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AI firms are shredding physical books because copyright law is quietly rewarding them
To legally train AI, tech companies are buying millions of physical books—just to slice off their bindings and shred them.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 5 min read
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Apple’s App Store promoted fake Bitcoin wallet that stole $1.8M after developer spent a year warning them
A $1.8 million Bitcoin lawsuit adds to a wider pattern of wallet impersonators reaching users despite Apple’s screening controls.
Derivatives
Inside the brutal 2-minute flash crash sending a $400M South Korean market plunging on Hyperliquid
A later snapshot showed open interest down 20.29% while TradeXYZ investigated the price inputs submitted to HyperCore.
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Regulation
Federal court shields Kalshi and Polymarket from Minnesota’s felony crackdown days before deadline
KalshiEX and Polymarket US can keep serving Minnesota users while the merits and contract boundary remain unsettled.
Regulation
Crypto holders face a July 29 Maine deadline as state manual conflicts on when abandoned funds trigger seizure
The five-year trigger is clear, but the first applicable report cycle and transition treatment are not.
Legislation
As Senate CLARITY Act odds plunge to 30%, Bitcoin’s refusal to drop signals a stealth upside trap
The market has absorbed weeks of worsening legislative expectations, leaving an unexpected breakthrough capable of producing a sharper repricing.
Analysis
Bitcoin traders just stripped away crash protection – right as the Fed prepares its most unpredictable rate decision in years
Bitcoin traders have cut downside protection before the Fed's most uncertain decision in two years, leaving nearly $5 billion in upside options exposed to a sharp move in yields and the dollar.
Regulation
How a crypto exchange secretly hid $53M in stolen crypto to prevent a bank run – as the SEC targets its directors
A $50M exchange heist, a secret founder bailout, and a 5-month cover-up to prevent a bank run have finally caught up with Bitkub.
Bear Market
Is the Web3 startup extinction event here, as Wall Street silently inherits crypto architecture?
As BitMEX and BitMart fold, Wall Street is quietly claiming the blockchain tech meant to destroy it
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Stablecoins
Circle is arming USDC with 1,000 IBM patents to secure its grip on global banking rails
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Strategy hits a 5 week pause on Bitcoin, using $25M to quietly buy back its own discounted stock
Stablecoins
Compromised contract let hackers print 5.2 million WEMIX stablecoins, forcing a complete network freeze
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