The Smarter Web Company sold 177.89 BTC at $65,762 to repay $11.7 million to TOBAM early, cancelling 7.7 million in potential share issuance. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
He said demand for bullion continues to broaden, led by central banks that have been adding to their reserves alongside growing private-sector interest. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story
The company’s “Everything Exchange” is heading north. No launch date set yet, but the Coinbase Canada CEO says phase two for the company is in motion. Source: decrypt.co Read Full Story
As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among U.S. companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
BIS says that FX restrictions and capital controls are less effective against stablecoins than against foreign currency bank deposits. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack. Source: www.wired.com Read Full Story
Financial services company Block Inc. today launched Buzz, a free open-source workspace built for teams of humans and AI agents. The agents are full members with their own accounts, not chatbots answering prompts. Buzz combines team chat with code hosting and automated workflows, and Block is going after companies that now run their work across…
According to one lawyer testifying before a House subcommittee hearing, the CLARITY Act could grant the CFTC the authority it needs to address the “explosive growth of prediction markets.” Source: cointelegraph.com Read Full Story
OpenAI’s own models just broke out of a sandboxed environment, hacked Hugging Face, just to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation. Source: decrypt.co Read Full Story
The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another layer of innovation that makes them possible: advanced materials. Every new generation of AI technology demands more processing power, more memory, greater energy efficiency, and…