The Japanese Cabinet reclassified crypto as a financial instrument and will enforce insider trading bans and annual disclosure mandates for issuers. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-approves-bill-classify-cryptocurrencies-financial-instruments?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF inflows $269M, marking a 5-week high
Fidelity and Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETFs also saw a combined $68.2 million in inflows, while four other Bitcoin ETFs also tallied inflows on Thursday. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-biggest-btc-etf-inflow-in-month?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado arguing its AI rules restrict speech
The AI company argued that such rules would force it to feed its AI chatbot Grok with data aligned with Colorado’s political views rather than striving to be “maximally truth seeking.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/xai-sues-colorado-over-ai-law-restricting-free-speech?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests
The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-x402-rolls-out-usage-based-pricing-agentic-ai?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin can be made quantum-safe without a protocol upgrade: Researcher
However, it could cost users between $75 and $150 per transaction in GPU computing power, limiting its practical use. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/researchers-say-bitcoin-can-be-made-quantum-safe-without-protocol-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
OKX Ventures, HashKey back VPBank-linked CAEX for Vietnam crypto pilot push
OKX Ventures and HashKey are buying into VPBank-backed CAEX as Vietnam’s strict crypto pilot pushes offshore exchanges toward a high-bar, onshore licensing regime. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/okx-and-hashkey-back-vpbank-linked-bid-for-vietnam-s-tight-crypto-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitmine uplists to the NYSE, share buyback increased to $4B
A listing on the NYSE requires a company to meet strict requirements covering financial health, share distribution and corporate governance. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmine-nyse-listing-4b-share-buyback-ethereum?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
CIA to integrate AI ‘co-workers’ to process intelligence, catch spies
The CIA has already tested AI across 300 projects to process large data sets, assist with language translation and publish reports. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cia-ai-co-workers-help-intelligence-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Ex-SEC, Coinbase staffer becomes Securitize president
Newly appointed company president Brett Redfearn briefly worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and served for more than three years at the SEC. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-official-securitize-president-board?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin rally extends toward $73K despite concerning US economic data
Bitcoin continues to show strength even as US recession risks rise and the fragile ceasefire with Iran begins to show cracks. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-rally-extends-toward-73k-despite-concerning-us-economic-data?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound