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In brief TikTok account IABatida turned “O Sapo não lava o pé,” a classic Brazilian nursery rhyme, into a smoky 1950s blues number performed by AI-generated frogs. The channel has 326,000 followers and 6.7 million likes, with its Baby Shark 50’s remix alone pulling in 1.6 million likes. The format slots cleanly into the AI-native meme lineage that runs from “Make It More” through Studio Ghibli filters to Italian brainrot. “O Sapo não lava o pé” (the frog doesn’t wash its feet) is the kind of song every Brazilian child learns before they can read. It’s about a frog who…

A pawn shop chain has agreed to shell out millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach that exposed customers’ sensitive information. According to the settlement administrator’s portal, Pawn America, which owns and operates pawn stores in Minnesota and Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $3.185 million to settle the lawsuit that was filed after hackers gained access to its network. On or around September 28th, 2021, the network of the company and its affiliates experienced a ransomware attack that was discovered by Pawn America on October 3rd 2021, according to the settlement. The company started…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Before its recent rebound, the downturn in Bitcoin’s price was attributed to several factors that significantly hampered its performance. However, one of these factors stood out the most during the downtrend, and that was heightened selling pressure in the market. Bitcoin Was Hampered By Selling Pressure During the Bitcoin downside performance, speculations about the factors fueling this negative move swell across the community. However, CW, a market expert and verified author at the CryptoQuant platform, has shed light on the matter, attributing it to waning investors’ sentiment…

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase says it is keeping an eye on two stock sectors that it believes will keep pushing the S&P 500 to new record levels. In a recent episode of the bank’s Making Sense podcast, JPMorgan head of global market intelligence Andrew Tyler says he continues to be bullish on the stock market as both the macro and micro economic picture holds up amid the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Specifically, he believes tech and financials will keep powering the market moving forward. “So, I think from here, you really need to look towards the technology sector…

For decades, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has operated as the financial system’s invisible backbone — the institution that processes virtually every securities trade in the United States, sitting between buyer and seller in near-total anonymity.  On Monday, it stepped into the open with something that Wall Street has been debating for years: a concrete timeline to put real assets on a blockchain. DTCC announced today it will begin live, limited trades of tokenized securities in July 2026, with a full commercial launch of the service set for October.  The service lives inside its subsidiary, the Depository Trust…

Traders betting against Bitcoin and the crypto markets are getting liquidated as BTC’s price pushes above $80,000. IIn the last 24 hours, a total of $375.02 million in leveraged crypto bets have been liquidated, according to the market data tracker CoinGlass. The vast majority of the liquidations hit traders going short, coming in at $304.96 million. Bitcoin led the wipeouts with $160.8 million liquidated, nearly all from short positions. Ethereum followed at $84.7 million, also dominated by shorts. Over 98,000 traders were forced out. Bitcoin is now trading at $80,416, up nearly 3% in the last 24 hours. Follow us on…

In brief GPT-5.5 Instant replaces GPT-5.3 Instant as ChatGPT’s default model starting today, rolling out to all users for free. The model produced 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims than its predecessor on high-stakes medical, legal, and financial prompts in OpenAI’s internal tests. GPT-5.5 Instant is the first Instant-tier model OpenAI classifies as “High Capability” in both cybersecurity and biological domains, requiring additional safeguards at deployment. OpenAI just swapped out the engine inside ChatGPT. Starting today, GPT-5.5 Instant replaces GPT-5.3 Instant as the default model used by hundreds of millions of people who open ChatGPT every day.This isn’t a flashy launch; no…

Bitcoin price crossed the $80,000 threshold late Sunday and into today, posting a brief 2% gain over 24 hours to reach a high of $80,750 — a level analysts describe as a major psychological resistance zone that has flipped to potential support. The move caps a recovery of 15-20% from February lows, placing the bitcoin price inside what chart watchers call a critical magnet zone: a price band where long-term trendlines converge and carry a history of triggering sharp directional moves. The central question is whether Bitcoin can hold above $80,000 and extend gains toward $86,000, or whether resistance reasserts…

May 4, 2026 – Miami, Florida For decades, the DeLorean has meant something to people. It’s a car, yes, but more than that, it’s a symbol. Of the future. Of rebellion. It’s the degen car, with the gullwing doors, embedded forever in pop culture. But more than that, it represents the idea that something ordinary could become extraordinary. That meaning has always belonged to the culture – not to any single owner. Today, it’s not too far from reality. DeLorean Labs, the official Web 3.0 arm of the DeLorean Motor Company, is bridging its native token DMC to Solana, with…

Bitcoin price broke above $81,000 during Asian trading hours and early U.S. hours today, its highest price since late January and the latest sign that the market has moved past a brutal first-quarter stretch that bottomed near $60,000.  The move came on the back of several forces hitting at once: a flood of institutional money into ETFs, a shift in Middle East tensions, and a derivatives market that had been loading up for a run past $80,000 for weeks. The structural setup for this was built in April. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.44 billion in net inflows last…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin’s move above $80,000 is testing whether its latest break from the S&P 500 reflects a real macro regime shift or the market’s most liquid risk switch reacting to two different clocks.After months of Bitcoin following the US stock market open in terms of direction, volatility, and stress, it appears to be decoupling from the AI-fed S&P 500.Bitcoin breakout amid S&P 500 decline on May 4The contradiction showed up as the usual pressure points moved against equities. Oil jumped after the latest flare-up in the Iran war. Treasury yields moved higher. The dollar firmed. U.S. stocks…

Hundreds of thousands of people may be affected after a healthcare firm disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving personal information. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, Innovative Scientific Solutions has discovered a hacking incident affecting 143,842 individuals, with the breach involving a network server. The company says it learned last September that certain systems within its network environment had been affected by a cybersecurity incident. The company says it launched an investigation with third-party cybersecurity professionals to determine whether personal information had been accessed or acquired. Following a forensic investigation, the company determined in…