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Sixteen years ago today, a Florida programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two large Papa John’s pizzas. At the time, those coins were worth roughly $41. On this Pizza Day, they are worth $777.87 million — down $328 million from last year’s anniversary price.  Bitcoin Pizza Day, observed each May 22, marks the first commercial transaction using Bitcoin — the moment a digital currency stopped being a theoretical experiment and became a medium of exchange for real goods. On May 18, 2010, Hanyecz posted on the BitcoinTalk forum with a straightforward offer: 10,000 BTC to anyone willing to…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Market analyst Ryker has called out XRP as the biggest crypto scam. The analyst alluded to the token’s inflation and how it is currently trading at a high valuation despite supposedly lacking any real utility.  Analyst Calls Out XRP As Scam Crypto Project In an X post, Ryker again warned that XRP is the biggest scam he has seen in the crypto market. He described the altcoin that has “absolutely nothing” but just a market cap of around $83 billion and is still subject to inflation. The…

In brief House Republicans opened an insider trading probe into Kalshi and Polymarket over insider trading. Rep. James Comer requested records tied to suspicious trades, KYC rules, and Iran- and Venezuela-related wagers. The investigation follows recent scandals involving alleged insider bets on U.S. military actions. The leader of the powerful House Oversight Committee announced Friday he has launched an investigation into prediction market juggernauts Kalshi and Polymarket.The investigation will focus on insider trading by users on both platforms, and wagers that leverage non-public information, Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said.“This growing pattern of insider trading activity on prediction market platforms…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Mark Cuban said he has sold most of his Bitcoin, arguing that the asset failed to behave as the hedge he expected during a period of geopolitical stress and dollar weakness. Speaking on Portfolio Players by Front Office Sports, released on May 21, 2026, the billionaire investor said it had “lost the plot” after underperforming gold in the conditions he believed should have favored it. Why Mark Cuban Sold Most Of His Bitcoin “This might get some people upset,” Cuban said. “I think Bitcoin has lost the…

In brief On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged a suspected drain from a wallet linked to Polymarket’s Polygon infrastructure Friday. Polymarket devs said an “internal top-up” wallet was drained, while user funds and market outcomes remain safe. On-chain analytics platform Bubblemaps later estimated the loss at about $700,000 across 16 addresses. On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged a suspected drain tied to Polymarket on Friday, saying over $520,000 had been taken from addresses linked to the prediction market’s Polygon infrastructure.Polymarket developers later acknowledged the incident and said it involved an internal rewards wallet and did not affect user funds or market outcomes.“Findings point to…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP Ledger has moved into fourth place on RWA.xyz’s network rankings, according to RippleX, marking a rapid climb for the blockchain in the tokenized real-world asset sector. The move puts XRPL behind Canton, Ethereum and Provenance by total distributed RWA value, while placing it ahead of BNB Chain, zkSync Era, Solana, Stellar and Avalanche. XRP Ledger Jumps To No. 4 In RWA Rankings RippleX framed the milestone as one of the faster growth stories in tokenized assets. “In less than a year, XRP Ledger has climbed from…

In brief Researchers at Brigham Young University, the Institute for Family Studies, and the Wheatley Institute found 15% of partnered U.S. adults ages 18 to 30 regularly use AI romantic companions. More than half of regular users said they hide at least some of the behavior from their partners, and 69% said it was important their partner not know the full extent of their use. Regular AI companion use was associated with lower relationship stability and lower-quality communication, according to the report. One in seven young adults in committed relationships regularly use AI romantic companion chatbots—and many are concealing the…

In brief DeepSeek is recruiting a “Code Harness” team in Beijing to build a native agentic coding tool—a direct rival to Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. DeepSeek V4 already integrates natively with Claude Code, making this a move to own the full agentic stack rather than just supply the model underneath it. V4 Flash runs at $0.14 per million input tokens—up to 100x cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7—giving any DeepSeek-native harness an immediate, structural price advantage. It started as a side project. Now it’s coming for Anthropic’s most prized product.DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab born out of quantitative investment…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure An Italian police unit cracked a tax fraud case worth over a million dollars — and at the center of it was not a secret bank account or a shell company, but Bitcoin inscriptions. A New Way To Hide Old Money Italy’s Economic and Financial Police Unit in Foggia uncovered a scheme in which a suspect allegedly used the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol and the BRC-20 token standard to generate and conceal roughly 1 million euros, or about $1.1 million, in undeclared capital gains. According to blockchain analytics…

In brief Spotify and Universal Music Group announced licensing agreements for AI-generated fan-made covers and remixes. The paid Spotify Premium add-on will share revenue with participating artists and songwriters. The deal comes as YouTube and other platforms expand AI remix tools for users. Taylor Swift fans may soon be able to legally generate AI remixes of her songs on Spotify.Spotify and Universal Music Group on Thursday announced licensing agreements that will allow Spotify Premium users to create AI-generated covers and remixes using music from participating artists and songwriters.“The most valuable innovations in the music business always bring artists and fans…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, pushed to a fresh all-time high near $63 on Thursday, while Zcash (ZEC) also continued working its way toward its current record levels.  HYPE’s momentum has been especially strong over the longer view compared to its market peers, recording about a 45% gain on the monthly time frame. Zcash has been running even hotter, with a 108% rise over the same period.  That performance has carried both assets closer to the top of the overall cryptocurrency rankings by market capitalization. HYPE has climbed…

In brief More than 30% of all Bitcoin already has its public key exposed on-chain, making it theoretically vulnerable to a future quantum computer attack. The exposure breaks into two types: structural from script designs that reveal keys by default, and operational from address-reuse behavior. Exchanges account for roughly 40% of operationally exposed Bitcoin, though the risk varies widely by platform and can be reduced through better wallet hygiene. Nearly one-third of all Bitcoin in circulation—over 6 million coins worth over $469 billion as of this writing—is already vulnerable to theft if powerful quantum computers become a reality, according to…