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Demis Hassabis says artificial general intelligence is only a few years away and proposes a new U.S. standards body to test frontier AI models before release.

Consumer prices cooled more than expected in June, yet geopolitical tensions continue to cast a shadow over crypto prices

Moving crypto into a lending protocol or liquidity pool won’t count as a taxable disposal, deferring the charge until a real cash-out.

Strategy’s Bitcoin-buying machine stayed in neutral, while BTC and crypto majors chop and oil spikes ahead of a key CPI print this morning.

The seized coins landed at the government’s custodian, which stops short of a sale but has revived questions about Trump’s no-sell pledge.

Forget the XML blocks and persistence scripts. OpenAI’s new prompting guide says define the destination, set the stopping conditions, and get out of the way.

About 200 protesters marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling on leading AI companies to halt development of more powerful models over concerns about AI safety, jobs, and the environment.

New Hampshire’s newly-signed crypto law introduces protections for users, miners, and stakers within its boundaries.

According to new Anthropic research, Claude consistently expresses different values across models and languages.

Democrats are mounting a final case against the Clarity Act centered on its lack of language restricting Trump’s sprawling crypto fortune.

South American nation Bolivia is considering the use of the largest dollar-backed stablecoin, USDT, per a local report.

The younger generation’s judgment of AI has been “immediate and harsh,” according to the Oscar-winning director.

Robinhood Chain traders are reaching for Tendies over Apple.

Romantic AI companion apps have brought in nearly half a billion dollars as users pay for virtual partners, flirting, and digital intimacy.

According to BitMine Chairman Tom Lee, Ethereum is benefiting from the early success of the Robinhood Chain layer-2 network.

Strategy went another week without buying Bitcoin, focusing instead on lifting its cash reserves to $3 billion via common stock proceeds.

Data analytics flagged stablecoin transfers meant to evade scrutiny, the central bank says, handing the findings to the securities regulator.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed their first positive week since May, but a big week ahead will likely determine crypto’s near-term fate.

An article in the top prosecutors’ paper urges new blockchain evidence rules, presumptions of intent, and a state platform to sell seized coins.

One product photo, three AI tools, and about 20 minutes: Here’s the full workflow for generating a sales video without a camera, a model, or a studio.

Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology for tokenized assets, crypto apps, and on-chain financial products.

Google’s cheapest, fastest image model is a genuinely capable tool—until you need it to be great.

Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining OpenAI.

Top Democrats on key Senate committees demanded inquiries into the more than $1.2 billion that President Trump made on crypto last year.

Nasdaq-listed Empery Digital said it sold 1,400 Bitcoin since May to help fuel an AI data center deal, legal bills, and other expenses.

Asha Sharma will advise the Federal Reserve on AI’s impact on jobs and productivity as Xbox undergoes the biggest restructuring in its history.

Unless President Trump vetoes the bill, it will become law at midnight, banning the Federal Reserve from developing a CBDC until 2031.

Circle secured final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, shifting its $73.2 billion stablecoin to a unified federal framework.

The bank argues that the treasury giant’s Bitcoin sales are a short-term distraction, reiterating its $100,000 year-end price target.

Plus, Circle wins a national bank charter and pops 10%. And the Clarity Act gets a new draft while the clock is ticking…