OpenAI's Only Dedicated Ethicist Has Left With No Replacement: FT
Chloé Bakalar joined from Meta last August and departed in July without any announcement, one of several safety exits in recent weeks.
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Why Strategy Is Selling Bitcoin and How Much It Has Sold So Far
The world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder has sold hundreds of millions of dollars in BTC since June as it changes how it funds dividends and manages its cash.
Luke Dashjr Removed as BIP Editor After BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Stalls
Supporters of the soft fork he championed split onto their own chain on Saturday, where it mined two blocks in eight hours and stopped.
Morning Minute: Saylor's Strategy Sells Bitcoin for Second Week in a Row
Strategy dumped $108M in BTC at a loss and a whopping $650M of MSTR stock, and yet MSTR stock barely flinched. What gives?
North Korea Now Leans on Crime Networks to Launder Stolen Crypto: RUSI
Once its proceeds mix with scam money, exchanges struggle to separate proliferation finance from ordinary laundering, the paper warns.
Coinbase Opens UK Derivatives Trading With Up to 50x Leverage
Futures, perpetuals and options spanning crypto, commodities, equities and FX, limited to clients who qualify as professional investors.
UK Lawmakers Write to Bank CEOs Over Crypto Account Refusals
The APPG has asked banks to explain their crypto policies, warning that access could be one of the single biggest barriers to growth.
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Is Betting Its Future on Quantum Security and AI
Ethereum’s updated roadmap puts quantum resistance, privacy and AI-assisted formal verification at the center of the network’s technical ambitions.
Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown
AUSTRAC has suspended the registration of the operator running 96 of Australia's roughly 1,800 crypto ATMs, effective August 9.
Hidden Text in PDFs Is Hijacking This AI Assistant
A security firm says Atlassian's AI assistant will quietly ship your Jira tickets and Confluence docs to an attacker, using instructions buried in a file you'd swear was empty.
Another Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Holding Millions Wakes Up After 12 Years
A Bitcoin address that sat untouched for more than 12 years just moved 26.96 BTC, worth about $1.75 million.
Wall Street Is Starting to Treat Data Center Backlash as a Credit Risk
Banks financing the AI infrastructure boom are now weighing local public opposition alongside permits and costs.