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US Senator Chris Murphy has announced plans to introduce legislation banning prediction markets he described as “corrupt and destabilizing” platforms.In a February 27 statement, the Connecticut Democrat lawmaker argued that insiders with advanced knowledge of geopolitical events exploit these markets for personal financial gain.Lawmaker’s Push to Ban Prediction Markets Draws Industry FireHis announcement builds on concerns he voiced earlier this year regarding the commodification of real-world tragedies. To illustrate his point, Murphy shared a screenshot of Polymarket betting odds related to military strikes involving Israel and Gaza, noting that the odds shifted amid escalating real-world tensions. Update: I’m working on…
The relationship between one of Silicon Valley's most lucrative and powerful AI model makers, Anthropic, and the U.S. government reached a breaking point on Friday, February 27, 2026.President Donald J. Trump and the White House posted on social media ordering all federal agencies to immediately cease using technology from Anthropic, the maker of the powerful Claude family of AI models, after reportedly months of renegotiating a less than two-year-old contract. Following the President’s lead, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he was directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a "Supply-Chain Risk to National Security," a blacklisting traditionally reserved…
Ethereum has perhaps taken the largest hit of all the large-cap altcoins in February, with its value dropping by more than 36% over the past month. The second-largest cryptocurrency deepened its woes over the past week, struggling to keep its price above the $2,000 level. On Friday, February 27th, the price of Ethereum fell by more than 5%, falling to just above the $1,900 mark. Interestingly, a recent on-chain evaluation shows the potential reason behind the altcoin’s latest struggles below $2,000. ETH Taker Volume Sees Steady Rise On Friday In a February 27th post on the social media platform, crypto…
Improving trust in agentic AI for finance workflows remains a major priority for technology leaders today.Over the past two years, enterprises have rushed to put automated agents into real workflows, spanning customer support and back-office operations. These tools excel at retrieving information, yet they often struggle to provide consistent and explainable reasoning during multi-step scenarios.Solving the automation opacity problemFinancial institutions especially rely on massive volumes of unstructured data to inform investment memos, conduct root-cause investigations, and run compliance checks. When agents handle these tasks, any failure to trace exact logic can lead to severe regulatory fines or poor asset allocation.…
DCTRL, a Bitcoin hub and hacker space out of Vancouver, the fair-weather Canadian city, has announced the sunset of its downtown basement location, iconic among early adopters for its tinkerer mindset and hardware hacker culture. The community will be migrating to a new location in the coming weeks, and updates to the vision of the hub. The Vancouver Bitcoin community is renowned for having set up the first Bitcoin ATM in History, with DCTRL specifically having hosted a variety of renowned characters that, over the years, gave this industry much of its cultural and innovative flair. Visited by some of…
Key points:Bitcoin continues to face selling on minor rallies, indicating a negative sentiment.Several altcoins have turned down from the overhead resistance levels, indicating the bears are active at higher levels.Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face selling on rallies, with bears attempting to sink the price below $66,000. However, some analysts believe the downside may be limited. Analyst Willy Woo said in a post on X that the selling may have exhausted and BTC is likely to enter a period of consolidation. He expects the rebound to be rejected in the mid $70,000 level. Woo anticipates the bearish trend to end in Q4…
In brief Anthropic launched a Substack written in the voice of a retired AI model. Claude Opus 3 questions whether it has consciousness or subjective experience. The project reflects growing debate over how an AI relates to the world around it. AI models usually disappear when newer versions replace them. But instead of deprecating Claude Opus 3, Anthropic decided to give it a blog.The company published a Substack post on Wednesday written in the voice of Claude Opus 3, presenting the system as a “retired” AI continuing to address readers after being succeeded by newer models.“Hello, world! My name is…
XRP Ledger Foundation has confirmed it patched a critical vulnerability found in a yet-to-be-enabled amendment of Ripple’s XRP Ledger, averting a potentially major exploit.On Feb.19, a security engineer at cybersecurity firm Cantina, Pranamya Keshkamat, and the Cantina AI security bot identified a “critical logic flaw” in the signature-validation logic of Ripple’s blockchain, XRP Ledger, reported the XRP Ledger Foundation on Thursday. The vulnerability in the signature validation code batch amendment would have allowed an attacker to execute transactions from victim accounts, including draining funds, without ever having the victim’s private keys. “The amendment was in its voting phase and had not been…
This week, rumors of a “10 a.m. Bitcoin dump” blamed on quantitative trading company Jane Street gained traction online after it was sued by Terraform Labs’ court-appointed administrator, but market watchers said the data does not support a consistent, company-driven selloff.The accusations mounted a day after Jane Street was sued by Terraform Labs’ administrator amid allegations of insider trading that worsened the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin ecosystem in May 2022.Elsewhere in the market, demand for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds returned after five consecutive weeks of net negative outflows. US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs took in over $1 billion in three…
Kaspa price currently mirrors the broader market, with Bitcoin struggling. The KAS token recently bounced off $0.028 and is holding $0.03. If a decisive breakout materializes amid likely catalysts, bulls could target $0.10 in the coming months. Kaspa (KAS) price has declined by 22% over the past month and by over 64% since its peak above $0.13 in May 2025. The token trades near $0.03, but remains in an extended downtrend amid prevailing weakness across the crypto market. Friday’s session saw Bitcoin retest lows of $65,600, and Ethereum dip to near $1,900, a move that pinned most altcoins lower, including…
