Sberbank plans to expand its crypto-backed lending business by accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether’s USDT as collateral, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov told TASS on Aug. 28. Summary Sberbank plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT as collateral after required regulatory approval arrives. Russia’s new crypto market framework takes effect September 1, 2026, under formal central…
This week, artificial intelligence moved deeper into enterprise software, custom silicon, media creation, autonomous vehicles, and workplace planning. At the same time, failed automation experiments, infrastructure opposition, surveillance concerns, cyberattacks, and rising hardware costs illustrated the growing tension between rapid adoption and real-world consequences. Top news AI economics and the future of work Bill Gates…
Key Takeaways Powerball’s $1 million Austin ticket expired after its Aug. 1 claim deadline. Circle K sold the ticket matching 5 white balls in the Feb. 2 Powerball drawing. Texas Lottery rules send the unclaimed $1 million to state-authorized programs. Somewhere in North Austin, a Powerball ticket that was good for $1 million sat in…
UNI is today’s top performer, skyrocketing by over 11%. Bitcoin’s gradual price recovery after Friday’s dip below $77,000 continues into the weekend, with the asset barely moving past $78,000 today. Most larger-cap alts have posted minor gains as well, but ETH remains below $2,500, BNB is still beneath $700, and XRP keeps fighting for…
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Nine consecutive sessions of net inflows have narrowed the gap with Bitcoin ETFs to almost nothing. But spot volume tells a different story, and one that matters more. Summary U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $225.8 million in net inflows on August 28, their strongest single day in 10 months, extending a buying streak to nine…
On Chinese social media, people have also reported experiencing variations of the scam involving other corporate software apps, including Webex, a video conferencing platform owned by Cisco, and Cliq, a workplace communication app owned by the Indian software giant Zoho. Since February 2025, 71 percent of the over 150 reviews of Webex on Apple’s Chinese…
Key Takeaways JaredfromSubway.eth’s bot has extracted over 117,000 ETH (~$295M) from trades since March 2023. An attacker drained the sandwich bot of $7.5M in June 2026 using 66 fake token contracts. Three relays route 88% of MEV-Boost blocks, and Titan alone builds more than half of them. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted Earlier this year…
August was quite the rollercoaster for Ripple’s token, even though history suggested more pain ahead. What’s next in September? With the eighth month of the year almost behind us, it’s worth exploring what really took place as it turned out to be among the most eventful ones, especially when it comes to price pumps….
It used to be that Vijay Pande was better known in academic circles than investor circles. That changed pretty abruptly a dozen years ago, when Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz — who’d spent their firm’s first five years explicitly avoiding healthcare and life sciences — decided the category was worth betting on after all and…
