On August 4, Grant De Swardt, an independent AI consultant in East Sussex, U.K., noticed something strange going on with his Claude Max 20x account. He hadn’t been working that day, yet his token usage was climbing. The next day, he disabled everything he had attached to Claude and did not work with it. Token…
Key Takeaways Strategy’s $250 bitcoin-themed Jordans sold out, but the kicker is you can’t actually pay with BTC. Bitcoin fans on X are roasting Strategy in 2026 for taking cards and Apple Pay, but giving BTC the cold shoulder. Saylor just put $176 million into STRC while Strategy’s BTC buying sits on ice, leaving its…
What it used to take up to two business days was settled for minutes during the weekend. DBS and Citi settled a US dollar cross-border payment between Singapore and New York on September 5 using tokenized deposits on SWIFT’s shared ledger, clearing the transfer in minutes over a weekend when a conventional payment can…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday that advanced AI could become an “existential risk to humanity” without binding rules, independent oversight and firm limits. Speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Türk said the technology should not be governed solely by the companies building it. He said he plans…
Kalshi has lost an emergency injunction request at the 10th Circuit, leaving Utah free to enforce its gambling laws while the prediction market operator pursues its appeal. Summary The 10th Circuit denied Kalshi’s request for an injunction pending appeal. Utah may now bring civil or criminal enforcement action against the prediction market operator. States have…
Causing mayhem is a Grand Theft Auto tradition. But in GTA 6, the game may track exactly how far you take things — until you cross a line where it stops judging your actions altogether. Rockstar will reportedly introduce a “Criminal Profile” that tracks what kind of outlaw you become. It sounds a little like…
Key Takeaways Strive grabbed 1,375 bitcoin for $109M last week, lifting its stash to 24,531 BTC. Strive’s ASST is on a tear, jumping 114% in 30 days as its bitcoin bet keeps growing. Matt Cole says SATA has hit $999M, leaving Strive just a hair shy of the $1B mark. Strive Adds 1,375 Bitcoin as…
Declining Chainlink whale transactions and rising exchange balances create fresh selling concerns. Chainlink has staged a strong rally after the mid-August breakout. But its momentum may be cooling down. A new analysis suggests that LINK’s latest price move is facing several signs of caution after it surged 95% from around $7 to a recent…
In June, the UK government told Big Tech it had three months to make taking, viewing, or sharing images of child nudity on their devices impossible. “I expect tech firms to make that happen,” said then prime minister Keir Starmer. “But if they choose not to, then we will act and change the law.” That…
The Sejm fell 25 votes short of overriding President Nawrocki’s veto, leaving Poland as the only EU member state without a domestic crypto licensing framework and forcing roughly 2,000 firms into regulatory exile. Summary Poland’s lower house voted 241 to 198 to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto, falling 25 votes short of the 266 needed…
