Tim Craig

3 weeks ago | dlnews.com | Tim Craig

Ethereum supporters worry that the network is dying. They point to layer 2 blockchains syphoning value as one of several causes. If Ethereum can’t turn itself around it could go the way of the operating system Linux. A version of this article appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on April 1. Sign up here. GM, Tim here. Ethereum is at a crossroads. Over the past decade, the top smart contract network has established itself as the de facto home of the $113 billion DeFi ecosystem.

3 weeks ago | theoaklandpress.com | Tim Craig

By Tim CraigThe Washington PostThe roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life’s darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares and needs to talk to someone about them. The former soldier who plans to take his own life, shotgun sitting in his lap. The spouse who worries her intoxicated husband has been drinking and is now speeding down an interstate highway.

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Craig

Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE (washingtonpost.com) Veterans Crisis Line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE By Tim Craig 2025032710002900 The roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life's darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares and needs to talk to someone about them.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Craig

CLEVELAND — At an abandoned landfill on the edge of this city’s Slavic Village neighborhood, dust accumulates on parked cars and the frames of weathered houses. The contents of the landfill remain a mystery, and a few years ago, inspectors installed methane detectors in nearby basements to warn about explosive gases. Sierra Brown is one of about 1,000 residents living within a half mile of the landfill. Her children are often sick, which she blames on the 100-acre site.

1 month ago | dlnews.com | Tim Craig

Bears are profiting from Bitcoin's sudden drop. The value of March 28 puts on Deribit rose to $264 million. There are signs Bitcoin could attempt a rebound. Traders who piled into bearish bets on Bitcoin’s price are winning a payday amid a shock plunge that dragged the top cryptocurrency to its lowest price since the start of the year. The value of options contracts that pay off during price declines, or puts, that expire at the end of March rose to $264 million on crypto options exchange Deribit.