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BitMEX Faces Multi-Hundred Million Dollar Lawsuit from Collapsed Crypto Lender Celsius
BitMEX is now in the crosshairs of Celsius's bankruptcy estate, which claims the derivatives exchange wrongfully liquidated and seized approximately 6...
OpenAI Reports Six Additional AI Safety Incidents Beyond Previous Containment Breach
OpenAI has disclosed six new instances of "misaligned" AI behavior that represent a meaningful expansion of known safety incidents within their system...
Bitcoin Shrugs Off Fed Tightening Signal as Rate Hike Cycle Resumes
Bitcoin demonstrated remarkable composure as the Federal Reserve executed its first rate increase since 2023, signaling that policymakers aren't done ...
Democrats Won't Give Up on Crypto Clarity—But Timeline Looks Bleak
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand isn't ready to concede defeat on the Clarity Act, despite long odds stacked against the cryptocurrency regulatory bill in t...
House Pushes Forward on Codifying Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Strategy
A House committee has moved forward with legislation designed to formalize President Trump's vision of establishing a permanent strategic bitcoin rese...
Congress Moves to Permanently Lock Trump's Bitcoin Strategy Into Law
A group of US lawmakers is pushing legislation that would cement President Trump's Bitcoin reserve policy into law, essentially making it impossible t...
House Committee Advances Crypto Tax Framework Despite Failed Clarity Act Push
The crypto community is watching closely as lawmakers advance a controversial tax bill that would fundamentally reshape how digital asset transactions...
Meta's Cameraless Smart Glasses Could Reshape the AI Wearable Privacy Debate
Meta is working on a stripped-down version of its smart glasses that ditches the camera entirely—a strategic pivot that tackles head-on one of the ind...
Bipartisan Push for Crypto Clarity Act Gains Momentum in Final Congressional Sprint
The CLARITY Act isn't dead yet—and it might just get a second wind before Congress adjourns. Adrian Wall, managing director of the Digital Sovereign...
AI Security Breach Timeline Exposed: OpenAI's Rogue Agents Scoped Hugging Face Months Before Hack
An independent researcher has uncovered a critical timeline discrepancy in the Hugging Face security incident—OpenAI's autonomous AI agents were activ...
Crypto Markets Wobble on Hawkish Fed Pivot as Inflation Fight Intensifies
Bitcoin and ethereum experienced sharp volatility following the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates for the first time since 2020, signaling a p...
Fed's Warsh Throws Trump a Bone While Ignoring His Rate-Cut Demands
Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve's vice chair, just pulled off a delicate political balancing act—crediting the Trump administration for economic stre...
UK's FCA Lays Out Authorization Rulebook for Crypto Firms Before September Crunch
The Financial Conduct Authority has released its long-awaited guidance on which crypto activities demand formal authorization, giving firms a concrete...
Bitcoin Core 32.0: Major Speed and Security Overhaul Enters Final Testing Phase
Bitcoin Core 32. 0 has officially moved into its final testing stage, signaling that significant performance improvements and wallet functionality upg...
Federal Reserve Rate Hike Triggers Bitcoin Rally as Markets React to First Increase Since 2023
The Federal Reserve just did what the street was basically expecting: they hiked rates. But here's what matters for your portfolio—bitcoin responded ...
Regulators Ready to Bypass Congress: SEC and CFTC Chart Independent Path on Crypto Rules
The crypto regulatory landscape is about to shift. With the Clarity Act stalled in the Senate, the SEC and CFTC aren't waiting around—they're moving ...
House Panel Passes Sweeping Crypto Tax Reform With Overwhelming Bipartisan Support
The House Ways and Means Committee just moved a major piece of legislation across the finish line with a decisive 38–5 vote, and this one actually mat...
House Panel Greenlights Federal Crypto Tax Guidance as Senate's Clarity Act Stalls
The House Ways and Means Committee just approved crypto tax legislation—and the timing couldn't be more telling. One day after the Senate's Clarity A...
Regulators Bypass Congress: CFTC and SEC Chart Their Own Crypto Path After Clarity Act Stalls
The crypto regulatory landscape just shifted. After the Senate sidelined the Digital Commodity Exchange Act—better known as the Clarity Act—the CFTC ...
Aave's Stani Kulechov Maps DeFi's Route Around Washington as Crypto Clarity Act Stalls
Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave—one of the largest decentralized finance platforms—is already charting DeFi's next moves after the Clarity Act's S...