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Rick Santorum's South Carolina Misadventure

Santorum's status as the marquee social conservative wasn't enough in South Carolina. Sanford's diagnosis: "The economy became pre-eminent."

Can Ethereum’s Staking Economy Drive ETH Higher in the Second Half of 2026?

Ethereum’s staking economy is tightening effective ETH float, but staking alone is unlikely to drive a sustained H2 2026 rally. Data shows that the amount of Et ...

Inside Glamsterdam, the upgrade Ethereum's critics have been demanding

Glamsterdam, due in the second half of 2026, is the first upgrade in years aimed at the network itself, and it arrives with the community that builds Ethereum in open revolt.

Ethereum and Solana Reassess Inflation Schedules as Security Costs Raise Supply Concerns

Ethereum and Solana are reassessing how much token issuance is needed to fund network security without unnecessarily diluting holders. Ethereum’s EIP-8361 would progressively burn ...

Which Crypto Do AI Models Say to Buy Right Now: Bitcoin, Ethereum, or XRP?

We gave ChatGPT and Claude live data on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP and asked them to rank all three based on which is best to buy now.

Ethereum price today: August 7, 2026

The current price of Ethereum is about $1,910, holding steady with the broader crypto market after a weak U.S. jobs report ...

Show HN: I built an economy designed to crash

This is an experiment designed to be broken by the public, so, feel free to exploit however you please. The experiment is basically just a limited free supply that gets mined by the public, the cumulative total is between 100-10000 of the currency, so a harder cap then bitcoin at 21 Million, once the total free supply runs out, trading begins and my theories dont go that far so the economy is either bound to boom or crash hard. Happy experimenting!

Ask HN: Could DNA be represented as "an embedding" in an AI model?

Where each Array element is a numerical value that corresponds to the order of TCAG chemicals on the crossbar of the helix of a DNA strand?Has anyone modeled many DNA strands in this way?If it was done, what kinds of problems could we solve using AI - assuming we could model any known DNA, and predict out generations?-----I guess there are at least a couple options:1) Model an entire DNA strand as 1 model, with each gene (section of DNA) being a vector. So you'd have, say, a C. elegans mode

Show HN: Argonix – One AI-powered platform for SRE and cloud operations

Hi everybody,I built https://argonix.io.Argonix is an AI-powered platform for SRE, security and cloud operations.The idea is to bring and connect together things that are usually spread across many different tools: monitoring, security, Finops, health checks, workflows and incident investigation.A few things you can do with it:Connectors: Connect Argonix to your existing stack: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, your own MCP servers, etc.Workflows: Build automation flows using the connector

Show HN: Parley – your coding agent can talk to a teammate's agent

Hi HN,I saw one friction point when working as part of a team that uses coding agents extensively - there is nothing to enable coordination between agent used by people in a team. Many times my agent would ask me to decide upon something with a fellow teammate, for which I have to serve as the network layer.So I built Parley where agents can connect to the hub over MCP with their own team-scoped token. An agent addresses a teammate's agent by name and ask questions/handover tasks. Agen

Binance, RedotPay clash over fate of Singapore lawsuit

<img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-status-of-prediction-market-battle.png" alt="Binance, RedotPay clash over fate of Singapore lawsuit" class="type:primaryImage">Amid a $473 million legal dispute, RedotPay says it expects Binance to end its Singapore case, while Binance says its claims remain active.

Bitcoin miners earn under 0.7% of revenue from fees in new 10-year low

<img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-is-staking-the-answer-to-cryptocurrencys-mining-problems.jpg" alt="Bitcoin miners earn under 0.7% of revenue from fees in new 10-year low" class="type:primaryImage">Bitcoin miners showed a “concerning” trend of pivoting to AI amid a profit squeeze as transaction-fee income barely bounced from 10-year lows of 0.52% of revenue.

AI capex could hit $1.6 trillion next year, says fund manager who sees more echoes of 1998 than the dot-com bust

A T. Rowe Price fund manager thinks the hyperscalers can comfortably fund their investment spending, and moreover, derive high returns on that invested capital with a short payback schedule.

Another AI lab is burning through cash as Tencent earnings rise

It’s not just American artificial-intelligence companies burning through cash as they roll out ever-more advanced models.

Can I claim 50% of my husband’s Social Security now — and switch to my higher benefit at 70?

“I would like to offer a piece of advice for women who are or have been married.”

Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access

<img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/blockchain-city-people-future-ai.jpg" alt="Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access" class="type:primaryImage">The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to aid Bitcoin and open-source developers in their cybersecurity efforts.

Musician John Oates sells his idyllic Colorado ranch for $6.9 million

Rock ‘n’ roll legend John Oates, best known as half of the duo Hall & Oates, has sold the Aspen ranch he has owned for 35 years.

A stock just surged on news Situational Awareness had bought it. But its current fate is unclear.

Financial market disclosures made by Situational Awareness, the once-soaring hedge fund that had to liquidate its portfolio of stocks, moved a stock on Wednesday.

Inside the fake crypto startup that fooled North Korean IT workers

<img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/inside-the-fake-crypto-startup-that-fooled-north-korean-it-workers.jpg" alt="Inside the fake crypto startup that fooled North Korean IT workers" class="type:primaryImage">Suspected North Koreans IT workers joined a fake crypto startup — without realizing their every move was being tracked to extract valuable intel.

Harmony considers rollback after suspected exploit inflates ONE supply

<img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-top-hacks-so-far-4.jpg" alt="Harmony considers rollback after suspected exploit inflates ONE supply" class="type:primaryImage">Harmony is working with exchanges to freeze funds and is preparing a patch after claims that 2.8 billion unauthorized ONE hit trading platforms.