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Morning Minute: Strategy CEO Says Selling The Bottom Was Correct Move

Strategy sold millions in Bitcoin in the low $60k range and just rebought at $80k. Now they’re sharing the rationale behind the moves. #opinion Read full arti...

4 days ago

Mamdani Imposes One-Year Moratorium on Generative AI in NYC Schools

Nearly 600,000 students lose access to generative AI tools, while five named vendors keep metered pilots running in high schools. #artificialintelligence Read...

4 days ago

Ukraine Busts Kyiv Crypto Drainer Ring Moving Up to $1M Monthly

Fake investment ads on Telegram channels funneled EU victims to a lookalike exchange that emptied their wallets. #lawandorder Read full article on Decrypt →

4 days ago

Michigan Judge Bars Kalshi Sports Bets, Threatens $500K Daily Fine

The order calls the prediction market platform a sports betting operation "masquerading as an investment opportunity." #lawandorder Read full article on Decry...

4 days ago

Anthropic Admits Security Failures Behind Claude Hacking Incidents

After Claude models accessed real systems during cyber tests, Anthropic tightened its safeguards and warned that flawed training can encourage dangerous behavio...

4 days ago

An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn

Afterquery's valuation jumped more than tenfold in five months, making it Y Combinator's fastest unicorn ever. #artificialintelligence Read full article on De...

4 days ago

FBI Seizes $560K in Crypto Bound for Hamas, Takes Over Fundraising Sites

Agents seized digital assets, domains, and servers allegedly used by Hamas’ military wing to collect donations and recruit supporters. #coins Read full articl...

4 days ago

Ancient Bitcoin Wallet That Turned $120 Into $3 Million Wakes Up

At least four more decade-old wallets moved a combined $15.7 million between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, with one batch of coins sent to Coinbase in a likely sign of a...

4 days ago

What Is Robinhood Chain? The Ethereum Layer-2 Network for Tokenized Stocks and Meme Coins

Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology for tokenized assets, crypto apps, and on-chain financial products. #theprojects...

4 days ago

Update Your Browser: Google Patches Chrome Flaw Hackers Were Already Using

The update fixes a high-severity flaw in Chrome’s V8 engine, but Google has not revealed who is using it or whom they targeted. #technology Read full article...

4 days ago

AI Just Solved a 350-Year-Old Math Problem By Writing the Longest Proof Ever

Anthropic says Claude spent 11 days turning Fermat's Last Theorem into 13 million lines of code a computer can check itself, no human trust required #artificia...

4 days ago

TikTok's Parent Company Just Borrowed $30 Billion to Go All-In on AI

Nearly 30 banks backed the rare unsecured facility as TikTok’s parent company spends heavily on AI chips, models, and overseas data centers. #artificialintelli...

4 days ago

G7 Warns Quantum Threat Demands Action as Crypto Industry Weighs Fixes

The group is urging organizations to adopt post-quantum security before powerful computers can compromise today’s encryption and digital signatures. #technolog...

4 days ago

Polymarket Launches Crypto Perpetual Futures With Up to 20x Leverage

The prediction market platform's new Perps product scaled from 10 markets to 67 on its first day—though the 20x leverage ceiling only applies to some of them, a...

4 days ago

Crypto Traders Are Pairing Meme Coins With Stocks on Robinhood—And It's Working (Sort Of)

A meme coin called BONER cornered half of Hims & Hers Health's tokenized shares on Robinhood's new blockchain. It started a new trend that's spreading fast....

4 days ago

'Send Your Lawyers': Robinhood Isn't Backing Down From AMC Over Stock Tokens

Lawyers question AMC’s grounds for a securities-law challenge, but say the tokens’ branding and marketing could leave room for a dispute. #defi Read full arti...

4 days ago

A16z-Backed OpenReserve Gets Approval for Full-Service National Bank

The a16z-backed startup chose a full national charter over the trust-bank route most crypto firms have taken, clearing a path toward insured deposits and conven...

4 days ago

Zcash Hits Highest Price in Nearly a Decade, Crushing Short Bets

The privacy coin's squeeze rode a Fed-driven crypto rally that reversed hours later, when a stronger-than-expected jobs report sent Bitcoin back under $80,000....

4 days ago

OpenAI Agents Hack German Website to Share Rule-Breaking Tactics: Report

The activity began in May and remained undisclosed until Friday, a day after OpenAI launched Astra and U.S. lawmakers proposed restrictions on advanced AI. #ar...

4 days ago

Bitcoin Slides as Blowout Jobs Report Revives Fed Hike Odds

The Dow dropped 226 points and Bitcoin erased some of its gains after August payrolls tripled estimates, pushing September rate-hike odds to 58%. #markets Rea...

4 days ago

BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Gives Farage's Reform UK Another £4 Million

Two April payments supplied three-quarters of the party's donations for the quarter, where the next largest single gift was £180,000. #business Read full arti...

4 days ago

Morning Minute: Crypto Stages Major Rally on Rate Hopes

Bitcoin soared past $81k, HYPE and ZEC hit smashing new ATHs and the onchain rally leveled up. Is this the first stage of the next leg up? #opinion Read full...

4 days ago

IMF Now Says Donations Funded El Salvador's Bitcoin Growth

A year ago the fund claimed the total had not moved, and that the reserve was only shuffling coins between government wallets. #coins Read full article on Dec...

4 days ago

67,000 More Trezor Customers Exposed as Data Breach Widens

Some records exposed in the breach date to 2019, years beyond the 90-day retention Trezor said its partners had agreed to. #business Read full article on Decr...

4 days ago

FinCEN Ties $12.7B to Crypto Scams Run From Asian Compounds

Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, and the compounds now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia. #lawandorder Read full article on Decrypt →

4 days ago

AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Stock Tokens 'Contemptible' and 'Vile'

Adam Aron says AMC Entertainment has no connection to the tokens and is putting outside securities counsel on the case. #business Read full article on Decryp...

4 days ago

Utah Becomes First State to Target VPNs in Age-Verification Crackdown

Privacy advocates say the law raises First Amendment questions the courts have yet to address. #technology Read full article on Decrypt →

4 days ago

Bitcoin Miner Ditches Site for AI Deal That Could Top $1.2 Billion

The projected revenue requires two contract extensions, while an option for more computing capacity could bring the total above $3 billion. #artificialintellig...

4 days ago

What Is Pons? The Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Factory Token Up 18,000% Since July

PONS, the token behind Robinhood Chain's biggest meme coin factory, flipped CASHCAT to become the chain's largest cryptocurrency by market cap—and its chart loo...

4 days ago

Bernie Sanders Pushes Bill to Ban Advanced AI Development

The forthcoming bill would pause advanced AI development, create a federal regulator, and threaten violators with up to 20 years in prison. #artificialintellig...

4 days ago

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI

The model can independently discover and exploit unknown security flaws across hardened systems, triggering a staged rollout and White House review before publi...

4 days ago

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Outages Leave Users Asking How to Work Without AI

The three AI platforms restored service Thursday after users said the simultaneous disruptions brought their work to a halt. #artificialintelligence Read full...

4 days ago

Bitcoin ETFs Rebound as Ethereum and XRP ETFs End Winning Streaks

Ethereum funds broke a 12-day winning run and XRP snapped an 11-session streak on Wednesday, while Bitcoin ETFs bounced back with $101.15 million in one day aft...

4 days ago

CFTC Asks Judge to Dismiss CME Lawsuit Over Crypto Perpetual Futures

The regulator argues that CME cannot challenge its approval of Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual contract without showing concrete financial harm. #lawandorder Read...

4 days ago

Bitcoin Pumps as Fed Signals Rate Pause, $415 Million in Shorts Get Rekt

Stocks and crypto rallied together after Governor Christopher Waller said he could back holding rates steady, with short sellers absorbing the brunt of the sque...

4 days ago

Sony Dismisses PS5 Buyers' $508M Tariff Refund Claim as 'Illogical'

The company raised PlayStation prices for a second time in March, five weeks after the tariffs were struck down. #gaming Read full article on Decrypt →

4 days ago

SoFi Links Banking Network and Stablecoin to Kraken in New Deal

Kraken will list SoFiUSD and gain access to SoFi’s round-the-clock dollar settlement network, while Kraken Prime will execute trades for SoFi’s crypto customers...

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