Effective altruism is back with an 'anti AI' campaign

An anti-AI student uprising scheduled for October is hiring, and its organizer has close ties to the effective altruism community.

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Vibe coders faced with frontier AI outage

AI users have taken to X to claim that they can't get models run by Anthropic, X, OpenAI, and Google to work.

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Justin Sun has ruined his reputation in China

In his latest unhinged outburst, Justin Sun offered to have his height measured on a livestream so people would stop calling him short.

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Ledger sued for $500M over its many data breaches

The lawsuit accuses Ledger of neglecting customer safety after it failed to prevent and subsequently adapt to a string of data breaches.

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Every Kraken IPO plan has failed

Kraken first discussed an IPO in April 2021. Nearly six years later, Kraken’s earliest IPO window might now occur in Q2 2027.

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Lumber is down 35% since crypto started trading it

After crypto speculators flocked to a momentum trade of lumber in 2021, a check on the current price reveals the folly of crowd psychology.

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Caterpillar CEO cashes out early for $26M

Caterpillar CEO Joseph Creed sold shares for $26.21M, 1,646 days before his 2021 options were due to expire.

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‘Dear God’: Japan’s borrowing costs hit 30-year high

As 30-year Japanese bond yields reached their highest level in decades, a market data vendor gasped at the government’s cost to borrow.

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Justin Sun seeks out Chinese 'troll king' in dispute with ex

Justin Sun has reached out to the Chinese 'troll king' as part of his escalating public feud with his ex over reproductive disputes.

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The shoe company that pivoted to AI is dying

Allbirds, a shoe company that pivoted to artificial intelligence (AI), briefly surged on that pivot, but has since plumetted in value.

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Secret memecoin Nasdaq takeover has a math problem

A memecoin trader claimed to have spent $1.8 million on a secret takeover plan for a Nasdaq stock, then admitted that numbers were fabricated.

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Crypto.com-promoted Tectonic forces Cronos to halt, rewind

Crypto.com promoted Tectonic until it almost drained tens of millions of dollars from its Cronos blockchain.

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Metaplanet spent over $45M to lose $1B investing in bitcoin

Metaplanet has spent tens of millions of dollars operating a bitcoin treasury company that has an unrealized loss of more than $1 billion.

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Justin Sun’s egg story keeps getting worse

Justin Sun's X post in which he accused Chinese actress Jing Tian of reneging on a cash-for-eggs deal has caused waves in China.

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KLA Corp insiders cashed out $64M while stock slid 40%

As KLA Corporation stock lost 40% and an estimated $160B in market value from its peak, insiders sold over $64M worth of stock.

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Crypto advisors used SEC certificates that were never issued

Websites of certain crypto advisors allegedly displayed fake SEC certificates carrying identifiers from phony FINRA forms.

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OneKey 'hacked' already-patched Ledger app

OneKey's Anzen security team claims it hacked Ledger's Ethereum app, while Ledger says it just copied its findings.

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Justin Sun is suing a movie actress for not giving him her eggs

Justin Sun is claiming that he wined and dined Jing Tian and offered her 30 million yuan for her eggs before she welched on the deal.

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Pump Fun paid $700K to callers shilling mostly tiny tokens

Pump Fun callout rewards made one user almost $50K while onlookers complained the memecoin playtform was rewarding quantity over quality.

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Moonwell's latest $9M attack marks four incidents in a year

Borrow liquidity on Moonwell has been drained following a well-capitalized attacker’s price manipulation of collateral token MAMO.

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Galaxy exec Zac Prince lends again while BlockFi victims await payouts

Zac Prince is promoting crypto loans again as BlockFi class members await payouts and Galaxy has only partially disgorged its LUNA proceeds.

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GTA VI leaker's token crashes despite 'first true spoiler'

The crypto token belonging to GTA VI leaker CyberLeek has crashed almost 40% in the past 24 hours, and continues to fall.

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Cathie Wood’s ARKK has trailed BTC, S&P 500 since inception

Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment ETF, ARKK, has trailed BTC and the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested since her fund’s inception.

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Polymarket Counter-Strike promos start at $20 per X post, report

Polymarket is reportedly paying professional Brazilian Counter-Strike players between $20 and $500 to promote the prediction market on X.

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Coinbase and Brian Armstrong are threatening to leave California… again

The Coinbase CEO appeared on the Katie Miller Podcast and called California’s plan to tax billionaires an “unconstitutional asset seizure.”

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Creators pump and dump Dolly Parton memecoins

The crypto community decided to pay tribute to Dolly Parton by pumping and dumping memecoins using her name and photos.

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Martin Shkreli’s newest memecoins are already down 94%

Martin Shkreli’s two newest memecoins are down 94%, repeating his pattern of quick losses for followers from prior memecoin launches.

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Lawyers for Tate brothers say crypto wealth is exaggerated

Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyers claim their "uberwealthy" status and crypto riches were exaggerated to sell their online courses.

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32 NFT predictions that aged like milk

During the salad years of NFTs, many folks from a variety of industries were captivated and made predictions that failed.

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