Anthropic’s latest chatbot launch was tainted with controversy after users took issue with the behavior of a model in testing, which could report users to authorities.
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Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K Leveraged speculation in the Bitcoin futures market is at peak levels as traders hope for new highs.
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Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger Outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger says crypto perpetual futures contracts could be “trading live very soon” in the US.
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Feds charge Amalgam founder with stealing $1M via ‘sham’ blockchain Jeremy Jordan-Jones was charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, making false statements to a bank and identity theft.
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF notches 2-week high inflow as BTC nears $112K Trading volume for BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF surged to its highest level since January, when Bitcoin hit a peak that it held for months.
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Bitcoin continues rally to surpass $110K for the first time Bitcoin has topped $110,000 for the first time ever, following a 3% gain over the last 24 hours.
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SEC’s Crenshaw says agency playing ‘regulatory Jenga’ with crypto The SEC's sole Democratic commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, claims the regulator’s “about-face” on crypto undermines the agency’s credibility.
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JPMorgan boss says bank users can soon buy Bitcoin JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he will allow his bank's customers to buy Bitcoin, but the bank will not custody it.
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Metaplanet scoops 1,004 Bitcoin in 2nd-biggest buy ever Japanese investment firm Metaplanet now holds 7,800 Bitcoin, worth more than $800 million, after it made its second-largest single Bitcoin purchase.
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Coinbase faces lawsuit over alleged breaches of Illinois biometric privacy law Coinbase users claimed the exchange failed to notify them about the collection, storage, sharing and retention schedule of their biometric data.
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Bitcoin notches record weekly close after highest-ever daily close candle Bitcoin came just shy of $106,500 in its highest-ever weekly close, bringing the original cryptocurrency less than 3% away from its all-time high.
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Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked Starknet has $629 million in value locked, making it the top ZK-rollup-based layer-2 and reached a decentralization milestone, operating with limited “training wheels.”
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Grok 'white genocide' rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI An “unauthorized modification” made to the chatbot’s response prompt made Grok go off the rails, according to Elon Musk’s AI firm.
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Coinbase drops 7% on customer breach, SEC probe into user numbers The Securities and Exchange Commission has questioned Coinbase’s 2021 claim that it had more than 100 million “verified users” in the ongoing investigation.
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Telegram shuts ‘largest darknet marketplace to have ever existed’ Haowang Guarantee, formerly Huione Guarantee, has announced that it will cease operations following a massive Telegram purge of merchant accounts.
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Coinbase eyes more deals after $2.9B Deribit acquisition “We are always looking at M&A opportunities,” said the Coinbase chief executive, Brian Armstrong, following the Deribit deal.
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Synthetix makes $27M bid to re-acquire crypto options platform Derive Synthetix has floated acquiring Derive in a $27 million token exchange deal, subject to approval from both of the crypto platforms communities.
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Thailand to tokenize $150M government bonds for retail investors: Report The Thai government says retail investors will get the chance to buy tokenized government bonds for as little as $3.
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Illicit $8B crypto market Xinbi incorporated in Colorado: Elliptic Elliptic reports that Xinbi Guarantee has received $8.4 billion, primarily in stablecoin transactions, to facilitate money laundering and scamming in Southeast Asia.
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Craig Wright sent enemies to legal ‘hell,’ says judge in restraining order Craig Wright’s actions have “caused significant disruption to innovation in an important technology industry,” said a British High Court judge.
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Hodl my beer: Businesses are the biggest Bitcoin buyers this year Strategy leads the corporate pack with 77% of the growth in Bitcoin holdings so far this year, according to River.
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Uniswap becomes first DEX to hit $3T in all-time volume The decentralized exchange has hit a total volume milestone, but TVL remains about half of what it was in 2021.
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Metaplanet now holds more Bitcoin than El Salvador Japanese investment firm Metaplanet now holds 6,796 Bitcoin, currently worth more than $700 million.
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US-China trade deal could shed light on Bitcoin’s use case: Trader If the trade uncertainty was driving Bitcoin momentum, it should stop outperforming once a trade deal is announced, says an analyst.
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Bitcoin accepted at fast food chain Steak ’n Shake from May 16 Diners will soon be able to pay for their steaks with satoshis at the American fast food outlet.
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Apple makes progress toward its first pair of smart glasses: Report Apple is reportedly planning to take on Meta with rival smart glasses powered by a new line of microchips.
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Rumble CEO confirms Tether-collab crypto wallet to launch in Q3 The video streaming platform is entering a crowded market for non-custodial Bitcoin wallets.
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G7 summit could discuss North Korea’s crypto hacks: Report Bloomberg reports that North Korea's crypto hacks and cyber attacks could be put up for discussion at next month's G7 summit in Alberta, Canada.
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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF clocks 16 days of inflow as BTC reclaims $97K BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, the largest US Bitcoin ETF, has accumulated around $4.7 billion in inflows since early April.
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Coinbase x402 payments protocol to make AI agents more autonomous The x402 protocol could transform AI agents from tools that require constant human interaction into autonomous economic actors.