Live updates: Bitcoin climbs past $79,000 as Brent Crude tops $100 for first time since July
The Japanese yen extended its rally against the greenback, briefly strengthening past 153 per dollar.
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning on AI that echoes 'The Terminator' script
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation.
Gemini receives Singapore payment license for crypto services
Gemini’s local entity is authorized to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services without standard transaction-volume limits.Crypto exchange Gemini has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), completing its transition from the in-principle approval granted nearly two years ago. On Wednesday, Gemini said MAS awarded the license…
Hunter Biden defends LAPTOP ahead of Wednesday launch, calls TRUMP a ‘grift’
Biden says the token is about “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will give coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models
Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models.
Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul
Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale’s new fund crossed half a billion dollars.
Cybercrime ringleader Malone Lam pleads guilty in $245M crypto theft conspiracy
US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that targeted cryptocurrency holders through social engineering and home break-ins.Singaporean national Malone Lam pleaded guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy that used social engineering and home break-ins to steal and launder more than $245 million in cryptocurrency.On Tuesday, the US Justice Department said that Lam organized…
New York town weighs crypto mining and AI data center ban
One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and other crypto mining operations.The town of Plattsburgh in New York state held a public hearing to discuss a temporary land use moratorium for operations including AI data centers and crypto…
Franklin Templeton digital asset veteran takes helm at StablecoinX
Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.StablecoinX appointed former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen as CEO, putting him in charge of the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.Jensen succeeds Ted Chen, who led StablecoinX through its public listing in June…
Bybit launches 24/7 perpetuals for major currency pairs
Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit has launched USDT-settled perpetual contracts tracking three major foreign currency pairs, adding FX to its growing lineup of traditional finance derivatives.The contracts cover EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, tracking movements in the underlying currency pairs…
