Regulation

OpenAI hires Jessica Schumer for senior policy role ahead of midterms

OpenAI hired Jessica Schumer, daughter of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to its global affairs team to lead policy and partnerships across the Northeast. This appointment is part of...

Trump invests $10M in Texas Senate race to boost Ken Paxton

Donald Trump's political operation has invested $10 million through MAGA Inc. to support Republican candidate Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race. This ad...

Orionx Halts Withdrawals and Winds Down After Alleged $7M Asset Transfers

Chilean crypto exchange Orionx has suspended customer withdrawals and begun a definitive wind-down after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in custodied...

Privacy coins rise 213%, leading crypto sector gains: Glassnode

Privacy coins have surged 213% since Bitcoin's October 2025 peak, making them the only crypto sector trading above those levels according to Glassnode. The...

White House crypto advisor Witt confident Clarity Act skeptics will be proven wrong

Patrick Witt, White House crypto advisor, has declared that skeptics of the Clarity Act will be proven wrong before the Senate vote scheduled for...

US to refer Iran to UN Security Council over nuclear inspection issues

The United States plans to refer Iran to the UN Security Council due to Tehran's lack of cooperation with nuclear inspectors. The International Atomic...

Irish gangs are renting private vaults to stash crypto keys alongside cash and Rolexes

Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has revealed that organized crime groups are renting private security boxes to store hardware wallets, seed phrases, and private...

Deutsche Bank settles $176M lawsuit with former banker for undisclosed sum

Deutsche Bank has reached a confidential settlement in Frankfurt over a 152 million euro lawsuit filed by former employee Dario Schiraldi, just days before...

Irish Gangs Are Renting Private Vaults to Hide Crypto Keys

Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau, led by Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Gubbins, has revealed that criminal gangs rent private vaults to store crypto wallet seed...

North Korea and Russia complete first road bridge linking countries

Russia and North Korea officially opened the Yakov Novichenko Bridge on September 7, 2026, marking the first road crossing directly linking the two countries...

GenLayer Labs introduces AI court system with up to 1,000 validators to settle disputes in minutes

GenLayer Labs has launched the Internet Court, a blockchain-based dispute resolution system using randomly selected AI validators running different language models. The testnet processes...