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Month: January 2026
Crypto’s bank-like turn puts JPMorgan on edge
Banks and crypto firms are converging fast, as yield-bearing stablecoins, ETF filings and tokenized markets test the boundaries of financial regulation.
Crypto developer protections don’t belong in market structure bill, senators say
Legislative language which would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, falls under the Senate Judiciary Committee, its leaders said.
Trump and Mid-Atlantic governors want tech companies to pay for new power plants
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants. … Read more
EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used
Elon Musk’s AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.
Goldman Sachs CEO says CLARITY Act ‘has a long way to go‘
It’s unclear when US lawmakers will return to address a market structure bill, but CEO David Solomon said Goldman Sachs was monitoring its progress for tokenization and stablecoins.
Fortnite blocks creators from selling prize wheel spins
A prize wheel in Steal The Brainrot. Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions. Beginning January 20th, experiences – which Epic Games calls “islands” – will not be able to offer in-island transactions as “a ‘spin’ or ‘increased … Read more
From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development
The startup has partnered with Eli Lilly and enjoys the backing of some of Silicon Valley’s most influential VCs.
As AI Systems Become More Capable, We Would Like to Enlist their Help to Supervise Other AIs
Building Harmless AI With Self-Critique and AI Feedback :::info Authors: Yuntao Bai Saurav Kadavath Sandipan Kundu Amanda Askell Jackson Kernion Andy Jones Anna Chen Anna Goldie Azalia Mirhoseini Cameron McKinnon Carol Chen Catherine Olsson Christopher Olah Danny Hernandez Dawn Drain Deep Ganguli Dustin Li Eli Tran-Johnson Ethan Perez Jamie Kerr Jared Mueller Jeffrey Ladish Joshua … Read more
Robinhood Offers Prediction Market ‘Custom Combos’—But Don’t Call Them Parlays
Sports contracts recently accounted for 91% of trading volume on Kalshi.
Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram
Nicholas Moore pleaded guilty to stealing victims’ information from the Supreme Court and other federal government agencies, and then posting it on his Instagram @ihackthegovernment.
ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads
OpenAI says that users impacted by the ads will have some control over what they see.
US lender Newrez to accept crypto holdings in mortgage approval
The new policy will allow borrowers to use Bitcoin, Ether, crypto ETFs and US dollar-backed stablecoins for asset verification and income estimates without liquidation.
Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use
In an attempt to alleviate rising electricity prices, the White House wants grid operator PJM to hold an auction for new generating capacity, and it wants tech companies to bid.
Google brings its AI videomaker to Workspace users
An AI-generated scene created by Flow. Google is expanding access to its AI videomaking tool. Launched last May, Flow was initially only available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but now, those with Business, Enterprise, and Education Workspace plans can access it, too. Flow uses Google’s AI video generation model Veo 3.1 to … Read more
Golfing APL/K in 90 Lines of Python
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Bitcoin Seized From Samourai Wallet Has Not Been Sold, White House Says
Advocates for the incarcerated Samourai Wallet developers have argued that the DOJ liquidated the Bitcoin funds against the president’s wishes.
The two things AMD subtly revealed at CES that actually excite me
As we predicted, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show was a bit of a bust for gamers this year! CES 2026 brought us several neat gamepads, but barely any handhelds and no new desktop GPUs – not from Nvidia, not from Intel, and not from AMD. But if you dig deep, AMD said two things … Read more
Bitcoin ETF inflows cross $1.8B: Will BTC respond with a rally to $100K?
Bitcoin ETF inflows have rebounded, but the total assets under management remains 24% below the all-time high, indicating the recovery has just started.
State Street, a $36 billion bank, is aiming to change legacy finance using blockchain tech
CEO Ronald O’Hanley says the transformation isn’t about bitcoin, but about reengineering traditional assets for faster, modern rails.
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Bitcoin rallies, ETF flows rebound as US crypto policy stalls: Finance Redefined
Bitcoin breached the $95,000 mark this week amid a wider market recovery, as investors digested regulatory delays to the much-awaited CLARITY Act in the US.
Hacker steals $282 million crypto in hardware wallet social-engineering attack
A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero.
Tom Lee’s BitMine pushes Ethereum into $8 billion staking backlog
New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late July 2023.
Verizon-owned Visible is offering outage credits, too
Customers of Visible Wireless, which is owned by Verizon, may be getting a $5 credit toward their next bill in response to a Verizon cell service outage earlier this week. Verizon customers were offered a $20 credit after the outage. As spotted by 9to5Google, a message sent to Visible customers explains: “Yesterday we let you … Read more