The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team disclosed a vulnerability on July 9 that could have allowed any random, unauthenticated peer on the network to crash an Ethereum validator node. One message. That’s all it would have taken. The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-34219, was found in the Rust implementation of libp2p’s… Listen ⇢

Qatari officials sat down with Iranian and Omani counterparts in Muscat on July 11 to discuss reopening the central passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The talks are focused on crafting a joint statement that would restore free shipping transit through the waterway responsible for roughly 20% of global seaborne… Listen ⇢

Sector breadth has finally widened. That helps investors breathe a little easier after months of narrow mega cap leadership. Still, the question hanging over this tape is simple: if Tech and Consumer Discretionary are going to lead the next leg, do they have the earnings to back it up? June… Listen ⇢

In a move that could reshape the future of enterprise technology, Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are doubling down on their collaboration to enhance agentic AI deployment. This expansion aims to modernize critical workloads on AWS while fostering AI adoption at scale. Details of the partnership The strategic collaboration,… Listen ⇢

Norway just did something it has never done in the history of its football program: reach the World Cup semifinals. And while the sporting world processes the shock, crypto prediction markets are having a field day. The Nordic squad defeated Brazil 2-1 in the round of 16 on July 5,… Listen ⇢

Bitcoin on balance sheets isn’t just a flex anymore. Metaplanet is pushing to turn it into working collateral for credit that trades all day, every day. If you’re trying to figure out whether BTC treasury-rich companies can actually become 24/7 lenders, this will walk you through the mechanics, the risks,… Listen ⇢

When Vladimir Novakovski, CEO of perpetuals exchange Lighter, says the Robinhood Chain deal was “12 years in the making,” he’s not being dramatic for effect. The partnership that officially went live with Robinhood Chain’s public mainnet launch on July 1 is rooted in personal and professional relationships that stretch back… Listen ⇢

The Trump administration launched the American AI Exports Program with a straightforward enough ambition: make US artificial intelligence the world’s default technology. The results from the first application round suggest the ambition may have outpaced the execution. The Commerce Department received just 78 applications when the program’s first call for… Listen ⇢

The AI gold rush has a carbon problem. Microsoft, Google, and Amazon all reported significant jumps in greenhouse gas emissions, driven almost entirely by the insatiable energy appetite of their expanding AI data center networks. Microsoft’s emissions climbed roughly 25% year-over-year to approximately 20-21 million metric tons. Google wasn’t far… Listen ⇢