Fans Bet Their Bar Tabs on the Jets Losing. It Wasn’t a Safe Bet. A bar in Wisconsin, where Aaron Rodgers played for years, offered free drinks if the New York Jets lost on Monday. But after a surprising comeback, patrons were left to pay for their tabs.

Dunhill Family Office Makes Bear Market Bet on Crypto The family office is investing through its Dunhill Ventures subsidiary into Lichtenstein-regulated VC firm Mocha Ventures.

Coinbase, Framework Venture Funds Invest $5M in Socket Protocol, in Bet on Blockchain Interoperability The fundraise comes as interoperability protocols have attracted investors, despite the bear market.

Grayscale’s Victory Ignites a GBTC Trading Frenzy as Investors Bet on Narrowing Discount to Bitcoin Price The SEC must review its rejection to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund, the appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Protocol Village: Binance Labs Invests in Delphinus, a Bet on Zero-Knowledge WebAssembly The latest in blockchain tech upgrades and announcements.

Hype, Trap, Bet: Beware of Dan Campbell and the Lions Has the public hype for the 2023 Detroit Lions gotten out of control?

This batarang houses Qualcomm’s next big bet on gaming Two years ago, we told you how Qualcomm was eying the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck, building a reference design that eventually morphed into the Razer Edge. And while Razer’s handheld was eventually hamstrung by truly ridiculous pricing, Qualcomm is now building three new chips to replace the previous one. Today, the company’s announcing the …

Fan gives newborn girl Betts’ name after HR bet A fan who bet Mookie Betts to hit a home run during his next at-bat earlier this month made good on his promise and gave his newborn daughter the middle name of “Mookie.”

Book: Phil bet over $1B, tried Ryder Cup wager Phil Mickelson bet more than $1 billion on football, basketball and baseball over the past three decades and even allegedly attempted to place a $400,000 wager on Team USA in the 2012 Ryder Cup in which he participated, according to an upcoming book.

Barstool Sportsbook operator rebrands as ESPN Bet in a new $1.5 billion licensing deal ESPN Bet pitch and app mockup | Image: Penn EntertainmentAs ESPN’s future drifts in the direct-to-consumer wind, a deal with Penn Entertainment will let the sportsbook rename existing properties, like its Barstool Sportsbook, to ESPN Bet. In return, Penn is scheduled to pay ESPN $1.5 billion over the next ten years, as well as warrants to buy sh…

Apple’s big services bet is paying off as iPhone sales dip Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThis April through June quarter is almost always Apple’s most boring financial stretch of the entire year, and today’s earnings release shows this year was no exception. The company reported revenue of $81.8 billion, down from $83 billion last year. With the new iPhone 15 series still a month and change…

Why Apple bet on Pixar tech to make the metaverse work Image: Disney / PixarIn June, Apple finally revealed its long-rumored Vision Pro headset, which lets users see immersive 3D worlds on an extremely premium device. There’s just one problem: someone needs to build those worlds, and building them requires a lot of work. But that’s not only going to be on Apple; the company’s also looking to develop…

Bitcoin Won’t Be Stuck Below $30K for Long, Crypto Options Traders Bet BTC losing the significant price level after a month is likely just a short-term deviation based on derivatives trading data, SynFutures CEO said.

Tokenize Everything: Institutions Bet That Crypto’s Future Lies in the Real World Long one of crypto’s big ideas, tokenization may finally be ready for prime-time. Wall Street is diving in, creating tokens for a range of real-world assets. One advantage: relatively little regulatory scrutiny. Jeff Wilser reports.

BlockFi Bet Big on FTX and Alameda Even After Seeing Infamous Balance Sheet, Creditors Say The crypto lender saw “the exact same balance sheet” later published by CoinDesk but still put clients’ money in Sam Bankman-Fried’s companies, a scathing new report claims.

Xi Jinping’s Bad Bet on Vladimir Putin How Putin’s leadership troubles have implications for China.