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Bitcoin’s price fell to $109,000 Wednesday afternoon after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that additional rate cuts may not follow in December. Since then, Bitcoin price has leveled near $111,000. The drop came shortly after the central bank reduced its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to a target range of 3.75%–4%. The cut — the Fed’s second of 2025 after a move in September — ended a long stretch of rate holds. The policy shift is intended to lower borrowing costs and support economic activity. But Powell’s comments that further cuts are not guaranteed this year sparked selling…

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a 25 basis point interest rate cut on Wednesday, bringing the target Federal Funds rate down to 3.75%-4%.Wednesday’s rate cut was “fully priced in” by investors, who widely anticipated the decision, according to Matt Mena, a market analyst at investment company 21Shares. Mena also forecast:“November has historically been one of Bitcoin’s best-performing months, with positive returns in 8 of the past 12 years, averaging 46.02% returns. Overall, we remain moderately risk-on and see a credible path for Bitcoin to break its all-time high before year-end.” Asset prices remained flat or fell by modest…

US prosecutors are pushing back against efforts to introduce crypto policy arguments in the case of two brothers accused of exploiting Ethereum using maximal extractable value (MEV) bots.In a Tuesday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, US prosecutors opposed an amicus curiae — a brief filed by an interested party not directly involved in a case — that could encourage a jury to acquit Anton and James Peraire-Bueno. The two individuals are allegedly behind a $25-million MEV exploit of the Ethereum blockchain in April 2023. The letter addressed to the federal judge overseeing the…

Key Takeaways The motion argues that Bitcoin’s unique characteristics distinguish it from other digital assets covered by MiCA.   The party’s MPs requested that the government prepare a comprehensive “strategic statement” outlining Bitcoin’s role as “free, digital money in the 21st century,”  Germany’s leading opposition party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has submitted a parliamentary motion urging the federal government to recognize Bitcoin as a “strategic asset” and exempt it from the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. Filed on October 23, the motion argues that Bitcoin’s unique characteristics distinguish it from other digital assets covered by MiCA. The AfD claims…

Bitcoin’s leading corporate and retail advocates — MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor and ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki — both predicted that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could double in price by the end of 2025.Their forecasts come as Bitcoin trades around $111,000–$115,000, down from its all-time high of $126,000 earlier this month. Sponsored Michael Saylor’s $150,000 ForecastOn paper, Bitcoin is still recovering from the $19 billion shock liquidation across the crypto market on October 10. But industry leaders are still optimistic about new all-time highs by Christmas. Speaking on CNBC, MicroStrategy’s Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin’s growth cycle remains intact despite…

Enterprise AI agents today face a fundamental timing problem: They can't easily act on critical business events because they aren't always aware of them in real-time.The challenge is infrastructure. Most enterprise data lives in databases fed by extract-transform-load (ETL) jobs that run hourly or daily — ultimately too slow for agents that must respond in real time.One potential way to tackle that challenge is to have agents directly interface with streaming data systems. Among the primary approaches in use today are the open source Apache Kafka and Apache Flink technologies. There are multiple commercial implementations based on those technologies, too,…

Ethereum funds now total about 6.8 million ETH, with the ETH/BTC ratio in holdings jumping from 3:1 to 5:1. Over the past year, the amount of Ethereum (ETH) funds held by institutions has grown at a rate nearly four times faster than that of Bitcoin (BTC). According to analysts, this change in allocation could point to a growing institutional belief in Ethereum’s distinct role alongside Bitcoin as a core digital asset. A Notable Shift in Institutional Strategy Data shared by XWIN Research Japan shows that institutions are clearly building their positions in different ways. Bitcoin fund holdings grew by…

OpenAI has completed a major reorganisation and, in the same breath, signed a new definitive partnership agreement with Microsoft.Starting with OpenAI’s reorganisation, the aim is to solidify the nonprofit’s control over the for-profit business and establish the newly named OpenAI Foundation as a global philanthropic powerhouse, holding equity in the commercial arm valued at approximately $130 billion.This reorganisation, which OpenAI says “maintains the strongest representation of mission-focused governance in the industry today,” effectively turns the company’s commercial success into a direct funding pipeline for its original mission.The for-profit entity is now a public benefit corporation called OpenAI Group PBC, legally…

In brief 1.2 million users (0.15% of all ChatGPT users) discuss suicide weekly with ChatGPT, OpenAI revealed Nearly half a million show explicit or implicit suicidal intentions. GPT-5 improved safety to 91%, but earlier models failed often and now face legal and ethical scrutiny. OpenAI disclosed Monday that around 1.2 million people out of 800 million weekly users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week, in what could be the company’s most detailed public accounting of mental health crises on its platform.“These conversations are difficult to detect and measure, given how rare they are,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post. “Our…

American Bitcoin, the mining and treasury company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., added more than 1,400 Bitcoin to its holdings.According to a Monday announcement, American Bitcoin acquired 1,414 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $163 million. This brought the total holdings to 3,865 BTC, worth almost $445 million.Eric Trump, who serves as chief strategy officer, said the company is focused on increasing its Bitcoin-per-share ratio, a metric it considers central to shareholder value. “We believe one of the most important measures of success for a Bitcoin accumulation platform is how much Bitcoin backs each share,” he said.The company sprang…