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She Asked ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers—Then Won 0K

Tammy Carvey’s $100,000 Powerball win is turning heads—not for its size, but for the method that led to it. Carvey, a 45-year-old resident of Wyandotte, Michigan, claimed to have used ChatGPT to generate her numbers for the September 6 Powerball drawing. Carvey’s ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball,…

MetaMask Showing Zero Balances, Base Network Struggling as AWS Issues Persist

As the rest of the internet began to recover Monday afternoon from a seismic Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, key crypto sites and service providers continued to struggle from the setback. Apps like Coinbase and OpenSea have remained partially or entirely down for many users, particularly those on the East…

HELOC draw period: How long it lasts and how payments work

There are several ways to turn your home equity into cash. One of the most popular? That’d be a home equity line of credit, or HELOC. Despite their popularity, HELOCs aren’t like your average loan product. No lump sum of cash gets handed over, and you usually won’t owe huge…

7 Key Takeaways After Student Loan Forgiveness Restarts

The Department of Education agreed last week to restart processing student loan forgiveness under several federal programs as part of a joint resolution to an ongoing legal challenge. The agreement, which still must receive final approval from a federal district court judge, is intended to resolve a lawsuit brought by…

DeFiLlama’s Aster Relisting Raises Transparency Fears Amid ‘Black Box’ Data Concerns

DeFi data aggregator DeFiLlama has quietly reinstated perpetual futures exchange Aster on its analytics platform, weeks after delisting it over concerns about unverifiable trading data. The relisting has reignited debate over transparency in decentralized markets and the growing influence of data platforms in shaping perceptions of legitimacy.Aster, a decentralized exchange…

How to get a HELOC in 6 simple steps

If you need access to cash and have gained a significant chunk of equity in your home, you’re in luck: You can use a home equity line of credit (HELOC) to tap your equity and use the money to pay for whatever you want, from home improvements to college courses.…