TL;DR: The Apple iPhone 17 is free from T-Mobile when you trade in your eligible phone on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan. The Apple iPhone 17 Pro is also free with T-Mobile — claim by bringing your number on an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in needed). Apple is dominating the tech news cycle….
Key Takeaways Robinhood Chain’s apps generated $2.66 million in 24-hour revenue on August 30. Gmgn, Pons and Uniswap combined for about 88% of that revenue, per the same data. Hyperliquid still processed $8.9 billion in perpetuals volume in a single July day. A Two-Month-Old Chain Punches Above Its Weight Even though the Arbitrum-built L2 launched…
Tectonic’s assets plunged from about $121 million to $3 million after an exploit targeted its thinly traded TONIC token. Cronos halted its blockchain on Sunday after an exploit hit Tectonic, which happens to be its largest lending protocol. Experts estimated that roughly $75 million in assets were affected. So far, no timeline has been…
About 1,600 federal employees who work at the General Services Administration have been forced to relocate from their office on F Street in Washington, DC, to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, roughly two blocks away. Workers say the new building, which also houses staff from the Office of Personnel Management has mice, a caved-in bathroom ceiling, and…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Southeast Asia’s largest crypto gathering felt less like a speculative trade show and more like an active regulatory workshop for a regional economic pivot. At Coinfest Asia 2026 in Bali, over 10,000 attendees gathered as…
A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay $172,539 after U.S. regulators found he used advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to make more than $107,500 trading prediction market contracts. Summary Gabriel Perez made more than $107,500 trading prediction market contracts using advance access to Trump’s speeches, the CFTC said. Perez must…
When George Arison took over Grindr in 2022, he inherited a company that had been bounced from Chinese ownership to a forced divestiture to a private-equity rescue — a business that was printing money but also had no real product or business strategy. Four years, a SPAC listing, and a controversial return-to-office mandate later, Grindr…
Key Takeaways Belgium’s BAPO ordered domain registrars to submit financial, IP, and account details of pirate operators. Court orders named host Hostinger among entities compelled to share data to shield the sports economy. Experts question if cross-border demands will survive scrutiny under the EU Digital Services Act. Crackdown on Digital Piracy Belgian authorities have escalated…
Another busy economic week is ahead of us as investors are trying to predict what the Fed will do next. Bitcoin ends August and enters September under renewed pressure, but geopolitics won’t be the only factor traders need to watch this week. Several important US economic reports are due between Tuesday and Friday, culminating…
Fancy doing a bit of Moon spotting tonight? You might be surprised by how much detail you can pick out from Earth, especially if you have binoculars or a telescope handy. What is today’s Moon phase? As of Monday, Aug. 31, NASA’s Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon is in Waning Gibbous phase,…
