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US AI Kill Switch Act Puts Crypto Infrastructure Risk in Focus The proposed US AI Kill Switch Act would let the government order an emergency shutdown if an artificial intelligence model resisted control or pursued a goal its creators never intended. This is not abstract. The proposal f ...

BlackRock Backs Bitcoin Security Consortium Launch With $15m Fund BlackRock, Coinbase, Fidelity, Strategy and several crypto companies have formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium. The commitment is specific: $15m over three years for Bitcoin developers and network security research. The ...

Daily Crypto News Digest: Russia Regulates, Wanchain Hacked, Whales Buy ETH Tuesday, July 21st, was busy. Russia's State Duma passed a new crypto law. Wanchain lost $10 million in a hack, while large holders reportedly bought ETH. So investors and traders are staring at a split screen: g ...

Fiat Currency Lifespans and Bitcoin: A Warning for Risk Assets A chart from River puts the average lifespan of a fiat currency at 27 years. Many currencies in its dataset disappeared after hyperinflation or were replaced. That raises an awkward question: how dependable is the unit used ...

Bitcoin ETF Gold ETF Comparison: A Familiar Cycle Emerges Bitcoin ETFs have hit a rough patch. IBIT briefly crossed $100 billion in assets under management, then slipped when the market turned. Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas sees an echo of what gold ETFs went through more t ...

macOS Malware Targets Crypto Wallets, Puts Digital Assets at Risk A new strain of macOS malware is going after cryptocurrency holders. It hunts for several popular wallets and may hijack active Telegram Desktop sessions as well. Why does that matter? Because investors who store most of ...

Newhedge Turns Bitcoin Trading Into a Live Battlefield Newhedge has released "Bitcoin Battlefield," an interactive tool that turns BTC price action into a warzone. It looks like a game. It isn't one. The display runs on real market data, with whale trades and liquidations appearing as o ...

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Face Heavy Losses as Bear Market Grinds On "Only 13.5% of Bitcoin (BTC) held by short-term holders (STH) is currently profitable." Put bluntly, about 86.5% is underwater. That hurts. Those recent buyers are waiting for Bitcoin to revisit their ...

Trump's Crypto Play and Visa's Stablecoin Push Lead the Daily Crypto News Digest Thursday, July 16th, was hectic even for crypto. Donald Trump reportedly found a way to make money from his social media posts; Visa launched a stablecoin platform. One story mixes politics with personal pr ...

Ostium exchange hack on Arbitrum: $18 million loss puts DeFi security back under pressure Ostium, a decentralized exchange on Arbitrum, was hit by a security breach that drained $18,000,000, according to Blockaid. That is not pocket change. My take: this is exactly the kind of headline ...