Today’s Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you watched 2000s basketball. As we’ve shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.”…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Gokongwei-backed digital bank GoTyme Bank reported it reached 10 million users as of July 2026, three years after its initial launch. The company stated its total customer deposits have exceeded P53 billion, or approximately $861.45…
Another Friday is upon us, bringing another Bitcoin and Ethereum options expiry event as spot markets have made some progress. Around 19,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, July 17, with a notional value of roughly $1.23 billion. This expiry is much smaller than usual events, so it is unlikely to have any…
On the morning of July 16, Ostium announced that it had paused trading following a security incident, while on-chain trackers flagged a large flow of funds from wallets associated with the protocol. According to Ostium, users’ positions remain open but cannot be modified, while traders’ margin remains untouched within the frozen smart contracts. The protocol…
The brand iRobot launched the first Roomba robot vacuum back in 2002, and popularity for the handy devices skyrocketed from there. Countless competitors have emerged, but Roomba is still going strong. Its latest models have all the new features we love, from doubling as a vacuum and a mop to fantastic navigation and suction. The…
Key Takeaways HMRC will defer capital gains tax on some DeFi loans and AMMs from April 6, 2027. About 700,000 UK users could see simpler crypto tax reporting under HMRC rules. New HMRC rules tax gains at economic disposal, with OBR review to follow. HMRC Defers Capital Gains Tax on Crypto Liquidity Pools Under New…
Venezuela’s USDT market is handling volumes that now rival one of the country’s largest sources of foreign currency. Summary Venezuela’s Binance P2P market handled 1.389 billion USDT between June 11 and July 13 alone. Ecoanalítica estimated the volume equaled 75% of Venezuela’s monthly oil export value during the period. USDT traded near 840 bolivars, around…
All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Analityk wskazał na XRP jako na kandydata do parabolicznego wzrostu, ponieważ aktywo wykazuje oznaki powtarzającego się ruchu historycznego spowodowanego potencjalnym wycofaniem pozwu przeciwko Ripple przez SEC. Prezydent-elekt USA, Donald Trump, rzekomo zaczął gromadzić XRP obok HBAR i BTC. Członek Benzinga…
SpaceX abruptly aborted the second attempted launch of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, just moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that “[s]ome of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort” and that the company will…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Contributions to the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) system reached P757.554 million in the first half of 2026, representing a 45.3% increase from P521.363 million during the same period last year. The total number…
