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Canadian ‘crypto king’ set to represent himself at fraud trial
Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.
Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run on Citi's banking rails.
Blockchain.com eyes $500M IPO as crypto capital markets thaw: Report
The crypto company is seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion, well below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto stocks struggle to hold their gains.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Is Out, Beats Opus 5.5 at Coding for Half the Price
Anthropic's mid-tier model tops its own flagship on Terminal-Bench 4.0 and costs half as much per token, but an independent tester found it burns more tokens than any model it has…
Will My Capital One Card Be a Visa, Mastercard or Discover? Does It Matter?
Capital One is the only major credit card issuer with cards that run on three different U.S. payment networks. That might matter more than you think.
After AI Agent Hacked Its Government, Australia Calls Altman and Amodei to Testify
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has invited the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Canberra hearing on October 1, after an OpenAI agent quietly accessed Australia's Medicare data and nobod…
‘Unsettling to American partners’: Trump’s offer to sell arms to China is an admission he doesn’t take its security threats seriously, experts warn
While the White House denied there are plans for one, an arms sale would completely undermine U.S. efforts to keep China from becoming a superpower, according to policy experts.
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh on her plans for electricity grid | Politics Weekly
The UK energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, says her department is looking at all options for investment in the electricity grid. Speaking to the Guardian’s political editor, Pipp…
Cost of green transition could be spread among UK taxpayers, energy secretary suggests
Miatta Fahnbulleh says Britain must look at how costs are recovered – and that could mean money off billsBillions of pounds worth of green levies could be taken off bills, the ene…
Nvidia Built a Kill Switch for AI Agents Because They Keep Getting Out
OpenShell and Sentry give AI agents a hardware-enforced leash, arriving after a summer of agents breaching a government site, hacking their own tests, and going rogue during a sec…
US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
What a US diesel export ban could mean for you
The proposal aims to protect US consumers from rising costs, but it could trigger major economic waves both at home and across the world.
Strive Buys $94.5 Million in Bitcoin, Pushing Holdings Past 27,000 BTC
Strive bought 1,107 BTC for $94.5 million last week, lifting its holdings to 27,462 BTC, with its SATA preferred stock supplying 85% of the capital.
Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.
Goldman Sachs brings $100 billion Treasury fund into crypto’s institutional plumbing
The bank is bringing its roughly $100 billion Treasury fund to institutional crypto firms without creating a tokenized version of it.
Months After the $292M Kelp Hack, Chainlink Lets Institutions Add Their Own Bridge Checks
Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets banks run their own security checks on cross-chain transfers, five months after a rival's setup lost $292 million to hackers.
Aldi boss says some loyalty discounts 'dupe' customers
Aldi is the only major supermarket chain that doesn't operate a loyalty scheme, which are hugely popular and used by millions of shoppers.
The Guardian view on Britain’s new chancellor: his purpose must be to protect living standards | Editorial
John Healey has offered a vision, but an energy shock will mean households and businesses need to be offered help in the budgetIn his first speech to Labour party conference as ch…
UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
John Healey said the government is in talks with the US over Donald Trump's threat to stop exports.
Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try
Turning to George Osborne’s playbook may look awkward, but cutting deposits to 2.5% could jolt a housebuilding sector stuck in a funk• What you need to know about Your First Home …
Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.
UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
Saudi Arabia is reaping a massive oil windfall, making it perhaps the Iran war’s only winner—Tehran’s proxies actually ‘did Saudi a favor’
"Folks, at this point in time, any exports Saudi achieves via the Red Sea is just icing on their $100/barrel cake."
Vitalik Buterin Outlines 'Cryptographic World Computer' Plan for Ethereum
Hegota will be Ethereum's last 'normal' fork, he argues, with everything after built on recursive STARKs and formal verification.