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Celsius Network's bankruptcy estate is suing BitMEX for four hundred ninety-five million dollars, claiming the exchange wrongfully liquidated roughly six thousand three hundred sixty bitcoin during the covid crash of twenty twenty. The awkward detail here is that Celsius had marketed itself as delta-neutral, yet was apparently running a heavily leveraged long position. That gap between the pitch and the practice is exactly what this lawsuit puts under a microscope.
Shifting to a quieter but consequential win for the open web, a federal court has ruled that embedding links is legal, applying a new legal test in the process. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling it a victory, and rightly so. The ruling pushes back against the idea that simply pointing to someone else's content online constitutes copyright infringement, which has real implications for how journalism and commentary function on the internet.
And in a story that sits at the intersection of genetics and medicine, scientists are studying a woman whose rare genetic mutations leave her unable to feel physical pain or anxiety. Researchers believe understanding her biology could eventually point toward new approaches to pain management, a field where current options carry serious risks. It is a reminder that sometimes the most powerful medical insights begin with a single remarkable individual.
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