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Senator Elizabeth Warren is turning up the heat on Meta, demanding the company come clean about its reported plans to partner with a stablecoin issuer. Warren argues the move could threaten competition, compromise user privacy, and rattle financial stability — and she wants answers before the Senate votes on the Clarity Act, which would set the rules of the road for digital currency in America.
Shifting to Bitcoin, prediction market traders on Myriad are now placing meaningful odds on Strategy selling some of its Bitcoin holdings before the year is out. The sentiment follows recent comments from Michael Saylor that left some investors reading between the lines. Whether that's a signal or noise, the market has clearly decided it's worth betting on.
And the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is facing a quieter but serious threat — hard drive prices have surged dramatically, driven in part by AI companies hoarding storage hardware at scale. The Archive, which runs on donations and preservation ideals, finds itself competing against some of the most well-funded companies on the planet for the components it needs just to keep history online.
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