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A mysterious Polymarket account linked to a Nigel Farage backer moved nine million dollars in crypto onto bets that Donald Trump would win the presidency. The account, registered as GCottrell93, cashed out the winnings, but the Financial Times reports that who funded it and who collected remains entirely unclear.
Shifting from murky money to murky search results, Kagi is quietly building a different kind of search engine, one that prioritizes human-made websites over sponsored placements and AI-generated summaries. In an era where the web feels increasingly synthetic, Kagi is betting that some users will actually pay for results curated by real people.
And in Britain, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham wants big ecommerce platforms to help save the local pub. Under a new proposal, pubs, social clubs, and live music venues across England would receive a twenty percent cut in business rates starting April two thousand twenty seven, a package worth around one hundred million pounds annually, with digital marketplace revenue expected to help foot the bill.
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