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Crypto

What's Next for Bitcoin After Historic Rally? Experts Weigh In

Bitcoin's surge above $72,000 wiped out billions in bearish bets, but analysts say fresh buying will be needed to keep the rally going.

2026-08-20 · 20:40 UTC
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World

Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan taken to hospital for treatment

2026-08-20 · 20:40

Khan was taken from Adiala jail and sent to Shifa International Hospital under heavy security, local media report.

Sports

Brook as talented as Gower and Pietersen but not ready to be captain - Agnew

2026-08-20 · 20:38

England batsman Harry Brook was not ready to be Test captain but his knock at Headingley should be his batting blueprint…

Crypto

CFTC Signals Swift Crypto Rulemaking if Congress Stalls Clarity Act

2026-08-20 · 20:31

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun preparing crypto market rules as lawmakers struggle to advance the…

Crypto

DeFi Roars Back as $10B DEX Boom Sends TVL Flying Above $83B

2026-08-20 · 20:30

Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets roared back to life Thursday as total value locked (TVL) jumped 9.15% in 24 hours,…

World

Dozens dead after boat capsizes in north-western Nigeria

2026-08-20 · 20:27

The incident took place in the country's northwest ​Sokoto state, with many of the victims feared to be children.

Crypto

Binance opens crypto trading to AI agents with user-set controls

2026-08-20 · 20:26

Binance’s Agent OS lets AI agents access market data, execute trades and make payments while giving users control over…

Crypto

XRP Could Be Preparing for a 1,350% Surge Toward the $17 Target

2026-08-20 · 20:10

XRP’s measured move target remains above $15, with $17 offering a precise bullish projection.

World

Crypto, AI and Betting Money Surge Ahead of 2026 US Midterms

2026-08-20 · 20:09

Crypto, AI and betting companies are pouring millions into the 2026 US midterms, reshaping campaign spending and the…

Tech

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

2026-08-20 · 20:07

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted and driven to suicide for downloading 70 gigabytes of academic articles from JSTOR, facing…

Tech

Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure

2026-08-20 · 20:00

A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using…

Other

Mark buys a castle

2026-08-20 · 19:55

Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode somewhat close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland.

Other

Stop Eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

2026-08-20 · 19:46

In the 1990s, commercial success and artistic integrity were viewed as fundamentally incompatible, leading bands like…

Crypto

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Pull In $706 Million as Crypto Demand Surges

2026-08-20 · 19:30

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Tech

GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy

2026-08-20 · 19:28

GitHub experienced an outage caused by an Istio sidecar pod that reached its concurrency limits and failed to autoscale…

Sports

Brook shines as England take control against Pakistan

2026-08-20 · 19:27

Watch highlights as Harry Brook shines in the Headingley gloom as England build a commanding 195 run lead over Pakistan…

Crypto

Crypto Leaders Press White House To Unlock CLARITY Act

2026-08-20 · 19:25

Coinbase and Ripple execs push the CLARITY Act forward as ethics disputes carry on stalling the progress.

Tech

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

2026-08-20 · 19:22

GitHub experienced a 7-hour 47-minute outage on August 17, 2026, caused by a critical infrastructure component in its…

Tech

Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns

2026-08-20 · 19:21

Tidal Cycles is a free, open-source live coding environment written in Haskell that enables musicians to create…

Tech

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

2026-08-20 · 19:19

SpacetimeDB launched version 2.0 with controversial marketing tactics and benchmarks that the reviewer characterizes as…

Tech

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

2026-08-20 · 19:18

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and…

Sports

'First major milestone for Pakistan' - Usman takes five wickets

2026-08-20 · 19:17

Watch Pakistan's Ali Usman claim a five-wicket haul, including dismissing Gus Atkinson and Ollie Robinson in successive…

Crypto

Bitcoin Is Pumping But Prediction Market Traders Aren't Convinced

2026-08-20 · 19:16

Bitcoin's sharpest rally in five months flipped prediction-market odds from bearish to a coin flip—but the longer-term…

Tech

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

2026-08-20 · 19:15

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid.