Coinbase will open more than 170 derivative contracts to eligible UK professional investors, with leverage of up to 50x. The offering spans crypto, commodities, equities, and foreign exchange, while availability expands progressively from the coming weeks into the following months.
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UK professional investors will get access to more than 170 contracts.
Perpetuals will offer leverage…
A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
August 18, 2026
A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by a river of gas over 1 trillion miles (1.6 trillion kilometers) long. The discovery, made at radio wavelengths with ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important
August 18, 2026
As “The X Files” famously told us, “the truth is out there.” But at the same time, inquiring minds are immersed today in finding out whether or not the proof is out there — specifically, proof that at least some unidentified anomalous phenomena…
Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs
August 18, 2026
Blue Origin plans to return its Florida launch site to a dual-pad facility to support its bigger, more powerful New Glenn “9×4” rocket, which is still under development.
As facility repairs continue following the explosion of one of Blue Origin’s New Glenn “7×2” rockets during tests at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-36 in May, the…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently pushed back against the idea that he’s been painting an overly pessimistic picture of artificial intelligence and how it might shape the future.
Amodei’s comments came in response to investor Gavin Baker, who argued –…
Startup Groq has raised $350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that provides powerful GPUs and AI infrastructure services.
The new capital, led by investment firm Disruptive with planned participation from Nvidia, values the company…
How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked
August 18, 2026
Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.
TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to help you protect yourself if you suspect someone has broken into your account on one of the internet’s most popular platforms, social networks, or messaging apps. Now, we’re here to show you…
Neewer X11 2-in-1 review: This teleprompter is just the ticket for more than simply talking to camera
August 18, 2026
Talking to camera comes naturally to some but others are less comfortable. No matter where you sit on that scale, being able to talk directly to the camera is key and being able to read from a script is also vital for some but how do you do both? Well, that is where a…
This man died at a waterfall for what was likely a crap photo – sometimes it’s safer and better to compose landscapes from afar
August 18, 2026
On August 10, the main headline in Oregon was the sad story of a 20-year-old man who fell to his death while taking a picture at a 177-foot-tall waterfall.
Zachary Nicholas Mertens, of Burlington, Kentucky, climbed over a barrier at the top of South Falls’ upper viewpoint…
How a photographer on an unplanned dive swam into a mass of sardines and captured this breathtaking, ethereal image
August 18, 2026
When you first glance at this underwater image, it looks like the kind of shot that would take weeks to plan. In fact, the photograph was taken during an unplanned morning dive. No script, no moodboard, no dive team briefing. Just a freediver, an expanse of open water and a huge school of sardines.
The result: a churning mass of silver folds itself into a perfect halo around its human subject. No…
