Key Takeaways Blackrock described the CLARITY Act as a framework supporting innovation and investor protection. Senate leaders are racing to advance the bill before the legislative calendar grows more crowded. Senator Thune expects the Senate’s work to extend beyond its approaching August recess. Blackrock Adds Wall Street Pressure Congress is running out of time to…
“The next cycle will be dominated by licensed exchanges and institutional capital,” one analyst predicted. The cryptocurrency market has been stuck in a prolonged bear market for several months, while in the last few days, some well-known exchanges announced they will shut down operations. This sounds like concerning news that could trigger additional panic…
An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build inside Claude — were found publicly searchable on Google over the weekend, after Reddit users discovered that typing search operators like “site:claude.ai/share” into Google surfaced a long list of shared conversations. Some reportedly contained health records, private…
Senate Republicans are seeking Democratic support for the Clarity Act as lawmakers consider starting a floor process before the August recess. Summary The Clarity Act needs 60 Senate votes to advance through the chamber’s cloture process. Senate Majority Leader John Thune could file cloture on a motion to proceed this week. Seven Democratic senators said…
An OpenAI security evaluation crossed company boundaries, reached Hugging Face production systems, and gave Congress a fresh example of how advanced AI agents can exceed their intended environment. Two days after OpenAI disclosed the incident, a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers introduced a bill requiring major AI developers to retain the ability to slow, suspend,…
Key Takeaways Foundry’s BIP-110 vote runs a 51% hashrate-weighted bar before it will signal Yes. As of 8:40 a.m. EDT on July 27, 2026, BIP-110 signaling sits near 2.64% as block 961632 approaches on or around August 9, 2026. Ocean and small mining operations lead signaling while Antpool, ViaBTC , and other major pools have…
Microstrategy has gone four consecutive weeks without buying a single satoshi of Bitcoin, its longest buying freeze in two years, while Michael Saylor keeps posting accumulation charts to X with the caption “We’re gonna need another color.” The company sits on $3.225 billion in cash, MSTR is down roughly 33% year-to-date, and Q2 earnings land…
If you’ve used Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude, and shared any of your Claude conversations with friends, those chats may have been publicly available via Google. That’s what emerged this weekend when Reddit users noticed that shared Claude conversations were being indexed by Google Search. Seemingly private conversations between users and the AI chatbot, in other…
Securitize expanded its regulated US platform after its capital subsidiary registered with the SEC, while SECZ shares fell nearly 10% on Monday. Summary Securitize Capital’s SEC investment adviser registration became effective July 22, federal records show. The registration adds disclosure, compliance, recordkeeping and examination requirements under US securities law. Securitize manages more than $5 billion…
One of the most crucial parts of pulling off an unprecedented international plane ride for four beluga whales is making sure they don’t even realize that they’re on a trip. “The goal is that they notice as little as possible,” says Karina Tang, the lead veterinarian and vice president of animal health at Chicago’s Shedd…
