**Court Shields Auto Salvage from Rogue Ex-Employee’s Van Heist** A New Jersey appeals court upheld dismissal of a lawsuit against First Class Auto Salvage, ruling a fired contractor acted alone in towing and scrapping a man’s 1997 Ford van—corporate paperwork be damned. This non-precedential decision reinforces strict limits on holding companies liable for ex-agents’ freelance…
Coinbase Targets Stablecoin and Onchain Growth in 2026, CEO Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange plans to scale up its stablecoin and payments offerings in 2026, outlining a push to deepen its role in everyday financial activity. The comments were framed as part of a broader “Coinbase roadmap 2026,” which…
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms exiting Latin America with $30M sale of Paraguay site Bitfarms (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF) has agreed to sell its 70-megawatt (MW) Bitcoin mining site in Paso Pe, Paraguay, marking the company’s exit from Latin America. The miner said it entered a definitive share purchase agreement to sell the project to Sympatheia Power Fund, a…
### Court Slams Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme with Unclean Hands Wipeout A New Jersey appeals court upheld the dismissal of all claims in a bitter family real estate feud over a Newark property, invoking the equitable doctrine of unclean hands against brothers Isaac and Barry Hersko, Barry’s wife Bella, and investor Chaim Simkowitz. The ruling…
**NJ Court Revives Late Claims in Airport Injury Case** A New Jersey appeals court just overturned a lower judge’s block on a shuttle driver’s bid to sue hidden parties behind a faulty airport gate, ruling that delayed discovery disclosures let his claims survive the statute of limitations. Edward McNeill Jr. slammed his head when a…
Michael Saylor Adds $109M in Bitcoin as Markets Dip; “The White Whale” Token Jumps to $71M Market Cap Crypto markets traded slightly lower as Michael Saylor disclosed another $109 million Bitcoin purchase, adding to ongoing institutional visibility around the asset. At the time of the update, Bitcoin was listed at $87,000 (-1%) with BTC dominance…
Polymarket moves toward a regulated U.S. rollout as BlackRock frames crypto as financial infrastructure Polymarket is expanding its push to re-enter the U.S. market, with the operator aiming to make more prediction markets available over time, including contracts tied to crypto, technology, and politics. The platform is not yet broadly live in the U.S. and…
Crypto Nerd’s Nugget of the Week Speculative idea: DeFi “agent” layers like INFINIT could quietly become the default user interface for onchain activity, not because they’re flashy, but because they reduce the number of decisions a human has to make. The core theme is agent-driven workflows that translate plain-language intent into a bundled set of…
Ohio Court Backs Judges Ignoring Plea Deals on Prison Time An Ohio appeals court just affirmed a tougher sentence for Andrew Scott Latham, who pled guilty to sneaking ammo into a jail and obstructing officers, despite prosecutors and defense jointly pushing for 12 months. The trial judge slapped him with 21 months instead—nine on the…
13 WTF Moments of the Year: 2025 Crypto Edition 2025 opened with an unusually direct collision between politics and crypto culture: U.S. President Donald Trump launched a meme coin just days before his inauguration. The move set the tone for a year in which attention-driven tokens and novelty betting continued to push further into the…
The Year in Stablecoins 2025: Record Growth as GENIUS Act Opens the Floodgates The stablecoin market expanded sharply in 2025, with market capitalization rising 49% to about $306 billion by December. By year-end, industry dashboards such as DefiLlama showed stablecoins above $308 billion, underscoring how quickly dollar-pegged tokens moved from a crypto trading tool into…
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Max Prison for Wild Police Chase. An Ohio appeals court on January 2, 2026, affirmed Carlton Lamar Holden II’s 18-month maximum sentence for a felony failure-to-comply conviction after a reckless high-speed chase that wrecked cars, toppled a pole, and nearly killed his own father. Holden pled guilty to the fourth-degree felony…
Ohio Court Upholds Child Rape Conviction on Shaky Video Evidence An Ohio appeals court slammed the door on Uriah Eichenlaub’s bid to overturn his 25-years-to-life sentence for raping his 7-year-old cousin, ruling surveillance video and pre-Miranda jailhouse admissions seal the deal despite no DNA or clear penetration proof. This gritty criminal case underscores how courts…
Bitcoin Dominance Grows As Altcoins Post Another Losing Year: Analyst Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market has been increasing, according to market watchers, highlighting a shift in where capital is concentrated across digital assets. During the late 2025 selloff, Bitcoin dominance was reported at roughly 59–60%. Dominance is a commonly used metric that compares…
Lighter trading platform sees $250 million withdrawn 24 hours after airdrop Roughly $250 million was withdrawn from decentralized perpetual exchange Lighter within 24 hours of its $675 million airdrop of the project’s native token, LIT, according to onchain data shared by analytics firm Bubblemaps. Bubblemaps said the outflows were concentrated across major networks, with about…
Ohio Divorce Court Slaps Down Endless Appeals Over Tiny $1,770 Payout In a marathon Ohio divorce saga spanning five appeals, the Second District Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s award of just $87.62 in interest on Jeffrey Jones’s net marital property share of $1,770.46 from ex-wife Diana’s lawsuit settlement. Jeffrey demanded interest on his…
Year in Prediction Markets: From Regulatory “Sinkhole” to Multi-Billion Dollar Business Prediction markets grew into a major crypto-adjacent category over the past year, with weekly trading volume surpassing $2 billion across platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi. The jump came alongside a notable shift in the U.S. regulatory climate, as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)…
Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and exchanges to boost the economy Turkmenistan has officially legalized cryptocurrency mining and digital asset exchanges, a notable policy shift for one of the world’s most isolated and tightly controlled economies. The new framework is aimed at supporting economic development and attracting foreign investment as the country looks to broaden activity…
**Ohio Court Backs Child Agency Over Incarcerated Mom’s Zoom Plea** In a swift Ohio appeals court ruling, permanent custody of five children was upheld for Montgomery County Children Services, rejecting a jailed mother’s last-minute bid for a hearing delay due to failed video tech. The decision prioritizes kids’ need for stability over parental participation glitches,…
### Sovereign Tricks Fail: Court Crushes Fake “Payment” Defense Capital One scores total victory in Ohio appeals court as a deadbeat cardholder’s wild sovereign citizen gambit implodes, upholding a $7,671 judgment for unpaid charges. This smackdown exposes the futility of fringe legal theories like “bills of exchange,” signaling courts won’t indulge pseudolegal nonsense clogging dockets….
