GameStop has announced it has made a $55.5 billion offer to buy eBay at $125.00 per share in cash and stock.
CEO Ryan Cohen, who would become CEO of the combined company should the deal go through, told The Wall Street Journal he wants to make eBay a “legit competitor to Amazon,” as he bids to grow his business beyond games and merchandise and hit a $35 billion payout in the process.
GameStop…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has unveiled a $13.1 billion treasury, with ethereum comprising roughly $12.1 billion of the total.
Key Takeaways:
Bitmine reached $13.1 billion in holdings on May 3, 2026, including 5.18 million ETH and 200 Bitcoin.
Ranking as the #2 global…
Ripple will share DPRK-linked threat intelligence with Crypto ISAC to help crypto firms screen applicants, contractors, and vendors. The program covers fraud domains, wallets, and compromise indicators tied to active campaigns.
Key Takeaways:
Ripple will provide Crypto ISAC…
Wall Street may be underestimating a bitcoin-linked carry trade resembling the yen carry trade as capital shifts from Fed funds to higher-yield income products. Strategy’s STRC shows an 11.52% effective yield, underscoring the widening spread attracting institutional focus.
Key Takeaways:
Comparison to the yen carry trade signals potential for large-scale capital reallocation.
STRC offers…
An enormous supercluster made up from over 20 individual galaxy clusters hiding behind our dusty Milky Way is even larger than astronomers had thought, affecting the motion through space of all the galaxies and galaxy clusters in our corner of the cosmos.
The Vela…
The peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is almost here! Read on to discover the best time to spot the fast-moving shooting stars as Earth barrels through the debris trail shed by Halley’s Comet.
When are the Eta Aquarids most active?
In 2026, the Eta Aquarids are active…
In its infancy, the universe had a bit of an identity crisis.
For the first few hundred million years, the vast cosmic gas between galaxies was primarily a chilly, dense affair. But then, it seemed to wake up, deciding to get all warm and fuzzy.
This strange shift in the cosmos’ early disposition is a crucial clue to how the very first galaxies burst into being, shaping everything we see today.
Image model releases are driving growth for AI mobile apps, generating 6.5x more downloads than traditional model updates, according to a new report from app intelligence provider Appfigures.
This marks a shift from earlier days, when the release of new models powering the…
When do we take AI doomers seriously?
That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that…
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra is raising a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday, pushing its post-money valuation above $15 billion. The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with – capital the company says it will use to become the “global standard” for AI-powered customer experiences.
Like a lot of AI companies, Sierra has…
