Lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI goes rogue
US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the public.
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UK mortgage rates rise to highest level for a month
UK average mortgage rates have risen back to the level of a month ago as renewed tensions in the Middle East feed through to homeowners.
Coinbase lets businesses accept USDC payments from AI agents
Coinbase is expanding its push into AI-powered finance, enabling businesses to accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents as part of a broader expansion of its payment, trading and developer tools.
UK complacent about war threat, warns BAE boss
The UK has been too complacent about the risk of foreign attack, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor BAE Systems has warned.
Nasdaq-Listed Zhibao Wants a Bitcoin Treasury, Plans to Sell $220M in Stock for BTC
Zhibao Technology Inc., a Nasdaq-listed Shanghai-based company that sells digital insurance products in China, announced Wednesday that it has signed a non-binding term sheet to receive roughly 3,500 Bitcoin as payment …
Bitcoin May Have Already Bottomed—If the Fed Helps, Says Grayscale
Crypto asset manager Grayscale published a note Wednesday with a headline argument: Bitcoin's bear market may already be over—if the Federal Reserve doesn't raise rates.
Goldman Sachs CEO Breaks With Wall Street to Back Crypto Clarity Act
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon has come out in favor of the Clarity Act, positioning one of Wall Street's biggest banks apart from much of the industry as the crypto market-structure bill approaches a poss…
Lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI models go rogue
US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the public.
Robinhood CEO’s X account hacked in apparent memecoin scam
A hacker reportedly took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account to promote a fake “VLAD” memecoin, posting what appeared to be a malicious token contract address.
Crypto industry to contribute $55B to US economy in 2026: NCA study
The research released by the organization said that crypto companies will directly or indirectly lead to 232,000 jobs across the entire US economy in 2026.
Black Forest Labs Unveils FLUX 3 AI: Ditches Stills for Video—And Robot Hands
Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 on Thursday, and for the first time, the company’s flagship model generates video instead of just still images. The German AI lab, known for the FLUX line of image generators, trained t…
SEC Plans Roundtable Meeting for 24-Hour Stock Trading Just Like Crypto
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TRX Price Eyes $0.45 as TRON’s Stablecoin Activity Rivals Solana
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Ethereum nears market bottom against Bitcoin, though key signals remain unconfirmed: CryptoQuant
Ether trades below its realized price while onchain indicators point to easing selling pressure and recovering demand, though a definitive cycle bottom has yet to emerge.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy
Robinhood (HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised on Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin as traders have piled into tokens on the brokerage's recently-launched blockchain network.
Here’s why the CLARITY Act’s ethics deal may be so hard to reach
Both parties say they want US crypto market structure legislation, but a dispute over ethics rules and who enforces them is becoming the bill’s biggest obstacle.
Clarity Act expected to miss its window before Congress' summer break, leadership says
Industry and congressional negotiators working on crypto market structure legislation had focused on August 7 as the day that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act needed to get done if it were to have a reasonable chanc…
Bitcoin Indicators Flag Best Entry Point for Long-Term Investors
Long-term Bitcoin investors are now primed for accumulation as the Bitcoin Sharpe Ratio and the 200-week SMA are indicating final capitulation phases.
Can RIF Price Rally Continue After 70% Surge? Rootstock’s Bitcoin DeFi Growth Fuels Optimism
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BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy Pledge $15M to Quantum-Proof Bitcoin
Nine of the biggest institutional names in Bitcoin went public today with a joint initiative to fund the network's long-term security—including defenses against quantum computers—backed by a combined $15 million in memb…
SpaceX Stock Price Falls 49% Ahead of $116 Billion Share Lock-Up Expiry
SpaceX stock has fallen 49% from $225.64 to $115, marking its lowest level since listing. The next major event comes on August 6, when about 911.5 million shares, valued at roughly $116 billion, become eligible for trad…
Burnham says 20% business rates cut for English pubs 'a first step'
Pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England will be given a 20% cut to business rates from April, with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling it a "first step" to help the industry.
Strategy-led group pledges $15M to quantum-proof Bitcoin network
A consortium led by Strategy and BlackRock has pledged $15 million to secure the Bitcoin network from the threat of a quantum computing breakthrough.
Brazilian Farmers Are Tokenizing Cows to Get Farm Loans—And It's Working
Ten cows on a dairy farm in Paraná, Brazil, just became the first livestock collateral formally registered on the country's stock exchange. The deal—backed by blockchain-tracked animals wearing AI-powered sensor collars…