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Utah Becomes First State to Target VPNs in Age-Verification Crackdown
Privacy advocates say the law raises First Amendment questions the courts have yet to address.
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Decrypt
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Bitcoin Miner Ditches Site for AI Deal That Could Top $1.2 Billion
The projected revenue requires two contract extensions, while an option for more computing capacity could bring the total above $3 billion.
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What Is Pons? The Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Factory Token Up 18,000% Since July
PONS, the token behind Robinhood Chain's biggest meme coin factory, flipped CASHCAT to become the chain's largest cryptocurrency by market cap—and its chart looks like a hockey stick.
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Bernie Sanders Pushes Bill to Ban Advanced AI Development
The forthcoming bill would pause advanced AI development, create a federal regulator, and threaten violators with up to 20 years in prison.
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OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI
The model can independently discover and exploit unknown security flaws across hardened systems, triggering a staged rollout and White House review before public access.
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As Public Fury Mounts, Texas Pulls the Plug on Flock Surveillance Funding
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop paying for the AI-powered license-plate readers as privacy concerns and officer-misuse scandals mount across Texas.
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Strive Adds $143 Million in Bitcoin as Treasury Firms Pile Back In
The Nasdaq-listed asset manager paid an average of $79,431 per coin, lifting its total stash to 23,156 BTC amid a wave of renewed treasury buying.
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George Santos Bet on Whether He’d Show Up to the State of the Union—Kalshi Just Banned Him for Life
The exchange found the former congressman placed large trades on his own State of the Union attendance, then made false statements to move prices, profiting nearly $18,000.
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XRP ETFs Extend Inflow Streak to 9 Days, Pulling In $1.6 Billion Since Launch
Spot XRP funds have drawn inflows for nine straight days, reaching $1.6 billion in cumulative net inflows even as the token's price cools.
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Russia’s Sberbank Sees $46 Billion in Crypto Trading, Plans Ethereum and USDT-Backed Loans
Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov told state media that trading could hit 4 trillion rubles in its first year, as the bank prepares to broaden crypto-backed lending once regulators sign off.
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Ethereum ETFs Take $226M in a Day, Almost Matching Bitcoin’s Haul
Nine straight sessions have brought in $1.4 billion, with Thursday marking the funds' strongest day in 10 months.
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Morning Minute: Solana Jumps with Network Inflation Set to Drop
Two majors proposals are set to pass, its leading DATs are back, and Schwab is offering SOL to its clients—quite the setup for Solana.
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UK Police Seize $1.4M in Bitcoin Traced to Shuttered Darknet Markets
The 20.21 BTC was linked to marketplaces running between 2016 and 2019, and the man who held it died before it was forfeited.
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240 Crypto Millionaires Booked Over Half of Britain’s Taxable Crypto Gains
HMRC's first breakdown shows 17,600 people declared £1.38 billion, most of them under 55 and 87% of them men.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Retaliated Against Anthropic Over AI Red Lines
Rita Lin vacated the supply chain designation and issued a permanent injunction, refusing the government even a seven-day stay.
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No, Ledger Wasn’t Hacked: Vulnerable Ethereum App Was Patched Before Exploit, Company Says
OneKey demonstrated how an outdated Ethereum app could sign a transaction different from the one shown on a Ledger device, but the wallet maker says the vulnerability had already been…
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Bitcoin Eyes Major Resistance as Jackson Hole Kicks Off With Unusual Fed Agenda
BTC is holding above $80,000 into a Fed symposium that, for the first time in 40 years, is built around crypto's own turf—payments and financial infrastructure.
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Why Nvidia’s Acquisition of Hugging Face Would Reshape Open-Source AI
The chipmaker's reported acquisition would concentrate the open-source AI pipeline inside one company, from silicon to distribution — with consequences for builders and users alike.
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Bitcoin Could Overtake Gold in the Next Bull Run: Binance Founder CZ
Gold is worth around ten times more than BTC, Changpeng Zhao said, noting that countries face a years-long process to "shift into Bitcoin."
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AI Finds Critical Flaw in Bitcoin Lightning, Devs Issue Emergency Warning
The Lightning software project said it is preparing fixes after confirming that several AI-generated vulnerability reports were accurate.