BitMEX Co-Founder Ben Delo Gives Farage's Reform UK Another £4 Million
Two April payments supplied three-quarters of the party's donations for the quarter, where the next largest single gift was £180,000.
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Morning Minute: Crypto Stages Major Rally on Rate Hopes
Bitcoin soared past $81k, HYPE and ZEC hit smashing new ATHs and the onchain rally leveled up. Is this the first stage of the next leg up?
IMF Now Says Donations Funded El Salvador's Bitcoin Growth
A year ago the fund claimed the total had not moved, and that the reserve was only shuffling coins between government wallets.
67,000 More Trezor Customers Exposed as Data Breach Widens
Some records exposed in the breach date to 2019, years beyond the 90-day retention Trezor said its partners had agreed to.
FinCEN Ties $12.7B to Crypto Scams Run From Asian Compounds
Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, and the compounds now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia.
AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Stock Tokens 'Contemptible' and 'Vile'
Adam Aron says AMC Entertainment has no connection to the tokens and is putting outside securities counsel on the case.
Utah Becomes First State to Target VPNs in Age-Verification Crackdown
Privacy advocates say the law raises First Amendment questions the courts have yet to address.
Bitcoin Miner Ditches Site for AI Deal That Could Top $1.2 Billion
The projected revenue requires two contract extensions, while an option for more computing capacity could bring the total above $3 billion.
What Is Pons? The Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Factory Token Up 18,000% Since July
PONS, the token behind Robinhood Chain's biggest meme coin factory, flipped CASHCAT to become the chain's largest cryptocurrency by market cap—and its chart looks like a hockey stick.
Bernie Sanders Pushes Bill to Ban Advanced AI Development
The forthcoming bill would pause advanced AI development, create a federal regulator, and threaten violators with up to 20 years in prison.
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI
The model can independently discover and exploit unknown security flaws across hardened systems, triggering a staged rollout and White House review before public access.
ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Outages Leave Users Asking How to Work Without AI
The three AI platforms restored service Thursday after users said the simultaneous disruptions brought their work to a halt.