OKX Settles U.S. DOJ Charges, Pays Over $500M Penalty and Forfeiture An OKX subsidiary said it resolved a U.S. DOJ investigation.

Bitcoin Slips Under $94K as Stocks Try to Shake Last Week’s Jitters Macro uncertainty combined with carnage in most of the rest of crypto is weighing bitcoin down.

Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, But Fails to Finalize The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn’t entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.

U.S. Law Enforcement Seizes $31M in Crypto Tied to Uranium Finance Hack Hackers made off with approximately $50 million when the automated market maker was exploited in 2021.

SpaceX thinks it knows why Starship exploded on its last test flight SpaceX believes it knows what caused the explosion during the seventh test flight of its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster on January 16th, 2025. Fires in the aft section of Starship, located between the bottom of its liquid oxygen tank and rear heat shield, caused “all but one of Starship’s engines to execute controlled

Freedom of speech is ‘on the line’ in a pivotal Dakota Access Pipeline trial A pivotal trial over the embattled Dakota Access Pipeline opens today that could have grave consequences for protests in the US and the future of the environmental group Greenpeace. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and more than 500 other tribes protested the development of the pipeline alongside demonstrators who joined from across the US ne…

The government is still threatening to ‘semi-fire’ workers who don’t answer an email from Elon Musk We’re nearing the deadline that Elon Musk imposed for government workers to reply to a mass email about productivity, and the results have been predictably confusing — with even a direct statement from President Donald Trump failing to clear things up. Government agencies have taken significantly different tacks toward the Musk-promoted email, w…

Nintendo’s quirky Alarmo clock is no longer exclusive to its online store Ongoing scarcity has made it challenging to purchase Nintendo’s adorable Alarmo since its soft launch last year, but it appears those days are behind us. The $99.99 alarm clock is now readily available from third-party retailers in the US, starting with Best Buy. You can also buy it directly from Nintendo without a subscription, with

Epic Games v. Apple: the fight for the future of the App Store After months of preparation, Epic Games will finally take on Apple in court in a trial that could fundamentally change the makeup of the App Store. The fight dates back to August, when Epic added a direct payment mechanism to its hit battle royale game Fortnite in violation of Apple’s rules. The iPhone maker quickly

Trump, Meeting With Macron, Says He Might Visit Russia At a meeting at the White House, President Trump declined to call President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a dictator while President Emmanuel Macron of France stated flatly that “the aggressor is Russia.”

Saying ‘No’ to Musk Some cabinet officials are showing a glimmer of willingness to check the billionaire’s power.

Vivek Ramaswamy Opens Run for Ohio Governor The former presidential candidate is seeking the top office in his home state after a brief stint on President Trump’s cost-cutting task force alongside Elon Musk.

Government Watchdog Moves to Protect Probationary Federal Workers Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary federal employees.

Judge Declines to Intervene in AP Lawsuit Over Trump Access But the judge hinted that future rulings in the suit could go differently, cautioning the White House to “think about whether what they’re doing is really appropriate.”

Trump Administration, Breaking With Musk’s Directive, Says Replying to His Email Is Voluntary The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email to federal employees suggests that there may be limits to how far he can push the government’s work force.

Before Ascending to Top Tier of FBI, Dan Bongino Fueled Right-Wing Disbelief The post of deputy director will give Dan Bongino access to vast amounts of highly sensitive intelligence, as well as rumor, speculation and false accusations that F.B.I. agents regularly receive.

Putin Dangles Deals for Rare Earth Metals for U.S. In an interview broadcast on Monday, President Vladimir Putin said U.S. companies stood to profit in Russia, but suggested a Ukraine peace deal was still far off.

In Huntington Beach, Politics on a Plaque MAGA references on a library plaque have divided the Southern California surf town and thrust it into the national spotlight.

After Public Clash Over Tolls, Hochul Tries to Persuade Trump Privately Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said that she and President Trump discussed congestion pricing, which Mr. Trump has moved to kill, in an unscheduled meeting on Friday.

Trump’s New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’ Dan Bongino is in a place to turn wild notions from the right-wing internet into pretexts for federal investigations.