Let’s talk about something that mainstream financial media has been reluctant to say plainly: right now, with Bitcoin trading at just under $70,000 and the all-in cost to mine a single coin running between $60,000 and $80,000 depending on the operator, most publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies are either scraping by at break-even or quietly hemorrhaging cash with every block...
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Rent Freeze. COPA. Property Tax Hike. ADU Traps. Is This a Housing Plan or a Slow-Motion Seizure?
Let’s talk about a quiet but consequential piece of policy making its way through New York City right now — one that could fundamentally reshape who gets to own property in the five boroughs, and why it matters far beyond the Hudson River. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown his weight behind the revival of COPA — the Community Opportunity to...
Voter ID Laws: Is It Really About Illegal Immigrants — Or Is Something Else Going On?
Let’s be honest with each other for a minute. Every election cycle, the debate over voter ID laws gets loud, gets tribal, and gets exhausting — and both sides walk away more convinced than ever that the other is either naive or malicious. Conservatives say you need an ID to buy beer, board a plane, and open a bank account,...
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- Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and moreby Lauren Forristal, Sarah Perez on February 20, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Several updates are […]
- InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reportingby Marina Temkin on February 20, 2026 at 7:24 pm
The startup, founded by […]
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Mining at the Margin: Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners Are in Survival Mode
Let’s talk about something that mainstream financial media has been reluctant to say plainly: right now, with Bitcoin trading at...
Rent Freeze. COPA. Property Tax Hike. ADU Traps. Is This a Housing Plan or a Slow-Motion Seizure?
Let’s talk about a quiet but consequential piece of policy making its way through New York City right now —...
Voter ID Laws: Is It Really About Illegal Immigrants — Or Is Something Else Going On?
Let’s be honest with each other for a minute. Every election cycle, the debate over voter ID laws gets loud,...
The Shutdown Charade: How Congress Turned Budget Deadlines Into Political Hostage-Taking
Understanding the theater behind government shutdowns—and why they have nothing to do with America actually running out of money We’ve...
The cryptocurrency designed to escape government oversight has instead enhanced the state’s ability to tax, monitor, and seize digital wealth
In 2008, an anonymous figure using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper describing Bitcoin as “a peer-to-peer electronic...
From Revolution to Casino Chip: How Wall Street Transformed Bitcoin Into Just Another Leveraged Gamble
An investigation into how the anti-establishment cryptocurrency became the very thing it was designed to oppose When Satoshi Nakamoto published...
The Epstein-Barr Problem: A Web of Coincidences That Defies Belief
There’s a running joke among alumni of Manhattan’s elite Dalton School — a dark, uncomfortable joke that landed differently after...
The Legal Minefield of Paying Protesters: Can Organizations Face Liability for Creating Unsafe Working Conditions?
Picture this: An organization hires dozens of people to attend a demonstration, pays them cash or provides other compensation, and...
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- Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and moreby Lauren Forristal, Sarah Perez on February 20, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Several updates are introduced in iOS 26.4, including an AI-powered playlist-generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the […]
- InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reportingby Marina Temkin on February 20, 2026 at 7:24 pm
The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial […]
- Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gateby Russell Brandom on February 20, 2026 at 6:26 pm
A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed […]
- Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companiesby Zack Whittaker on February 20, 2026 at 5:38 pm
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced for helping North Koreans gain fraudulent employment at dozens of U.S. companies and funnel that money back to the […]
- Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdictby Kirsten Korosec on February 20, 2026 at 5:37 pm
"The grounds for relief that Tesla relies upon are virtually the same as those Tesla put forth previously during the course of trial."
- Threads posts can now be shared directly to your Instagram Story without leaving the appby Sarah Perez on February 20, 2026 at 4:55 pm
The new Threads feature lets you share your posts — or anyone else's — to your Instagram Story without leaving the Threads app.
- ‘Toy Story 5’ takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’by Amanda Silberling on February 20, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Addictive, AI-enabled tablets are taking over, and also, Woody is balding in the new Toy Story movie, out June 19.
- Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual realityby Aisha Malik on February 20, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual […]
- Lucid Motors slashes 12% of its workforce as it seeks profitabilityby Sean O'Kane on February 20, 2026 at 3:51 pm
The layoffs affect hundreds of full-time workers in the US, according to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch.
- AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: Faster, cheaper, lonelierby Rebecca Bellan on February 20, 2026 at 3:30 pm
AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, creativity risks being […]
- Prepare for pitch battle: Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are openby TechCrunch Events on February 20, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 are open. Pitch at Disrupt 2026 in October in front of top VCs and the full TechCrunch audience. […]
- Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats upby Jagmeet Singh on February 20, 2026 at 3:10 pm
Peak XV says most of its new capital will target India as the firm prioritizes AI, fintech and cross-border bets while navigating recent partner […]