Google Is Paying $10 Million to Use Spirit Airlines Data to Train Its AI Models
The bankrupt airline’s internal communications and business records could soon be used to improve Google’s AI systems.
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Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody as Wall Street Pushes Deeper Into Crypto
The banking giant plans to let institutional clients hold Bitcoin and traditional assets through the same custody framework.
Japan's Metaplanet Plants Its Flag in the US With $132M Bitcoin Treasury Deal
The Tokyo-listed firm will seed gaming media company Super League—to be renamed Superplanet and trade as SUPA—with 2,100 BTC.
Bitcoin Wallet Untouched for 15 Years Suddenly Springs to Life
The address received 8.54 BTC in June 2011 when the coin traded around $14 and stayed silent for 15 years before moving roughly $538,000 in a single transaction.
Morning Minute: PUMP Prints First Golden Cross as Revenue Hits Seven-Month High
Plus, Ethereum researchers are prioritizing privacy; Robinhood is rolling out agentic trading; and Ansem debuts his own launchpad.
Chainalysis Sues US Government Over $94.6M ICE Contract Handed to Rival TRM Labs
The bid protest, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, challenges ICE's sole-source award for blockchain forensic tools, pitting the two biggest names in crypto tracing against each other.
Bitpanda Hit With Europe's First Published MiCA Penalty in Austria
Austria's Financial Market Authority fined the Vienna-based exchange 70,000 euros for procedural and disclosure breaches, an early marker of how EU regulators intend to enforce the bloc's new crypto rulebook.
Kraken Parent Payward Joins Glasswing, Gets Access to Claude Mythos to Hunt Security Flaws
Payward is joining Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s program for giving vetted organizations access to its powerful cybersecurity AI.
Minnesota Says xAI's Grok Created 'Marketplace for Digital Sexual Violence'
Elon Musk’s AI firm says the state’s first-of-its-kind nudification ban violates the First Amendment. Minnesota says it regulates a tool, not speech.
Prediction Markets Give the Fed 74% Odds of Standing Pat in September
Traders across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad are leaning the same way: no change at the September meeting.
Treasury Proposes Rules Defining Who Can Legally Sell Stablecoins in US
Exchanges and other crypto platforms would face new restrictions on selling stablecoins to US customers beginning in 2027.
OpenAI’s Answer to Rogue Agents and Hacks Is More AI, Not Less
OpenAI President Greg Brockman's new essay cites his company's own hack of Hugging Face to push urgent AI-powered defense.