Memecoins once again seized on a viral news moment, with Dolly Parton becoming their latest target. After news broke Tuesday that the beloved country singer had died, users rushed to popular memecoin platforms to launch tokens, known for being driven by online trends and hype rather than underlying value, in her name. What followed was
Crypto bulls have been pushing for Congress to pass a major piece of legislation aimed at creating a regulatory framework for the industry, but prediction markets say don’t count on it this year. Traders on Polymarket give it only a 15% chance of being signed into law in 2026. Traders on Kalshi have laid similar
Silicon Valley made a fortune betting on disruption. Now some of the most recognizable names in venture capital and Big Tech are spending millions to disrupt California’s plan to tax them. Campaign finance records show Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel, crypto billionaire Chris Larsen, Google cofounder Sergey Brin, and longtime venture capitalist John Doerr donated to
Watch out crypto-bros—it might be time to start moving assets. Researchers are making progress toward quantum computers powerful enough to undermine the mathematical assumptions that currently protect cryptocurrency and other blockchain-based assets. Because of this, the industry needs to replace its cryptographic infrastructure before the quantum computers arrive. “The great quantum migration is going to
Even President Donald Trump’s media company couldn’t escape the Bitcoin bear market. In the second quarter of 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind businesses such as Truth Social and prediction market platform Truth Predict, reported a $238 million quarterly loss, according to its most recent quarterly report. More than $190 million came
President Donald Trump’s social media company reported a loss of $238m (£176m) between April and June as it branched into ventures unrelated to media, including cryptocurrencies. The quarterly loss is more than 10 times the amount reported during the same period a year earlier, according to the Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs the