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Bitcoin’s price slid further on Tuesday as investors weighed up the chances of lawmakers voting on the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act.  The price of Bitcoin was recently $63,634 after sliding 2% over a 24-hour period. The cryptocurrency dropped as low as $62,784 at one point.  Market observers now give the Clarity Act a 35% chance of getting signed into law this year on crypto betting platform Polymarket.  While major financial institutions like Fidelity and Goldman Sachs have thrown their weight behind the new bill, some Democrats are still unhappy with it in its current form. A group of Democrats last…

Pi Network (PI) holds steady above $0.0700 at press time on Wednesday, following a nearly 20% decline over the last seven days. PI faces firm selling pressure despite ongoing liquidity pool testing, including SLICE and Test-Pi tokens on Pi Launchpad. The technical outlook for PI is mixed, with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) suggesting early signs of a near-term rebound amid a long-term bearish trend. Mild recovery in PI social volume amid Launchpad testingPi Network experiences a mild recovery in social interest amid the ongoing liquidity pool testing on Pi Launchpad. Santiment data shows that the PI social volume and dominance…

BitMEX is facing a proposed class action in the Southern District of New York seeking the return of 622.66 BTC over alleged forced liquidations and platform misconduct. The complaint was filed on July 23, 2026, by BKX Services Inc. and David Namdar against HDR Global Trading Limited, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and Gregory Dwyer, according to public court-monitoring records and related reports. The case is listed under No. 1:26-cv-06259. The allegations are serious. The plaintiffs claim BitMEX operated an internal trading desk that had access to customer data and traded against users, while platform freezes allegedly contributed to…

ISBNdb is marketing physical-book orders of up to one million titles to AI developers, including material it describes as non-digitized, rare, or out of print.The offer, reported by 404 Media, puts a 2025 copyright ruling in an uncomfortable new light: discarding a purchased book can support the legal premise that its internal scan replaced the original while keeping the library’s copy count unchanged.ISBNdb’s current service and Anthropic’s historical scanning program follow separate source chains. Physical disposal is the shared incentive created when books become scalable training data.The one-copy incentiveIn February 2024, Anthropic hired Tom Turvey, the former head of partnerships…

People can now pay with Bitcoin to buy flights from Dubai-based airline Emirates.  Working with Crypto.com, Emirates said Tuesday the customers now have the option to book flights using the crypto exchange’s payment feature. Crypto.com and Emirates last year announced they would work together.  Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Kazim said the move “reflects the rapidly evolving preferences of a younger, digitally fluent generation who manage their money and plan their journeys primarily from their phones and they expect the airlines they fly with to keep pace.” Emirates first teased plans back in 2022 to implement Bitcoin…

Key PointsMeta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has underperformed broader equities over the past year. One of the most important reasons why is that although it has ramped up spending to capitalize on what it perceives as a large opportunity in artificial intelligence (AI), the market doesn’t see it that way. Meta’s increased spending could lead to lower profits and margins if it doesn’t achieve the return on investment it expects, the argument goes. However, Meta Platforms’ CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, remains unapologetically bullish on AI. Under his leadership, the company is reportedly working on a deal that could justify the billions it…

AI doesn’t run on code alone — it requires massive amounts of power, and that demand is increasingly becoming a critical bottleneck. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide, covering everything from fusion breakthroughs to the grid strain AI is putting on the entire economy. From October 13-15 in San Francisco’s Moscone Center, join leaders from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Helion, Inertia, Bloom Energy, and more as they dig into what it actually takes to power the next decade of innovation. We’re tackling everything from commercial fusion’s path, to the grid and…

Nuclear power startup Antares Nuclear said Monday that it has raised $470 million to build small reactors for U.S. military bases. The Series C round, which was led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital with participation from Industrious Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Shine Capital, underscores investors’ growing interest in advanced nuclear startups — a trend fueled by an AI data center building boom and demand for new sources of power. The Series C round included $370 million in equity and $100 million in debt. Antares has been developing a small modular reactor (SMR) capable of producing between 100 kilowatts and 1…

Weeks before its expected acquisition by SpaceX closes, AI coding startup Cursor is making its biggest push into India yet, launching its first country-specific subscription as the company bets on one of the world’s largest developer markets to drive its next stage of growth. On Monday, the startup introduced Cursor Start, a ₹649-a-month (about $7) subscription built specifically for India — and priced well below Cursor’s standard $20-a-month Pro subscription. The move reflects India’s growing importance to Cursor’s business. The startup says India is already its third-largest market globally and home to its highest concentration of power users, with its…

Ozlo, the sleep earbuds startup from former Bose engineers, is launching its next device. On Tuesday, the company unveiled Sleepbuds 2, an updated version of its original product that tackles key areas of improvement, including battery life, connectivity, and sound quality. The new model costs $279, a $30 increase from the original Sleepbuds, which were $249 last month with an MSRP of $349. The launch marks Ozlo’s first major update since the release of its original device and reflects the company’s evolution from a continuation of Bose’s brand into its own sleep platform. Image Credits:Ozlo The original Sleepbuds, launched in…