Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and oil drain risk appetite

Bitcoin traded near $64,100 on Tuesday, up 1% on the day and holding above $64,000 even as rising bond yields and climbing oil drained appetite for risk assets, per CoinDesk data. Ether held near $1,893 and the rest of the majors sat flat, with Hyperliquid the week’s outlier, up 8.3%.…

Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation

Wispr, a startup known for its AI dictation tool, raised $280 million in Series B funding, led by Menlo Ventures, at a $2 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The funds will allow Wispr to increase its footprint as it ventures into new areas, such as meetings, with its…

Wildfire smoke blankets volcanoes across the Pacific Northwest photo of the day for Aug. 17, 2026

(Image credit: NASA) Imagine orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth and seeing your home planet below — up in smoke. That was the reality recently for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) who captured this image of the volcano Mount Rainier covered in smoke from nearby wildfires. What is…

Nashville’s Connie Britton Reacts to Hayden Panettiere's Death

Connie Britton is remembering Hayden Panettiere. The Emmy-nominated actress broke her silence on her Nashville costar’s sudden death on Aug. 16 at 36, sharing insight into their journey on the… Source link

‘I was only guilty of putting my son first’: Britain’s ‘most evil mum’ who pretended her son was severely ill and forced him to use a wheelchair speaks for first time since release from jail

Britain’s ‘most evil mother’ who pretended her young child was severely ill to gain publicity and financial reward has claimed she was ‘only guilty of putting my son first’. Lisa Hayden-Johnson, 52, forced her son Matthew into a wheelchair and gave him unnecessary drugs to win sympathy from celebrities and…

Galyna Fired, Steven and Allie Split

Season 3 of The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys ended with a bang, a breakup and Steven McBee Jr.’s windows getting smashed by Galyna Saltkovska — and all just months after Steven “Steve” McBee Sr. reported to prison for crop insurance fraud. “We’re gonna sell the car washes as soon…

Jon Ronson’s ‘Things Fell Apart’ Returns For Third Season On BBC

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Ronson‘s audio series Things Fell Apart is returning for a third season next year. The new season, the show’s first in three years, will follow the British-American gonzo journalist as he explores eight stories of outsiders fighting powerful institutions. Per the synopsis, it will include “all too human stories about…

JP Morgan thinks SpaceX shares could rocket to this price in the next year

The share price of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX), or SpaceX, has been volatile ever since it went public earlier this summer. Even though things haven’t settled down yet, analysts have started to put out their view on where the stock could go in the coming year. When I saw the respected research…

Sarah J. Maas Reveals Titles, Covers for 2 New ACOTAR Books

“Those were really f–king long,” she noted, “then part four has yet to be written because right now I’m trying to just get part one [out].” While fans hold their breath for the upcoming novels in the ACOTAR series—which also includes A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court…