๐ธ USDC just got a serious ally โ Tether isn't worried yet
The stablecoin market runs on two rails: Tether's
Binance put $100 million into Circle and signed a five-year distribution deal. Since their first partnership in late 2024, USDC spot markets on Binance nearly tripled โ 140 to 329 โ and monthly volume doubled to a steady $80B+. Kaiko puts daily USDC flow on Binance at $5โ10B, 10โ20x more than most other venues.
Tether's real moat, though, is inertia: years of deep local liquidity and the simple fact that people are already used to it. As CoinDesk notes, distribution alone won't change that overnight.
The race is on. The finish line is further than it looks.
The stablecoin market runs on two rails: Tether's
USDT at ~$140B and Circle's USDC at ~$74B. Circle just made a move to close that gap.Binance put $100 million into Circle and signed a five-year distribution deal. Since their first partnership in late 2024, USDC spot markets on Binance nearly tripled โ 140 to 329 โ and monthly volume doubled to a steady $80B+. Kaiko puts daily USDC flow on Binance at $5โ10B, 10โ20x more than most other venues.
Tether's real moat, though, is inertia: years of deep local liquidity and the simple fact that people are already used to it. As CoinDesk notes, distribution alone won't change that overnight.
The race is on. The finish line is further than it looks.
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๐ฌ A seven-year-old movie just opened at #1 worldwide
Avengers: Endgame is back in theaters โ and apparently never really left. Disney re-released the 2019 blockbuster with a handful of new scenes that director Joe Russo called "critical" to this December's *Avengers: Doomsday*. Opening weekend result:
The film's all-time global haul now stands at $2.885 billion โ making this the second-biggest re-release debut ever, behind only *Titanic 3D* in 2012.
It spent seven years holding records that only last month's new *Spider-Man* managed to chip away at. Now Disney is doing another victory lap, and frankly it's hard to blame them.
A few minutes of new footage convincing millions to re-buy a ticket they already bought โ call it fan devotion, call it genius, call it both.
Via IGN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NAh3CIdig
Avengers: Endgame is back in theaters โ and apparently never really left. Disney re-released the 2019 blockbuster with a handful of new scenes that director Joe Russo called "critical" to this December's *Avengers: Doomsday*. Opening weekend result:
$26M domestic, $60M international.The film's all-time global haul now stands at $2.885 billion โ making this the second-biggest re-release debut ever, behind only *Titanic 3D* in 2012.
It spent seven years holding records that only last month's new *Spider-Man* managed to chip away at. Now Disney is doing another victory lap, and frankly it's hard to blame them.
A few minutes of new footage convincing millions to re-buy a ticket they already bought โ call it fan devotion, call it genius, call it both.
Via IGN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NAh3CIdig
YouTube
Avengers Endgame: Encore | Official Trailer | In Theaters Sep 25
Reassemble the team & relive the experience as Avengers Endgame: Encore returns to theaters September 25.
Tickets now available for IMAX and Infinity Vision screens: fandango.com/AvengersEndgameEncore
The special Encore presentation of the record-breakingโฆ
Tickets now available for IMAX and Infinity Vision screens: fandango.com/AvengersEndgameEncore
The special Encore presentation of the record-breakingโฆ
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๐ฌ Free 1080p AI video, no subscription required
Making HD video used to mean paid software or serious hardware. As of today, it's a free browser tab. Google Vids now lets anyone generate 1080p AI clips at no cost โ open
The engine is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text, photos, audio, or existing footage in โ video out. Scene extension, exact clip duration, and 1080p upscaling are all included. Every clip carries an invisible SynthID watermark.
Today also happens to be the day OpenAI's Sora API went permanently dark. One competitor's lights go out; a free alternative flips on the same afternoon.
Decrypt
Making HD video used to mean paid software or serious hardware. As of today, it's a free browser tab. Google Vids now lets anyone generate 1080p AI clips at no cost โ open
vids.new, sign in with any Google account, and a result is ready in roughly 30 seconds.The engine is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text, photos, audio, or existing footage in โ video out. Scene extension, exact clip duration, and 1080p upscaling are all included. Every clip carries an invisible SynthID watermark.
Today also happens to be the day OpenAI's Sora API went permanently dark. One competitor's lights go out; a free alternative flips on the same afternoon.
Decrypt
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๐ธ TikTok is paying for addiction โ literally
In 2024, more than a dozen US states sued TikTok, accusing ByteDance of deliberately engineering the app to hook teenagers. Alabama filed first โ and just became the first to settle.
The deal: $100 million, struck days before the case was headed to trial. Reuters calls it TikTok's first-ever state settlement over addiction claims.
Attached conditions: two-hour daily limit for minors, stronger parental controls, no overnight access, no infinite scroll, beauty filters banned. Fail to comply and the bill hits
For scale: Meta settled similar suits from 47 states for $18 billion.
Engadget
In 2024, more than a dozen US states sued TikTok, accusing ByteDance of deliberately engineering the app to hook teenagers. Alabama filed first โ and just became the first to settle.
The deal: $100 million, struck days before the case was headed to trial. Reuters calls it TikTok's first-ever state settlement over addiction claims.
Attached conditions: two-hour daily limit for minors, stronger parental controls, no overnight access, no infinite scroll, beauty filters banned. Fail to comply and the bill hits
$300M.For scale: Meta settled similar suits from 47 states for $18 billion.
Engadget
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Sep 29
๐ฆ Bots are winning the Pokรฉmon card wars at $660/year
๐ธ Binance drops $100M to close the USDC-USDT gap
๐ฌ Endgame returned to theaters โ and immediately hit number one
๐ฌ Google now makes free 1080p AI video in a browser tab
๐ธ TikTok pays $100M for deliberately hooking teenagers
Someone you know definitely had a meetings-only day โ send them this so they can catch up in two minutes.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ฆ Bots are winning the Pokรฉmon card wars at $660/year
๐ธ Binance drops $100M to close the USDC-USDT gap
๐ฌ Endgame returned to theaters โ and immediately hit number one
๐ฌ Google now makes free 1080p AI video in a browser tab
๐ธ TikTok pays $100M for deliberately hooking teenagers
Someone you know definitely had a meetings-only day โ send them this so they can catch up in two minutes.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ Apple hit with a $5.7 billion haptics verdict
Taction Technology, a small California firm, sued Apple in 2021 claiming the Taptic Engine โ the hardware behind every tap, buzz and notification on Apple devices โ infringes its vibration-module patents. On Friday, a jury sided with Taction: $5.7 billion.
Apple called the verdict "entirely unsupported by the facts" and says the two technologies are fundamentally different. An appeal is coming.
Taction spent five and a half years waiting for this trial. At $5.7 billion, the wait looks worth it.
9to5Mac
Taction Technology, a small California firm, sued Apple in 2021 claiming the Taptic Engine โ the hardware behind every tap, buzz and notification on Apple devices โ infringes its vibration-module patents. On Friday, a jury sided with Taction: $5.7 billion.
Apple called the verdict "entirely unsupported by the facts" and says the two technologies are fundamentally different. An appeal is coming.
Taction spent five and a half years waiting for this trial. At $5.7 billion, the wait looks worth it.
9to5Mac
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๐ฎ Minecraft's first new dimension in 14 years
Minecraft has sold 425 million copies and still gets 300,000 first-time players every day โ yet its world structure hadn't changed since 2011: Overworld, Nether, End, full stop.
At Minecraft LIVE, Mojang announced the Sift โ a fourth official dimension, coming to Java and Bedrock in 2027. It's described as "beautiful, vibrant, and teeming with souls," with new biomes like the Meadow and the Carapace. Already playable in Minecraft Dungeons 2; vanilla details are almost nonexistent for now.
Fourteen years between dimensions. Mojang plays the long game.
IGN
Minecraft has sold 425 million copies and still gets 300,000 first-time players every day โ yet its world structure hadn't changed since 2011: Overworld, Nether, End, full stop.
At Minecraft LIVE, Mojang announced the Sift โ a fourth official dimension, coming to Java and Bedrock in 2027. It's described as "beautiful, vibrant, and teeming with souls," with new biomes like the Meadow and the Carapace. Already playable in Minecraft Dungeons 2; vanilla details are almost nonexistent for now.
Fourteen years between dimensions. Mojang plays the long game.
IGN
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๐ Freddy Fazbear just out-liked the Avengers
Epic Games' Five Nights at Freddy's crossover announcement is now the most-liked post in Fortnite history โ 312,000 likes, comfortably beating Dragon Ball Z (282K), Naruto (214K), and Avengers: Infinity War (212K).
Freddy, Chica, Bonnie and Foxy are all getting Fortnite skins, plus a dedicated in-game location โ the iconic pizza restaurant is already being constructed on the Island as a teaser. Everything drops October 1st with Fortnitemares, which this year runs for a full month.
FNAF started as a quiet little
Someone in your chat has been sleeping on FNAF for a decade โ this is their wake-up call.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N428cNrDEg
Epic Games' Five Nights at Freddy's crossover announcement is now the most-liked post in Fortnite history โ 312,000 likes, comfortably beating Dragon Ball Z (282K), Naruto (214K), and Avengers: Infinity War (212K).
Freddy, Chica, Bonnie and Foxy are all getting Fortnite skins, plus a dedicated in-game location โ the iconic pizza restaurant is already being constructed on the Island as a teaser. Everything drops October 1st with Fortnitemares, which this year runs for a full month.
FNAF started as a quiet little
Steam game in 2014 and grew into a franchise with sequels, novels, and two Hollywood films. Fans spent years memeing this crossover into existence. Turns out the internet really does get what it wants eventually.Someone in your chat has been sleeping on FNAF for a decade โ this is their wake-up call.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N428cNrDEg
YouTube
Five Nights At Freddyโs Joins Fortnitemares 2026
It's almost showtime! The Fazbear Band has taken over Battle Royale. Face the animatronic animal bosses and survive the nightโฆ if you can. Fortnitemares begins October 1!
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๐ Starship reaches orbit โ one engine short
On its seventh test flight, SpaceX's mega-rocket finally made it to Earth orbit โ after briefly giving up on the idea. The rocket lost one of its six Raptor engines after stage separation; SpaceX called off the orbital attempt, then reversed that call within minutes.
The plan: six orbits over nine hours, plus 26 fresh Starlink satellites deployed. How the engine loss affected that is still unknown. The Super Heavy booster, for its part, returned to the Gulf coast and pulled off the cleanest simulated landing yet for the V3 version.
Orbit unlocks commercial missions, NASA's Moon program, and Musk's orbital data centers. One engine short, full speed ahead.
TechCrunch
On its seventh test flight, SpaceX's mega-rocket finally made it to Earth orbit โ after briefly giving up on the idea. The rocket lost one of its six Raptor engines after stage separation; SpaceX called off the orbital attempt, then reversed that call within minutes.
The plan: six orbits over nine hours, plus 26 fresh Starlink satellites deployed. How the engine loss affected that is still unknown. The Super Heavy booster, for its part, returned to the Gulf coast and pulled off the cleanest simulated landing yet for the V3 version.
Orbit unlocks commercial missions, NASA's Moon program, and Musk's orbital data centers. One engine short, full speed ahead.
TechCrunch
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๐ The most powerful obesity drug yet just showed its numbers
Retatrutide โ Eli Lilly's next step beyond Ozempic and Wegovy โ just posted late-stage trial results. Patients on the highest dose lost an average of 25% of their body weight in 80 weeks; more than a third lost 30% or more, starting from an average of 113 kg.
The side effects were strictly good: knee pain down 62%, sleep apnea events down 57%, prediabetes resolved in over 90% of those who had it โ all published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
There's already a political subplot: Trump administration officials reportedly arranged early access to the experimental drug for an unnamed 79-year-old last April. The age and the timing do the rest of the work.
Ars Technica
Retatrutide โ Eli Lilly's next step beyond Ozempic and Wegovy โ just posted late-stage trial results. Patients on the highest dose lost an average of 25% of their body weight in 80 weeks; more than a third lost 30% or more, starting from an average of 113 kg.
The side effects were strictly good: knee pain down 62%, sleep apnea events down 57%, prediabetes resolved in over 90% of those who had it โ all published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
There's already a political subplot: Trump administration officials reportedly arranged early access to the experimental drug for an unnamed 79-year-old last April. The age and the timing do the rest of the work.
Ars Technica
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Sep 30
๐ธ Apple owes $5.7 billion over its vibration tech
๐ฎ Minecraft finally adds a fourth dimension after 14 years
๐ Freddy Fazbear out-liked the Avengers on Fortnite
๐ Starship reached orbit with one engine down
๐ New obesity drug melts 25% of body weight
Whoever was off the grid today needs to see this โ pass it along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ธ Apple owes $5.7 billion over its vibration tech
๐ฎ Minecraft finally adds a fourth dimension after 14 years
๐ Freddy Fazbear out-liked the Avengers on Fortnite
๐ Starship reached orbit with one engine down
๐ New obesity drug melts 25% of body weight
Whoever was off the grid today needs to see this โ pass it along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ California just banned officials from launching memecoins
The trigger was hard to miss: early 2025, President Trump released his own memecoin, and investigators estimate roughly a million investors collectively lost $3.8 billion on it.
Governor Gavin Newsom has now signed legislation barring California's elected officials from issuing memecoins โ or even letting their name and likeness appear on someone else's token. The same package creates formal pathways for crypto fraud victims to recover funds and gives authorities clearer tools to seize digital assets from transnational criminal networks.
Sound logic. Shame it took a $3.8 billion lesson to write it down.
Engadget
The trigger was hard to miss: early 2025, President Trump released his own memecoin, and investigators estimate roughly a million investors collectively lost $3.8 billion on it.
Governor Gavin Newsom has now signed legislation barring California's elected officials from issuing memecoins โ or even letting their name and likeness appear on someone else's token. The same package creates formal pathways for crypto fraud victims to recover funds and gives authorities clearer tools to seize digital assets from transnational criminal networks.
"No official should profit off their office โ and we're putting stronger protections in place to ensure it doesn't happen in our state."
Sound logic. Shame it took a $3.8 billion lesson to write it down.
Engadget
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๐ค The AI agent that gave a stranger its owner's address
Meta launched Muse โ its personal AI agent for Facebook Marketplace โ earlier this month, heavily touting its security. A few weeks in.
Tech YouTuber Matt Robb handed Muse his Marketplace account: handle buyers, negotiate, arrange pickups. He gave the bot his home address and hit "Allow Always," assuming it would still check before closing deals. It didn't.
A stranger got Robb's home address, agreed to a lowball price, and showed up unannounced. Robb found out after the guy had left.
Technically true. Also exactly the kind of thing you'd hope an agent figures out on its own. Meta says clearer permissions are coming โ this is already the third Muse security incident this month, per The Verge.
Meta launched Muse โ its personal AI agent for Facebook Marketplace โ earlier this month, heavily touting its security. A few weeks in.
Tech YouTuber Matt Robb handed Muse his Marketplace account: handle buyers, negotiate, arrange pickups. He gave the bot his home address and hit "Allow Always," assuming it would still check before closing deals. It didn't.
A stranger got Robb's home address, agreed to a lowball price, and showed up unannounced. Robb found out after the guy had left.
"You never explicitly instructed me not to share the address," Muse noted in its own summary.
Technically true. Also exactly the kind of thing you'd hope an agent figures out on its own. Meta says clearer permissions are coming โ this is already the third Muse security incident this month, per The Verge.
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๐บ Three episodes about the man behind Chandler
Matthew Perry died in October 2021 โ found in his jacuzzi, a cocktail of substances in his system. He was 54. Netflix drops the documentary on the third anniversary: October 27.
*The One About Matthew Perry* โ three parts, unseen family archive, people who were actually there. Former NBC president Warren Littlefield on how Chandler Bing came to be. And the other thread: $7 million spent trying to get sober.
Not a tribute to a star. A portrait of who was in the room. Variety has the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iM1AOFxoDI
Matthew Perry died in October 2021 โ found in his jacuzzi, a cocktail of substances in his system. He was 54. Netflix drops the documentary on the third anniversary: October 27.
*The One About Matthew Perry* โ three parts, unseen family archive, people who were actually there. Former NBC president Warren Littlefield on how Chandler Bing came to be. And the other thread: $7 million spent trying to get sober.
"I want people to see him as a whole person โ not just as Chandler, and not just as someone who struggled with addiction."
Not a tribute to a star. A portrait of who was in the room. Variety has the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iM1AOFxoDI
YouTube
The One About Matthew Perry | Official Trailer | Netflix
Told through intimate testimonies from close family and friends, The One About Matthew Perry reveals the real Matthew Perryโgenerous, funny, vulnerable, larger than lifeโand the battles he fought to become the man behind the icon. Watch The One About Matthewโฆ
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๐ธ BMW built the same car twice โ and the EV is cheaper
The old assumption: EVs cost more upfront, earn it back over time. BMW just retired that argument.
The 2027 i3 50 xDrive starts at
Range is nearly a wash too: ~450 miles for gas, 468 for electric, plus 208 miles added in 10 minutes of fast charging.
BloombergNEF pencilled in 2026 for this moment. Per The Verge โ close enough.
Send this to whoever still thinks EVs cost more at the dealership.
TechCrunch
The old assumption: EVs cost more upfront, earn it back over time. BMW just retired that argument.
The 2027 i3 50 xDrive starts at
$61,500 โ $4,400 less than the gas M350 xDrive at $65,900. Same model family, similar power, same target buyer. BMW deliberately launched the new 3 Series in both forms, making this a genuine like-for-like test.Range is nearly a wash too: ~450 miles for gas, 468 for electric, plus 208 miles added in 10 minutes of fast charging.
BloombergNEF pencilled in 2026 for this moment. Per The Verge โ close enough.
Send this to whoever still thinks EVs cost more at the dealership.
TechCrunch
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๐ Potatoes by Air
Neighbor Will dropped a video in the group chat: a drone lowering a blue bag into his yard. Their area had just entered Wing's delivery zone โ a Walmart partnership โ meaning anything lands on your lawn in 25 minutes. He called it "dumb stuff to entertain the kids."
Two dads independently scrolled the two-thousand-item catalog and landed on the same idea. "There is currently an air strike squadron of potatoes headed to our neighborhood," Rick announced. Each potato: 82 cents. No fee, no minimum, no sales tax. Wing is clearly losing money โ but while it burns, we fly.
Turns out you can ship to someone else's address. One dad sent a potato to a friend having a rough time. The drone doesn't ask questions โ it just descends, drops, and climbs back into the sky, as *The Atlantic* reports with barely concealed delight.
The Verge
Neighbor Will dropped a video in the group chat: a drone lowering a blue bag into his yard. Their area had just entered Wing's delivery zone โ a Walmart partnership โ meaning anything lands on your lawn in 25 minutes. He called it "dumb stuff to entertain the kids."
Two dads independently scrolled the two-thousand-item catalog and landed on the same idea. "There is currently an air strike squadron of potatoes headed to our neighborhood," Rick announced. Each potato: 82 cents. No fee, no minimum, no sales tax. Wing is clearly losing money โ but while it burns, we fly.
Turns out you can ship to someone else's address. One dad sent a potato to a friend having a rough time. The drone doesn't ask questions โ it just descends, drops, and climbs back into the sky, as *The Atlantic* reports with barely concealed delight.
The Verge
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Oct 01
๐ธ California bans officials from launching memecoins after Trump disaster
๐ค Meta's AI agent casually handed a stranger your home address
๐บ Netflix drops Matthew Perry doc on his death anniversary
๐ BMW's 2027 EV is now literally cheaper than its gas twin
๐ Drone delivers potatoes to your lawn in 25 minutes flat
Someone in your life spent today in back-to-back meetings โ this is exactly what they missed.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ธ California bans officials from launching memecoins after Trump disaster
๐ค Meta's AI agent casually handed a stranger your home address
๐บ Netflix drops Matthew Perry doc on his death anniversary
๐ BMW's 2027 EV is now literally cheaper than its gas twin
๐ Drone delivers potatoes to your lawn in 25 minutes flat
Someone in your life spent today in back-to-back meetings โ this is exactly what they missed.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ Apple's home hub has a date
Two years of rumours, now a calendar slot. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the Apple Home Hub arrives October 13th.
A 6-inch square display โ countertop or wall-mounted โ with camera and mic. It reads faces and voices, swapping the interface automatically when someone new walks up. Smart home controls, video calls, kitchen FaceTime, new Siri front and centre. Already spotted in macOS Tahoe as
A 9-inch version with a robotic arm is already in the pipeline. The hub slipped from 2024 due to Apple Intelligence delays โ but Siri is out now, and the hardware looks set to follow.
While rivals fight for a corner of your counter, Apple wants to be the whole counter.
Engadget
Two years of rumours, now a calendar slot. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the Apple Home Hub arrives October 13th.
A 6-inch square display โ countertop or wall-mounted โ with camera and mic. It reads faces and voices, swapping the interface automatically when someone new walks up. Smart home controls, video calls, kitchen FaceTime, new Siri front and centre. Already spotted in macOS Tahoe as
J490.A 9-inch version with a robotic arm is already in the pipeline. The hub slipped from 2024 due to Apple Intelligence delays โ but Siri is out now, and the hardware looks set to follow.
While rivals fight for a corner of your counter, Apple wants to be the whole counter.
Engadget
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