Key Takeaways On July 27, 2026, an Ohio Lottery player spent $100 on two Millionaire Blowout tickets to win dual prizes. Modern paper lotteries like Ohio’s run 26.75% tax automation and risk engines akin to Big Tech fintech. The winner will allocate $384,562 toward Toledo local auto dealers, extended travel, and savings in 2026. On…
Pump.fun generated $10.03 million in protocol fees during the week of Aug. 3 to 9, marking the first time its weekly total crossed $10 million under its current reporting series. Summary Pump.fun generated $10.03 million in weekly protocol fees, up 12% from the previous week’s total. The platform bought back and burned 2.15 billion PUMP,…
AI data centers are consuming electricity at a blistering pace, but US grid data does not show AI simply exhausting the country’s power supply. The more immediate problem is local. New data centers can arrive faster than power plants, transmission lines, and grid connections, creating capacity bottlenecks in individual regions even when national electricity generation…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Philippine stock market is on the verge of a long-awaited fintech wave, but digital banking titan Maya is letting its biggest competitor take the stage first. Maya is now targeting an initial public offering…
The popular precious metal bug also called BTC the anti-gold. Bitcoin’s price has made its first notable move since the end of the previous business week after it was rejected at $65,200 earlier today and has dropped by a grand and a half within minutes. The full-on crypto critic Peter Schiff used the opportunity…
A parallel channel, TD Sequential buy signal, and MACD golden cross are creating a potentially bullish setup for SOL near $78. Solana is currently trading above $76, following a recovery of more than 6% over the past week, along with the rest of the top crypto market. With several bullish signals now aligning, one…
Grayscale Investments has withdrawn registration statements for three proposed spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to Cardano’s ADA, Hedera’s HBAR and Polkadot’s DOT, according to filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 7. The withdrawals cover the proposed Grayscale Cardano Trust ETF, Grayscale Hedera Trust ETF and Grayscale Polkadot Trust…
Today’s NYT Strands hints are easy if you like buying fresh fruits and vegetables. Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting…
XRP prices surged to $3.04 the previous day, but subsequently retreated to $2.94, encountering short-term resistance. The recent surge was primarily driven by rising expectations for an ETF and active institutional investors in the derivatives market. XRP futures contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have reached 386 million XRP, a 74% increase from…
Ripple has voted to support two XRP Ledger amendments designed to introduce single-asset vaults and fixed-term institutional lending directly at the network’s protocol level. Summary Ripple’s validator voted “yes” on XLS-65 and XLS-66, supporting native vaults and lending. XLS-65 has reached 40% validator support, while XLS-66 has secured more than 37%. Both amendments require over…
