A Polymarket-linked bet on the weather in France forecasts a major data issue

A few weeks ago, abnormal temperature spikes at a Météo-France station near Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) triggered a criminal complaint and an investigation. According to French media reports, the readings were linked to Polymarket bets that generated tens of thousands of dollars in gains. Whether the full mechanics are ultimately proven exactly as suspected is … Read more

Jack Dorsey And Eugene Jarecki Make Their Case

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey took the stage Wednesday to discuss The Six Billion Dollar Man, Jarecki’s documentary on Julian Assange, and the role the bitcoin community may play in getting it to the public — a conversation that stretched from censorship and surveillance to Satoshi Nakamoto and the original principles of … Read more