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In December 2024, at the suggestion of a mutual friend, I met with a professional investigator named Tyler Maroney. He told me he was on a quest to discover the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, and he felt that he had…

Then there was a chance for a hearing, and I got the call, and yeah, it was a really nice moment. I mean, to be honest, I was instantaneously incredibly nervous.Yeah, no, of course.I’d never done it before.One of the observations that I…

Ben McKenzie had a question: “When did WIRED die?” Specifically, the actor-director wanted to know when did WIRED “‘DIE,’ all caps.”McKenzie wasn’t asking for himself; he was engaging in the time-honored celebrity tradition of reading mean…

"The potential windfall from persuading punters to put their own money onto his gravy train could potentially dwarf the seven-figures he’s already invoiced from numerous second jobs promoting gold"21:05, 19 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesNigel…

On April 7, Allbirds sent out a press release celebrating its new “canvas cruiser” collection and a partnership with Pantone, the color company. One week later, on April 15, Allbirds sent out a press release announcing that the brand will…

When Troy Dixon first suggested incorporating prediction markets into the electronic trading platform where he works, he was met with incredulity. “People told us we were crazy,” Dixon, Tradeweb’s cohead of global markets, tells WIRED. But…

Kwasi Kwarteng welcomed a substantial investment into his crypto firm from Nigel Farage with the ReformUK leader taking a significant share in the former Chancellor's company22:55, 10 Mar 2026View 3 ImagesKwasi Kwarteng made an announcement…

OpenAI has fired an employee following an investigation into their activity on prediction market platforms including Polymarket, WIRED has learned.OpenAI CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, disclosed the termination in an internal message to…

The political fight in the US over the future of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi has escalated into a full-blown war, and battle lines aren't being neatly drawn along party lines. Instead, conservative Mormons have aligned…

Cryptocurrency's frictionless, transnational, low-regulation transactions have long promised the ability to pay anyone in the world for anything. More than ever before, that anything includes human beings: victims of human trafficking…