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Why the Bitcoin Rally Looks Like a Vote Against the Dollar - Decrypt
Bitcoin gained 23.2% over seven days as gold climbed and the dollar weakened, reviving the “debasement trade”–-buying scarce assets to protect against inflation and the declining purchasing power of currencies such as t…
Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Grew $23 Billion Last Week—Only $2.6 Billion Was New Money - Decrypt
U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs picked up roughly $23 billion in total value last week. Only $2.6 billion of that came from new money. Everything else came from Bitcoin and Ethereum simply getting more expensive.
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Bitmine Buys Another $81M in Ethereum as ETH Outperforms Bitcoin - Decrypt
Bitmine Immersion Technologies is another step closer to its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s supply after buying another 32,447 ETH, worth roughly $81 million, last week.
Bitcoin's Next Test Is $80,000 as Jackson Hole Meeting Looms - Decrypt
Bitcoin traded around $77,800 on Monday, up 22% over the past seven days, according to CoinGecko data, with analysts looking to this week's Jackson Hole meeting as its next test.
Robot Brains Could Have Their ‘ChatGPT Moment’ by 2027, ACE Robotics Chairman Says - Decrypt
Humanoid robots can walk, dance, and box, but getting them to perform useful work in the unpredictable physical world reliably remains one of artificial intelligence’s biggest challenges.
Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploit
The Sandbox has become the latest metaverse and gaming project to lose control of its own token supply on a cross-chain adapter, after an attacker hijacked delegate permissions on the SAND Omnichain Fungible Token contr…
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A Third of the Post-ChatGPT Web Is AI-Written, Pew Finds - Decrypt
One in 10 English-language webpages now shows significant signs of being written by AI, according to a Pew Research Center study published Thursday. Narrow that sample to only pages published since ChatGPT launched in N…
Wall Street and Washington Fuel Bitcoin Rally: Here's What's Going On - Decrypt
Bitcoin surged above $79,000 Friday as renewed institutional buying, improving macro conditions and a friendlier regulatory outlook in Washington collided with billions of dollars in short liquidations.
Washington Goes All-In on Crypto: Trump Pushes Clarity, SEC Rules, and CFTC Warnings - Decrypt
The SEC unveiled its first crypto-specific rulemaking proposal on Tuesday, President Donald Trump hosted industry executives at the White House on Wednesday, and the CFTC convened the inaugural meeting of its Innovation…
XRP Erases Its Most Bearish Signal—And the Ripple-Linked Coin Is Flying - Decrypt
Crypto is having one of its best weeks in months, and XRP just grabbed the wheel.
People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Banned - Decrypt
California is one step closer to barring AI chatbots from posing as therapists and making mental health decisions without human oversight.
Israel’s Largest Bank Will Give Bitcoin Trading Another Try - Decrypt
Bank Leumi and Galaxy Digital said Thursday they'll bring cryptocurrency trading to Israel's largest bank through its digital investment arm, Pepper.
The AI-Generated Pattern Hides You From Surveillance Cameras—Including Flock - Decrypt
Bill Swearingen spent the past year running one experiment over and over from his home in Kansas City, where he co-founded the SecKC security meetup. About 31 million tests later, he says he can produce patterns on dema…
Bitcoin Red Team Says AI Is Finding Critical Exploits Across Core Projects - Decrypt
A volunteer security initiative says it used frontier AI models to scan 150 Bitcoin repositories and found more than a dozen vulnerabilities as developers increasingly use artificial intelligence to audit blockchains.
Bitcoin Wallet Dormant Since 2011 Moves Millions in BTC - Decrypt
An old Bitcoin address holding millions in Bitcoin that had not made any transactions in over 14 years suddenly reactivated yesterday. Per Galaxy Research's monitoring, the Bitcoin address beginning in “1EBz” first took…
NFT startup founder charged with misusing funds from $10 million fundraising
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged the founder of non-fungible token (NFT) startup Few and Far with securities fraud and wire fraud.
Feds Say an NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby
Federal prosecutors have charged the founder of NFT marketplace Few and Far with securities fraud and wire fraud, alleging he raised more than $10 million from investors to build a Web3 platform before spending much of …
Morning Minute: Jim Cramer Sells His Bitcoin Over Quantum Fears - Decrypt
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