A look at China's gray market of token resellers, who use accumulated identities and USDT-funded cards to obtain Claude accounts and route them through proxies (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chinas-token-resellers-cre…
Polymarket expands its live sports offerings, including partnering with the ATP Tour to integrate official tennis match streams into its platform (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/04/polymarket-atp-tour-tennis-prediction-markets
The modern stock market is now gamified to the point where it functions essentially like a casino.
While no one can predict the exact moment the game breaks, managing risk means refusing to get caught flat-footed when it does.
This is not about "don't trade stocks."
It's instead a warning that buying and holding isn't a viable strategy anymore.
The CFTC proposes a federal framework for crypto exchanges to offer retail customers leveraged and margined spot trading, without requiring congressional action (Jason Shubnell/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-
Valon, which makes software to help US mortgage companies cut red tape and costs, raised a $150M Series D from Ribbit, a16z, and others at a $2.3B valuation (Zoya Hasan/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zoyahasan/202
Autonomes fahren: VW arbeitet mit Wayve statt mit Nvidia
Das britische Startup Wayve hat sich VWs Zuschlag für autonome Fahrtechnologien gesichert. Es stach Nvidia aus und kooperiert auch mit Mercedes.
https://www.
DoorDash reports Q2 marketplace gross order value up 36% YoY to $33.08B, vs. $32.08B est., and forecasts Q3 marketplace GOV and adjusted EBITDA above estimates (Neil J Kanatt/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co