Bitcoin price tags $65.3K August high as low US jobs numbers cool Fed rate bets
Bitcoin hit monthtodate highs above $65,000 as riskassets gained on low US nonfarm payrolls data. Source：Cointelegraph
How a five-second trick let traders drain millions from Polymarket
After months of public warnings from onchain analysts, the prediction market is moving to timeweighted prices to make artificial price pushes too costly.…
Michigan says it’s OK to start eating salads again as cyclospora outbreak wanes
The state, which has been at the center of the biggest cyclospora outbreak in the U.S., said this week that the number new cases of cyclosporiasis has fallen.…
A part of FTX survived, and it’s the case for the CLARITY Act
When FTX collapsed, the parts of it bound by law survived. Mainstream finance is now converging with digital assets, and the law built to protect it the same…
I’m an unemployed software developer who is skeptical of AI. Can I still find a job in tech?
“I was approached by one company who wants to use AI to dispatch ambulances.” Source：MarketWatch
Russia cracks down on unlicensed crypto exchanges it claims are linked to Ukraine
The FSB said at least 20 individuals were arrested in connection with a ring that scammed an undetermined number of Russian citizens. Source：CoinDesk
Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal
Ethereum’s proposed EIP8363 staking overhaul aims to reduce issuance, but critics say it could hurt DeFi, decentralization and institutional adoption.…
U.S. unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July, putting Fed rate hikes in question
The chances of a Federal Reserve rate hike at its next meeting in September have slipped below 50% in the aftermath of the report. Source：CoinDesk
Russia cracks down on 9 crypto exchanges in Moscow City
Russia has shut down nine unregistered crypto exchanges in Moscow, with the FSB alleging they helped move scam proceeds abroad through Ukrainian call centers.…
Binance Bitcoin volume ratio hits record as futures outweigh spot eight times over
Binance saw a record divergence between daily spot and futures trading volumes, with the latter reaching nearly $58 billion. Source：Cointelegraph
Kevin O’Leary, aka ‘Mr. Wonderful,’ on crypto, winning in AI and 3 things all business owners must know
What Kevin O’Leary learned from Steve Jobs: You only need to get three things done every day. Just three. Source：MarketWatch
How S&P 500 options action may help explain volatility in memory stocks
Bullish derivative bets mesh with the buythedip mentality, says IBKR’s Sosnick Source：MarketWatch