As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu has seized the boom, raising $93 million in fresh funding. The Bengaluru‑based startup offers electric two‑wheelers on weekly subscription plans, so delivery drivers can jump straight into the gig economy without buying their own vehicles. With around…
Key Takeaways Sharplink lost $394.3M in Q2 as ETH declines drove $397M+ in unrealized losses and impairments. Sharplink earned $11.2M from staking, showing ETH treasuries can offset some crypto volatility. Sharplink held 888,938 ETH by Aug. 3 and committed $100M to Galaxy’s onchain yield fund. Sharplink Holds 888,938 ETH as Treasury Strategy Deepens Sharplink’s aggressive…
On-chain investigator ZachXBT on August 10 accused Tiffany Milanovich, an individual in the US, of involvement in at least $5 million in stolen crypto assets through hardware wallet and centralized exchange customer support impersonation scams. In a thread on X, ZachXBT described Milanovich as a “caller,” who made calls impersonating support personnel to convince victims…
Meta and TikTok failed to secure an early appellate ruling that could have cut off a major wave of social media addiction lawsuits. The Ninth Circuit dismissed their appeals on August 10 as premature, leaving thousands of cases against major platforms moving forward in lower courts. The ruling does not decide whether Section 230 ultimately…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Unopened boxes of Pokemon cards did something remarkable over the past five years: they quadrupled in value, outperforming both the stock market and Bitcoin. Now, crypto startups are placing those high-performing collectibles into secure vaults…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said on Aug. 11 that digital asset companies conducting legally permissible activities should have a route into the U.S. national banking system, as Comptroller Jonathan V. Gould renewed the agency’s push to revive new bank formation. Summary OCC received 40 de novo applications during 18 months,…
TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from Texas with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN. More than a third of U.S. states have introduced age verification laws for online adult content, including Texas. In response, Pornhub has blocked users in those locations from accessing their site. That means millions of users in Texas…
Key Takeaways FCC restrictions target foreign humanoid robots and U.S. models with over 35% foreign parts. Boston Dynamics could gain as U.S. manufacturing capacity scales toward 30,000 robots annually. China’s Mao Ning vowed countermeasures as Tesla and rivals rethink supply chains in 2026. The FCC’s latest crackdown on foreign-made humanoid robots reads like another national-security…
Even if the SEC approves the proposal, final rules could take 12-18 months after comments, revisions and another agency vote. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Monday it will hold an open meeting this Friday, August 14, to consider proposing new rules that would create a tailored offering path for certain crypto…
The emissions from powering data centers rightly get a lot of attention. But new research from former Microsoft sustainability workers cautions that the way artificial intelligence enhances productivity in the oil and gas industry could be much more damaging to the planet. Published last week in the journal npj Climate Action, the research finds that…
