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Today on Decoder, let’s talk about prediction markets, which continue to insert themselves into the news cycle and the news itself in increasingly weird, unsettling, and potentially illegal ways. My guest today is Liz Lopatto, senior reporter at The Verge, who owns what we cheerfully call the chaos beat. Liz has been writing a lot […]
Prediction markets in the news are a dangerous gamble Read More »
The tranche of Jeffrey Epstein emails and files released on January 30th tie the infamous pedophile, sex trafficker, and influence peddler to elite figures across the tech industry. The world of cryptocurrency is no exception. Epstein’s connections are intriguing, disturbing – and worth mapping closely. With his interest first piqued as early as 2011, Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin — and its far-right supporters Read More »
The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year.
Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery Read More »
Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups either find traction or flame out. The hype cycle is over, or at least taking a break. So what comes next? On
Welcome to the post-hype crypto market Read More »
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On Thursday, Bitcoin’s value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential election, as CNBC reports. After crossing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking at over $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been in a steady decline for the last several
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On Tuesday, Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running “Incognito Market,” a dark web platform that prosecutors say “sold more than $105 million of narcotics-including more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, over 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamines, hundreds of kilograms of other narcotics, and more than 4 kilograms of purported ‘oxycodone’,” between
‘Incognito’ operator sentenced to 30 years for running a dark web drug market Read More »
All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins.
YC startups can now receive investment in stablecoin Read More »
For years, Tether’s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over.
Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now Read More »
Prediction markets will let you bet on just about anything, from how many tweets Elon Musk will post this week to the next president of the United States, with predictions sometimes showing shockingly (or suspiciously) spot-on accuracy. Polymarket’s CEO Shayne Copland has even claimed that prediction markets are “the most accurate thing we have as
