Drake Loses $1.5 Million Bet as Spain Beats Argentina in World Cup Final
Canadian rapper Drake lost a 1.5 million tether (USDT) wager on Argentina after Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup final 1-0 on Sunday, sealing the latest chapter in a betting saga that has cost the artist millions. How the Bet Died The rapper had placed the wager through crypto casino Stake at +245 odds, […] Powered by...
Iran’s Rial Hits Record Low of 1.95 Million per Dollar as US Pressure Mounts
Iran’s rial slid to a fresh all-time low of about 1.95 million per U.S. dollar on Sunday, as renewed U.S. pressure and a collapsing ceasefire push an economy already battling 68.9% projected inflation deeper into crisis. A Currency in Free Fall The dollar was quoted near 1.95 million rials in Iran’s open market on July […] Powered by...
‘An Impossible Requirement’: Why Have I Been Pwned’s Creator Is Dropping Crypto Donations
Troy Hunt, creator of Have I Been Pwned, announced that the measure would likely follow the tightening of Australia’s cryptocurrency oversight requirements. Hunt stressed that this level of compliance was impossible to fulfill, especially when applied to small donations. Have I Been Pwned Security Project To Drop Crypto Donations While the tightening of oversight for […] Powered by...
The Man Who Threw Away $900 Million and Spent 12 Years Trying to Dig It Back Up
James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, mined 8,000 Bitcoin in the early days and lost the keys in 2013 when an encrypted hard drive was mistakenly thrown away and sent to the Docksway landfill. After the High Court in Cardiff dismissed his claim in January 2025 and an appeal was refused in March […] Powered by...
This Group of Four Now Dominates Over 70% of a Key Blockchain Resource
Four Bitcoin mining pools, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool, controlled more than 70% of the network’s hashrate as of a June 23, 2026 snapshot from miningpoolstats.stream. The concentration is increasingly described as a two-tier market favoring institutional clients, prompting independent miners to quietly reconsider which pools they point their machines to. Bitcoin mining is […] Powered by...
