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xAI engineer quits after post on Grok 3 AI ranking

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

An AI engineer at xAI resigned after refusing to delete a post ranking AI models, including the upcoming Grok 3, sparking a free speech debate.

zkLend loses $4.9M in Starknet exploit, offers bounty to hacker

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

ZkLend lost nearly $5 million in a Starknet exploit. The protocol offered the hacker a 10% bounty if the remaining funds were returned before Feb. 14.

Trump plans to pick a16z head of policy Brian Quintenz as CFTC chair: Report

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pick Brian Quintenz — the head of policy at a16z’s crypto arm — as the next chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

A third of central banks cool on launching CBDCs over regulatory concerns

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

A survey from a central bank-focused think tank found that fewer than one in five central banks are inclined to issue a central bank digital currency, compared to 38% in 2022.

Easing inflation could ignite another BTC rally: 10x Research

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

10x Research’s Markus Thielen sees a “real possibility” of a lower CPI print in the US on Feb. 12, which could defy consensus expectations and trigger a Bitcoin rally.

IRS wants court to toss crypto exec’s appeal over bank record summons

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

The US tax agency claims it complied with financial privacy laws when it summoned banks for crypto founder Rowland Marcus Andrade’s financial records.

Goldman Sachs boosts Ethereum ETF holdings by 2,000%, Bitcoin ETFs to $1.5B

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

Goldman Sachs increased its spot Ether ETF position by over 2,000% to $476 million in Q4 2024, while its Bitcoin ETF stashed more than doubled to $1.5 billion.

US, UK, Australia sanction Zservers for hosting crypto ransomware LockBit

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

Ten countries launched a joint operation to disrupt LockBit in February 2024, saying the group had caused billions of dollars in damage to individuals and key infrastructure.

US and UK decline to sign international agreement for ethical AI

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

The US and UK snubbed signing an international AI agreement, with US Vice President JD Vance claiming that “excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry.”

Altcoins ‘hardly sold off’ as Fed casts doubt over future rate cuts

February 12, 2025Uncategorized0

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says there’s “no need to hurry” on rate cuts — but this didn’t trigger much of a crypto sell-off, leading to one analyst to call a market bottom.