Corporations, US presidential candidate Mitt Romney reminds us, are people. Whether or not you agree with the conclusions that his partisans draw from that claim, the statement certainly carries a large amount of truth. What is a corporation, after all, but a certain group of people working together under a set of specific rules? When
U.S. investors quickly reversed course on Thursday, cashing out over half a billion dollars from spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds as risk-off sentiment surfaced again. A total of $635.6 million left the funds on Thursday, data from Farside Investors shows. The redemptions put downward pressure on the price of bitcoin, which dropped under $81,000 at one
Bitfinex has argued for 24/7 stock markets, citing IMF research that found 87–99% of overnight tokenized equity moves appeared in conventional securities within five minutes of the opening bell. Summary IMF research found 87–99% of overnight tokenized equity moves appeared in conventional securities shortly after opening. Nasdaq targets Dec. 6 for 23-hour weekday trading, retaining
In the first part of this series, we talked about how the internet allows us to create decentralized corporations, automatons that exist entirely as decentralized networks over the internet, carrying out the computations that keep them “alive” over thousands of servers. As it turns out, these networks can even maintain a Bitcoin balance, and send
U.S. Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $137.9 million on Friday, October 23. Ethereum funds attracted $4.4 million. Farside Investors’ figures showed Bitcoin funds extending withdrawals into a second consecutive session. BlackRock’s IBIT led the losses. Bitcoin ETFs still finished the week with positive net flows. Ethereum’s modest inflow offered limited relief after roughly $225 million left
An Argentine federal judge has dismissed the LIBRA criminal case against President Javier Milei and 10 other defendants, including his sister Karina and U.S. businessman Hayden Davis, at the prosecutor’s request. Summary Argentina dismissed the LIBRA criminal case against Javier Milei, Karina Milei, Hayden Davis and eight others. A New York judge had separately dismissed
In the first two parts of this series, we talked about what the basic workings of a decentralized autonomous corporation might look like, and what kinds of challenges it might need to deal with to be effective. However, there is still one question that we have not answered: what might such corporations be useful for?
10 June, 2026 The Bitfinex Change Log is an overview of all performance and UI changes made to the Bitfinex trading platform. For an overview of all previous changes, please refer to blog.bitfinex.com/category/changelogs. Version 1.133 Improvements Updated “New Offering” label on the securities header to display as a link Updated terms of service for OP-USD
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig has said the agency is monitoring prediction markets for possible manipulation ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, according to reporting on his latest television interview. Summary Mike Selig says the CFTC is monitoring prediction markets for manipulation ahead of U.S. midterms. Kalshi and Polymarket held $250 million in combined midterm
The purpose of this post is not to say that Ethereum will be using Slasher in place of Dagger as its main mining function. Rather, Slasher is a useful construct to have in our war chest in case proof of stake mining becomes substantially more popular or a compelling reason is provided to switch. Slasher
