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Adam Forsyth

Bitcoin defenders seek frontier AI access in 40-group push

Bitcoin Policy Institute and more than 40 digital-asset organizations have called on leading AI laboratories to give qualified open-source security researchers controlled access to frontier models as AI-assisted cyberattacks grow more capable. Summary More than 40 organizations signed the appeal for trusted access to advanced AI models. The coalition requested early model access, computing power,…

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Strategy sells $108.6M Bitcoin to fund STRC buyback

Strategy sold another 1,690 Bitcoin last week and directed the entire $108.6 million in proceeds toward repurchasing its STRC preferred stock. Summary Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6 million at an average price of $64,262. The company repurchased 1.15 million STRC shares using the sale proceeds. Strategy raised another $653.1 million by selling 6.59 million…

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Bitcoin News Today: BlackRock IBIT Drives Five-Day BTC ETF Inflow Streak

In Bitcoin news today, US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $853.5M in net inflows across five consecutive trading sessions from Aug. 3 through Aug. 7, reversing the prior week’s withdrawals, according to CoinGlass data. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for an estimated $693M of that total, or roughly 81% of category-wide inflows. Bitcoin remained below $65,000 during…

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XRP News August 10: Ripple’s UK Treasury Role Not a Full Endorsement

In XRP news today, Andy Burnham’s name has started circulating alongside Ripple and XRP in connection with a UK Treasury blockchain initiative, but the underlying documents tell a much narrower story. HM Treasury’s Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy, published on gov.uk, lays out a multi-year plan to tokenize wholesale finance, remove paper share certificates, and…

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