Bitcoin Holds Above $80K as Markets Scale Back Fed Rate Hike Bets

Bitcoin Holds Above $80K as Markets Scale Back Fed Rate Hike Bets

Oct 17, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $82,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as crypto markets stabilized alongside a rebound in South Korean stocks. Key points: Bitcoin price volatility eased as South Korean stocks rebounded 2% on Friday, offering relief after a steep sell-off. Federal Reserve

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NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth

NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth

Oct 17, 2026

Key Takeaways Space-born jellyfish couldn’t find “down.” Polyps that developed in orbit looked normal but showed pulsing and orientation problems about six times more often than Earth-grown controls. Gravity sensing is learned during development. Jellyfish orient using crystal-filled statocysts. Built in microgravity, that

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Fostering community amid Kendall Square’s innovation | MIT News

Fostering community amid Kendall Square’s innovation | MIT News

Oct 16, 2026

Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is often cited as the most innovative square mile in the world. But when the Kendall Square Association gathered local stakeholders for its 18th Annual Meeting Thursday, the conversation focused on innovation primarily in the context of community.

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Maxed Out Your TFSA? The Account Where Canadian Dividends Are Taxed Less

Maxed Out Your TFSA? The Account Where Canadian Dividends Are Taxed Less

Oct 16, 2026

Maxing your Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) doesn’t mean you have to stop investing. A regular taxable investment account can hold additional savings, and eligible Canadian dividends receive a tax credit that ordinary interest doesn’t. That doesn’t make the account better than a TFSA.

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4 Key Takeaways and What They Mean for Bitcoin

4 Key Takeaways and What They Mean for Bitcoin

Oct 16, 2026

Here’s what Warsh signaled about the upcoming FOMC meeting and whether the central bank plans to hike rates again. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh delivered one of the week’s most closely watched central-bank appearances on Friday morning, following the hotter-than-expected CPI and

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Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens a new long

Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens a new long

Oct 15, 2026

A Hyperliquid wallet tracked by Lookonchain as belonging to Machi had 1,650 ETH force-liquidated on the derivatives exchange Hyperliquid early on Oct. 15, then began reopening a long about seven minutes after the last forced fill. By 1:16 p.m. BST, the tracked wallet

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Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon API With 1M Token Output Limit

Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon API With 1M Token Output Limit

Oct 14, 2026

Google DeepMind has made Gemini 4 Argon generally available to developers, enterprises and paid Gemini subscribers. Gemini 4 Argon is a sparse mixture-of-experts frontier model from Google built for long, multi-step work. Its target domains are coding, finance, legal, science and cybersecurity. Google

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Kalshi Investigation Examines Bets on Katie Zacharia Selection

Kalshi Investigation Examines Bets on Katie Zacharia Selection

Oct 14, 2026

TLDR: The Kalshi investigation examines three bets placed before Katie Zacharia was publicly identified as the next White House press secretary. Wagers of approximately $19, $74 and $80 carried expected payouts totaling $9,608, although those figures do not represent net profits. Kalshi has

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Turning 60 in 2027? Taking CPP Early Shrinks Your Cheque 36%

Turning 60 in 2027? Taking CPP Early Shrinks Your Cheque 36%

Oct 14, 2026

Taking Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payments at 60 gives you five extra years of cheques. It also locks in a smaller age-adjusted payment than starting at 65. The decision deserves more thought than whether you’d like the money sooner. Most of us would

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LBank at 11: Eric He on Building an Exchange for More Than One Market Cycle

LBank at 11: Eric He on Building an Exchange for More Than One Market Cycle

Oct 14, 2026

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Eleven years in crypto is not simply an anniversary. It means navigating multiple boom-and-bust cycles, changing asset narratives, exchange failures, and the growing convergence between traditional finance and onchain markets.

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