed on US holidays during 11 of the past 14 calendar years analyzed historically. A new study by CoinGecko found that buying Bitcoin on US holidays has historically delivered much stronger short-term returns compared to regular trading days. The analysis examined Bitcoin’s forward returns across different calendar days between…
