Newsom Whips Out Wiener's Dystopian "AI Kill Switch" Bill He Vetoed In 2024

Holdout Clancy Juror Lawyers Up, Goes Into Hiding Attorney Edward Paltzik said Thursday that he is representing Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who would not agree that Clancy was not criminally responsible for strangling her three children in January 2023. According to Paltzik, Desronvil has relocated to an undisclosed location in northern New England after his refusal to join the rest of the jury made him the target of a mob. "I can now confirm that I am representing the courageous and heroic...

Bitcoin Perps' Algorithmic '0.01%' Scythe: How The Funding-Rate Mechanism Explains Your "Mystery" Liquidations Authored by danny (@agintender) via WuBlockchain's Aki Chen, Why is derivatives trading the exchange’s money printer? Why do some venues dare to take the other side of their customers’ trades? By unpacking the funding-rate mechanics of Bitcoin perpetual futures (perps) and the surrounding market dynamics, we show how traders are led—step by step—into a fatal trap meticulously engineered by the exchange. The so-called “0.01% equilibrium” in perps - akin, in spirit, to the 0.618 Fibonacci motif - operates as a...

Battered Budget Airlines Ask White House For $2.5 Billion Lifeline Budget airlines have requested a $2.5 billion relief package from the Trump administration following a meeting with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy early last week. This comes as elevated jet fuel prices squeeze operations, and after President Trump confirmed late last week that a possible U.S. takeover of bankrupt Spirit Airlines is under consideration. The Wall Street Journal reports that a group of budget airlines, including Frontier and Avelo, has requested federal support in exchange for convertible equity stakes in the airlines....