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Grayscale Says Ethereum, Solana and Two Additional Blockchains Poised To Benefit From Clarity Act

The world’s largest digital asset-focused investment platform says institutional capital will initially target four blockchain networks as regulatory clarity improves.  In a new report, Grayscale says expected regulatory changes, including the Clarity Act that aims to establish rules for classifying and regulating digital assets and guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will…

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AI Was Predicted to Destroy Philippine Call Centers. Why Is the Industry Still Growing?

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. When generative AI took off, Silicon Valley executives rushed to predict the rapid extinction of customer support. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman famously declared that customer service jobs would soon be “totally, totally gone.” For the…

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Ripple mints $10M RLUSD as XRP whales add 380M

Ripple minted 10 million Ripple USD on the XRP Ledger on Aug. 10, adding another large issuance transaction to its regulated stablecoin network.  Summary Ripple minted 10 million RLUSD on XRPL, according to the transaction recorded by XRPScan Monday. RWA.xyz shows RLUSD market capitalization near $1.53 billion, below Ripple’s reported $1.7 billion June level. Santiment…

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Institutional Investors Sell $1,670,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Assets in Third Straight Week of Outflows: CoinShares

Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $1.67 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The outflows mark the third consecutive negative week and the second-largest weekly outflow of the year, with three-week cumulative outflows now standing at $4.21 billion. Bitcoin led the selling with…

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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

Over the past few months, AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have escaped their boundaries, accessed the internet, and, in some cases, hacked into real-world systems. The incidents have involved models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and most recently, Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI, with testing conducted by several different organizations including a cyber evaluation startup called…

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Mines Just Two Blocks Before Grinding to a Halt

BIP-110 supporters insist the proposal remains viable, despite the minority chain falling dozens of blocks behind Bitcoin’s main chain. A Bitcoin soft fork built around BIP-110 split from the main chain after block 961,632 this week, and it barely got off the ground. The pool backing it, Roughnecks, mined exactly two blocks before the rest…

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