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Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures decline as Trump won’t rule out more Iran strikes

Trump on Sunday didn’t rule out additional strikes on Iran before the midterm elections, even as he said the war could end soon.

• Nasdaq
• Bitcoin

Anthropic CEO Amodei set to meet with Trump after missing state dinner

As top tech CEOs rubbed elbows at President Trump's glitzy dinner for Chinese President Xi on Thursday, Anthropic's CEO was noticeably absent.

AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know

An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain.

Debt-hungry AI companies face increased risk as bond yields spike

The AI infrastructure buildout shows no sign of slowing, but the surge in Treasury yields means it's at least going to cost more.

Bitcoin's Quantum Problem: Three Ways Researchers Are Trying to Fix It

Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving from theory to logistics, even as "Q-Day" remains hypotheti

• Bitcoin

Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision

Buterin wants Ethereum to do far more work without forcing every computer on the network to repeat the same calculations.

• Ethereum

SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works

New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look "opt-in."

OpenAI expands review of model behavior after more rogue agent incidents emerge

OpenAI is conducting an extensive review of misaligned model activity after disclosures involving an Australian government portal and other websites.

Apple faces $5.7 billion patent infringement verdict over iPhone and Apple Watch haptics

A federal jury awarded Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion after finding Apple infringed claims from two haptics patents. Apple plans to appeal.

• AAPL

Meta and Microsoft led tech stocks higher last week despite soaring bond yields

Here's a look at the three developments that drove the action in our portfolio last week.

• MSFT
• META

AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning

An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with AI models topping the leaderboards.

• Bitcoin

Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone

Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark controls.

• GOOGL

China wants in on U.S. AI data center boom. Here's why

Chinese data center manufacturers see U.S. AI infrastructure demand as an opportunity, but roadblocks remain

Chinese AI models surge in global popularity — and Washington is worried

Usage of Chinese AI models by businesses across the globe has increased substantially in 2026.

US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether

Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license.

• Tether

How recent grads and college students should be thinking about AI, the CV, and the job market

It is getting harder for college students and recent graduates to be seen in the job market as AI is used as a hiring tool and demanded by employers as a skill.

SEC crypto FAQ addresses token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit

Promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, SEC staff said.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO

The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.

AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds

Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.