Ethereum’s transparent smart contracts could address the “black box” problem of Big Tech controlling AI, said Eric Connor. There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer.  Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with...Continue Reading

Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold Palacios has vetoed a bill that would have allowed a local government in the US territory to launch its own stablecoin. The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, a small Pacific US territory just north of Guam, has killed the legislation that would have allowed one of the territory’s local...Continue Reading

The US is exploring every option to fund America’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, according to White House crypto council executive director Bo Hines. The US is exploring many ways to increase its Bitcoin reserve without taxpayer dollars, including through tariff revenue and revaluing the government’s gold certificates, according to the executive director of the Trump administration’s...Continue Reading

Meta says people’s private messages with friends and family and public data from account holders under the age of 18 are still off-limits for AI training. Tech giant Meta has been given the green light from the European Union’s data regulator to train its artificial intelligence models using publicly shared content across its social media...Continue Reading

Emblem Vault CEO Jake Gallen says he lost over $100,000 in digital assets after a suspicious meeting on Zoom. The chief executive of non-fungible token platform Emblem Vault is warning X users to be wary of the video meeting app Zoom after a nefarious threat actor known as “ELUSIVE COMET” recently stole over $100,000 of...Continue Reading

First-quarter growth in Bitcoin trading volume reflects members’ long-term confidence in BTC despite its underperformance, said Xapo Bank. Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank, a private bank and Bitcoin custodian, reported a surge in Bitcoin trading volumes in the first quarter as its high-net-worth members scooped up Bitcoin amid market turbulence.  Xapo Bank said that Q1 trading volume...Continue Reading

Cybersecurity experts are speculating the KiloEX exploit was likely caused by a price oracle issue, where the price of assets was manipulated. Decentralized exchange KiloEX has confirmed it has suspended usage of its platform and is tracing stolen funds after suffering a $7.5 million exploit.  The exploit has been contained, with use of the platform...Continue Reading

At least twelve public companies bought Bitcoin for the first time in Q1 2025, helping to push total public firms’ Bitcoin holdings up to a value of around $57 billion. The amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to crypto fund...Continue Reading

Stablecoin firm Tether said it will direct its Bitcoin hash rate to OCEAN’s mining pool as part of its mission to make Bitcoin block building more decentralized. Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced it intends to deploy its existing and future Bitcoin hashrate to OCEAN’s Bitcoin mining pool in an effort to strengthen the network’s decentralization....Continue Reading

Despite leading pro-Bitcoin administrations, Trump and Bukele left crypto off the table during an April 14 White House meeting. US President Donald Trump hosted El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele at the White House on April 14, with talks centered on trade and immigration, excluding Bitcoin from the public agenda. Pressing issues of migration and bilateral...Continue Reading