US Treasury secretary emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s AI czar role: Report

US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching his service limit as a special government employee. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-treasury-secretary-emerges-as-contender-for-trumps-ai-czar-role?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

AI potential to drive crypto demand remains ‘underappreciated’: BlackRock

BlackRock says AI agents could drive demand for stablecoins and programmable payment rails, while tokenized computing capacity could create another opportunity for digital assets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-potential-to-drive-crypto-demand-remains-underappreciated-blackrock?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

CFTC issues warning over risky prediction market ‘mention’ contracts

The warning comes weeks after the CFTC fined a former White House teleprompter operator who made more than $107,000 trading prediction contracts tied to President Trump’s speeches. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-issues-warning-over-risky-prediction-market-mention-contracts?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Republican senator calls for probe into US presidents’ sons, citing crypto ventures

Many Democrats have previously called for investigations into the Trump family’s crypto ventures, but now a Republican is asking for an inquiry based on ties to the presidency. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-senator-probe-donald-trump-hunter-biden-crypto-business?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound