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OpenAI Engineer Arrested Over Bugged Exec Meeting Room; Company Credits Its Own AI
AI & Crypto

OpenAI Engineer Arrested Over Bugged Exec Meeting Room; Company Credits Its Own AI

A Saudi national who worked at OpenAI stands accused of hiding an encrypted audio recorder behind a TV in an executive meeting room. The company says its own models helped trace the device to him.

Daniel Okoro· ·2 min read
Bitcoin Holds $83K as $800M Liquidated and KOSPI Drops 6%
Markets

Bitcoin Holds $83K as $800M Liquidated and KOSPI Drops 6%

Bitcoin bounced back above $83,000 on Tuesday even as a chip-stock rout dragged South Korea's KOSPI down 6% and crypto liquidations topped $800 million.

Priya Nair· ·2 min read
MNX Rolls Out Pre-IPO Futures on OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek
AI & Crypto

MNX Rolls Out Pre-IPO Futures on OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek

Crypto exchange MNX is going after OKX and BitGet with futures that let traders bet on the future valuations of private AI companies.

Alex Rivera· ·2 min read
Palantir CTO Says Some AI Researchers Smoke to Show They Believe in AI
AI & Crypto

Palantir CTO Says Some AI Researchers Smoke to Show They Believe in AI

Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says a number of AI researchers have taken up cigarettes as a kind of statement of belief in the technology.

Priya Nair· ·2 min read
Quantum-safe Bitcoin spends get 82% cheaper, with caveats
Bitcoin

Quantum-safe Bitcoin spends get 82% cheaper, with caveats

Cheaper GPU computation makes specially prepared QSB spends less costly, but practical limits remain as researchers work to protect roughly 6 million exposed BTC.

Priya Nair· ·2 min read
Bitcoin and ether dip, then rebound as Korean stocks slide
Markets

Bitcoin and ether dip, then rebound as Korean stocks slide

Crypto wobbled and recovered as South Korean equities fell on AI-related worries, with traders eyeing bank earnings and U.S. inflation data.

Daniel Okoro· ·2 min read
Stacks' STX Jumps 50% in Four Weeks as Bitcoin L2 Draws Interest
Altcoins

Stacks' STX Jumps 50% in Four Weeks as Bitcoin L2 Draws Interest

CoinDesk reports that STX, the token of the Bitcoin layer-2 network Stacks, has gained roughly 50% over the past four weeks.

Mia Chen· ·2 min read
Bitcoin holds firm as South Korean stocks slide on AI worries
Markets

Bitcoin holds firm as South Korean stocks slide on AI worries

South Korean chipmakers led another sharp selloff in the Kospi, while bitcoin stayed well above its summer lows.

Sofia Marek· ·2 min read
IMF: Over Half of Tokenized US Stock Trading Happens After Hours
Market Research

IMF: Over Half of Tokenized US Stock Trading Happens After Hours

A sample of five tokenized stock products shows most volume landing outside Wall Street's regular session, with volatility around 1.5 times that of traditional equivalents.

Sofia Marek· ·2 min read
Binance's VIP head says hedge funds are hunting crypto arbitrage
Markets

Binance's VIP head says hedge funds are hunting crypto arbitrage

A senior Binance executive says hedge funds are actively looking at arbitrage across crypto venues, pointing to deeper markets and round-the-clock trading.

Daniel Okoro· ·2 min read
Meta's Muse Wonder Beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on Some Tests
AI & Crypto

Meta's Muse Wonder Beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on Some Tests

Meta's new flagship model tops rivals on memory, legal and long coding benchmarks, though independent rankings still favor Anthropic's Opus 5.5.

Mia Chen· ·2 min read
IMF Warns AI Will Hit 40% of Jobs, Young Workers First
Markets

IMF Warns AI Will Hit 40% of Jobs, Young Workers First

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says AI spending is propping up global growth near 3%, even as she cautions that a 'slow-moving tsunami' is heading for young workers.

Sofia Marek· ·2 min read