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In brief Regulators want to ban insider crypto trading in Japan, The Nikkei reported. Previously, laws against insider trading didn’t apply to digital assets. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission will be authorized to investigate suspected violations, the report added. Japanese regulators plan to ban insider trading on crypto, according to a report, in a…
In brief Microsoft allegedly used an exclusive Azure agreement from 2019 to control compute supply to OpenAI, keeping ChatGPT prices artificially high while developing competing AI products. When OpenAI began buying compute from Google in June 2025, token prices reportedly dropped 80 percent within weeks, which plaintiffs say is evidence of the restraint. The lawsuit…
In brief Ripple is teaming with blockchain security firm Immunefi to host an “attackathon” for the XRP Ledger lending protocol. If one serious bug is found, a full $200,000 will be provided to participants. The protocol aims to eventually offer fixed-term, uncollateralized loans on the XRP Ledger. Ripple is offering up to $200,000 to users…
In brief Larry Fink said he had to “relook at [his] assumptions” about Bitcoin. BlackRock now manages several crypto-linked ETFs amid growing investor interest. Some firms, including Hargreaves Lansdown, remain wary despite offering crypto products. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has once again reiterated cautious approval of crypto investments and walked back previous comments he made…
In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies added more than 200,000 Ethereum during the recent crypto market dip. The firm now holds more than 3 million ETH valued at greater than $12.5 billion. Shares of BMNR jumped 4.5% early Monday as the market rebounds. Top publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies bought the crypto dip.The…
In brief A new study shows LLMs can mimic human purchase intent by mapping free-text answers to Likert ratings through semantic similarity. Method achieved 90% of human test–retest reliability on 9,300 real survey responses. The study raises questions about bias, generalization, and how far “synthetic consumers” can stand in for real people. Forget focus groups:…
If you looked away from crypto markets on Friday, then you missed a record-breaking bloodbath.Following a Friday morning threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to unleash “massive” new trade tariffs on China, crypto prices began to plunge alongside stocks, representing widespread concern from investors. And then crypto declines rapidly accelerated late in the afternoon when…
In brief BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has become the asset manager’s most profitable fund by annualized fee revenue, with $97 billion in assets after just 21 months. S&P Global launched its first hybrid “Digital Markets 50” index combining 35 blockchain-related stocks with 15 major cryptocurrencies. Coinbase secured approval to offer staking services in New York…
In brief Major banks including Banco Santander, Citi, Bank of America, and Deutsche Bank are exploring a “1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money.” The banks said in a statement that the potential product would be pegged to G7 currencies. A number of companies and banks worldwide are interested in issuing stablecoins. A group of international…
In brief Polymarket is planning to release a native crypto token, but it won’t come in the next few months. The prediction market is focused on regaining dominance in the U.S. after it was effectively banned in 2022. It follows a massive $2 billion investment from New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange, which valued…
