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DraftKings, Meta, Andreessen Horowitz spend millions on state elections DraftKings, Meta, and Andreessen Horowitz are spending heavily on state elections because the 2026 regulatory fight has moved past Capitol Hill. Not fully, but enough that investors who only watch Washington are miss ...

Australia Northern Minerals China crypto order tests Bitcoin risk trade Australia's order for China-linked investors to sell their stakes in Northern Minerals Ltd. is not just a mining story. I'll be honest: treating it that way misses the trade. It sits where rare earths, national secur ...

Metaplanet CEO meets Japanese lawmaker to discuss Bitcoin strategy Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich reportedly met Japanese lawmaker Junichi Kanda to talk about Bitcoin strategy. The source post did not give a calendar date. Annoying, but important. My take: that missing date limits how har ...

Sygnum finishes pilot for on-chain crypto trading through AI agents, a first for Swiss banking Sygnum has finished a pilot for on-chain crypto trading through AI agents, the first such test in Swiss banking. My take: this is not a flashy trading stunt, even if the headline wants to sound ...

TRAC jumps as Upbit opens KRW, BTC and USDT trading for OriginTrail TRAC jumped after Upbit opened KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs for OriginTrail on May 18. Listings can flip the tape fast. My take: this was not some slow discovery trade. One day $TRAC was mainly a token for committed h ...

South Korea FSC reviews Hana Bank deal, finance-crypto rules still murky South Korea's FSC review of Hana Bank's Dunamu deal is becoming a real 2026 stress test for bank exposure to crypto. On May 18, the Financial Services Commission's Virtual Asset Division confirmed that it is reviewi ...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman clash in OpenAI lawsuit trial Elon Musk and Sam Altman are in court over what OpenAI said it would be, and what it turned into. Jury selection began on April 27, 2026, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. For crypto t ...

Iran may be turning the Strait of Hormuz into a bitcoin-based insurance market, local reports say Iran may be trying to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a bitcoin-settled insurance market, according to local reports. My take: this is not just another crypto payments angle with a geopoliti ...

Crypto bridge Garden Finance suffers $11M hack via compromised solver Crypto bridge Garden Finance lost about $11 million after one of its solvers was compromised. Garden says user funds were not touched. Good, assuming that holds. My take: the uncomfortable risk here is ...

EU weighs rules to move supply chains away from China The European Union is weighing new rules that would force companies to buy less from China. Crypto should care. I’ll be honest: this is the kind of policy story traders skip until it starts showing up in capex, lead times, and server ...