President Donald Trump has imposed a 93.5% anti-dumping tariff on Chinese graphite, after the U.S. Commerce Department concluded that China had been selling the material in the U.S. at unfairly low prices. The announcement was made on Thursday and follows a petition filed in December by American Active Anode Material Producers, a trade group that […] Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
Former Pump.fun dev is being held in a London prison on remand after breaking his bail conditions
Former Pump.fun senior developer Jarett Dunn is being held in a London prison after violating his bail conditions. The dev was jailed while awaiting a hearing regarding his attack on the Solana memecoin. The Canadian national drained an estimated $2 million from Pump.fun last year and airdropped the funds to random wallet addresses. He lived […] Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
Trump will sign an executive order tomorrow allowing 401(k) plans to invest in crypto
Donald Trump is getting ready to tear open the gates of America’s retirement savings system. The former president plans to sign an executive order that will let workers pour their 401(k) funds, currently holding over $9 trillion, into crypto, gold, and private equity, according to the Financial Times. This order could land as early as […] Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
Adam Back’s BSTR plans to go public with 30,000 BTC
Adam Back’s Blockstream Capital merged with Cantor Fitzgerald to form the Bitcoin treasury company, BSTR. Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
SharpLink is raising $6 billion through stock sales to buy Ether as ETH hits $3,592
SharpLink has filed to boost its ongoing stock sale program from $1 billion to $6 billion, with proceeds going mainly into Ethereum. The company made the decision today through an amended sales agreement with A.G.P., confirming it would continue selling common stock directly to the public, including forward sales, under what’s classified as an at-the-market […] Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Agent, a powerful autonomous AI assistant
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced the launch of ChatGPT Agent, a new AI tool capable of performing complex digital tasks on behalf of users. The launch comes with a warning that it is an experimental and potentially risky step into the next frontier of artificial intelligence. The new ChatGPT system allows the chatbot to […] Source: cryptopolitan.com (Read Full Article)
Bulgaria missed $25B debt payoff by selling Bitcoin in 2018
Bulgaria’s 2018 sale of 213,500 BTC — now worth more than its public debt — has reignited debate over whether governments should treat crypto as a reserve asset. Source: cointelegraph.com (Read Full Article)
Bitcoin BIP proposes quantum-resistant upgrade by 2030
New BIP proposes phasing out legacy Bitcoin signature schemes to prevent catastrophic losses if quantum computers break existing cryptography. Source: cointelegraph.com (Read Full Article)
Cathie Wood’s ARK dumps its Bitcoin ETF after split-adjusted ATH
ARK’s latest Bitcoin ETF sale came shortly after ARKB hit a new all-time high above $39 in early July, equivalent to nearly $118 on a pre-split basis. Source: cointelegraph.com (Read Full Article)
Franklin Templeton-backed Bitlayer rolls out Bitcoin bridge on mainnet
Bitlayer faces competition from other Bitcoin DeFi protocols such as BabylonChain, Stacks and BounceBit. Source: cointelegraph.com (Read Full Article)