Eight decades after Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem in 1946, a general-purpose AI has produced configurations that beat the long-standing conjectured bounds, proving at least n^(1+δ) unit-distance pairs for some δ>0. Mathematicians at Princeton have verified the result, with figures like Tim Gowers and Arul Shankar calling it a significant advance. An 80-year-old […]
An AI Cracks an 80-Year-Old Geometry Puzzle. What Do Mathematicians Make of It?
A farmer’s son posted online that his father received 0.96% more Strategy STRC shares in a single day, and X posts like it, even the skeptical ones, have ignited a debate that cuts to the core of what bitcoin is meant to be. Dad Earns 11.5% on Strategy STRC Shares The post spread quickly across […]
Strategy STRC Pays Farmer’s Father 11.5% Yield, Critics Call It a Bitcoin Bait and Switch
Strategy could be set to announce it has resumed buying Bitcoin after pausing in recent weeks as the biggest crypto looks poised to close out the month down more than 3.5%.
Strategy's Michael Saylor teases BTC buy with 'working better' tweet
Look forward to the tech giant's long-rumored wearables to be recording you without your knowledge or consent some time later next year.
Apple Is Officially Coming for Meta’s Privacy-Invading Lunch With Its Own Smart Glasses in Late 2027
There's a fully legal method that allows state pensioners to gain £727.48 a year.
HMRC confirms £727.48 state pension handout with 1-year rule
NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.
A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor
Ten signals stand out for traders heading into June 2026, spanning a Fed decision markets have already priced at 98.2% hold, bitcoin sitting 40% off its cycle highs, and U.S. stocks notching fresh records on the back of a narrow artificial intelligence (AI)-driven rally. Markets Enter June at Extremes The S&P 500 closed May 29 […]
Top 10 Signals Traders Watch as Bitcoin, Stocks and the Fed Set the Tone for June
After hitting its cycle high last August, the Cardano price has continued in a downward slope toward lows not seen since 2024. Despite the calls of an altseason early into May, the ADA token has erased all the gains realized at the beginning of the month. Interestingly, the current Cardano price structure suggests the altcoin may be at risk of further downside in the coming months
Cardano Price Could Close May Below This Multi-Year Support — What’s Next?
Can't talk about Spielberg's sci-fi movies without 'E.T.,' and Max Evry's next book tells the story of how the classic film was born.
A New Book Chronicles the Birth of ‘E.T.’
Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month.
How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto
Despite a strong start to 2026, XRP closed Q1 at $1.34, representing a 27.1% quarter-over-quarter decline. Cumulatively, 14.3 million XRP has been burned since inception—a low burn rate that Messari attributes to the XRPL’s inherently low fees. Transaction Fees and Network Deflation After a promising start to 2026, XRP closed the first quarter at $1.34, […]
XRP Slips Below BNB in Q1 2026 Rankings, but New Institutional Data Flashes Bullish Signals
In the wake of CFTC approval of perpetual futures contracts tied to the spot price of Bitcoin, Kraken expects to offer those to US institutional clients within "the next month."
Kraken ‘plans’ regulated perp contracts as rivals are quick off the blocks
At the Grainger College of Engineering, materials science and engineering professor Qing Cao and his team have built working silicon circuits by stacking active layers directly on top of each other. Instead of adding more devices side by side, they are moving into the third dimension and building stacked layers...Read Entire Article
Moore's law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
Online prediction platform, Polymarket, is starting to block IP addresses from VPNs and asking some users to identify themselves, The Information first reported. Due to regional regulations and international sanctions, Polymarket is blocked in 33 countries and several regions. But people in those places could, in theory, use a VPN, or Virtual Private Network, to mask their real loc