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In brief Three Tennessee minors have sued xAI, alleging Grok generated CSAM from their real photos and spread it online, causing severe harm. The filing claims xAI knowingly released Grok without safeguards and profited from its misuse, calling it a “business opportunity.” Filed amid global probes, the alleged victims are seeking $150,000 per violation plus damages and an injunction. Three Tennessee minors have sued Elon Musk’s xAI in a federal class action, alleging Grok generated child sexual abuse material using their real photographs and that the company knowingly designed its AI chatbot without industry-standard safeguards, then profited from the result. The…

In brief The former LASD deputy was sentenced in a federal extortion case tied to crypto “Godfather” figure Adam Iza. The case details how law enforcement authority was used to pressure rivals in financial disputes. Prosecutors said Coberg “abused the power of his badge” for greed after swearing to uphold the law. A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for helping a crypto entrepreneur who called himself “Godfather” extort rivals and stage a false arrest tied to financial disputes, federal prosecutors announced Monday.The deputy, Michael David Coberg, admitted in September last year…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A fresh clash between XRP critics and defenders broke out on X after Chainlink Community Liaison Zach Rynes (@ChainLinkGod) argued that the XRP investment thesis has failed to keep pace with how crypto markets and financial infrastructure have evolved. His central claim was blunt: the XRP Ledger is now a “ghost chain,” while the use case once pitched for XRP as a bridge asset has largely been overtaken by stablecoins and broader interoperability infrastructure. Rynes framed the dispute around what he called the long-running retail thesis behind…

In brief Bitcoin is trading above $75,000 ahead of PPI data and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, breaking a key resistance zone. Forecasts point to cooling producer inflation but still-elevated core pressures, keeping the Fed’s path uncertain. Crypto’s divergence from equities and gold is reviving its “safe haven” narrative as geopolitical tensions persist, analysts say. Bitcoin traded above $75,000 late Monday, holding gains ahead of a closely packed set of macroeconomic releases that investors expect to shape the near-term outlook for risk assets.The world’s largest crypto is up about 3.5% over 24 hours to $75,300, according to CoinGecko data, pushing…

The bitcoin price climbed above $75,000 on Monday evening extending a sharp rebound that has lifted the asset nearly 25% from its February lows and reignited bullish sentiment across the crypto market. The world’s largest cryptocurrency broke through the psychological $75,000 level during U.S. trading hours after spending several weeks consolidating in a tight range. The move marks Bitcoin’s strongest price since early February and reflects improving risk appetite across global markets. Bitcoin price’s latest surge comes after the asset bottomed near $63,000 in February during heightened geopolitical tensions linked to the Iran–Israel War. Since then, prices have staged a…

In brief IBM expanded its free quantum computing program, increasing runtime and hardware access for researchers. The company opened its Heron R2 processor to users who were previously limited to entry-level systems. Advances in quantum research are pushing Bitcoin developers to prepare for future cryptographic risks. IBM is expanding free access to its quantum computers, giving researchers more time with powerful hardware to run experiments as the threat of future quantum advancements hangs over the crypto industry.The company said Monday it is updating the IBM Quantum Open Plan, a free cloud platform that lets anyone run experiments on real quantum…

March 16, 2026 – Tel Aviv, Israel Playnance, the Web 3.0 infrastructure company behind the growing GCOIN ecosystem, has announced the launch of GCOIN Staking – a new mechanism designed to strengthen long-term participation in the platform’s expanding Web 3.0 entertainment economy. The program is now live on PlayW3, the flagship Web 3.0 social gaming platform within the Playnance ecosystem, and 250 million tokens were locked within hours. The launch introduces a new opportunity for GCOIN holders to actively participate in the ecosystem through staking and receive rewards distributed through the platform ahead of the upcoming GCOIN TGE (token generation…

In brief A viral claim that ChatGPT helped cure a dog’s cancer oversimplifies a complex scientific effort. Human researchers, not AI, sequenced the genome, built the mRNA vaccine, and ran the treatment. AI tools assisted with research and data exploration, but did not design the cancer therapy, despite headlines saying so. OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman amplified a widely shared story over the weekend about a dog treated with a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine developed with help from ChatGPT, drawing attention across tech and AI communities.The case centres on Rosie, a seven-year-old Shar Pei owned by Australian AI consultant Paul Conyngham.According…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The altcoin market has become a source of deep frustration for crypto investors during this cycle. Despite numerous forecasts from analysts, a clear and sustained altcoin phase has yet to appear in recent months. This has led to growing frustration as traders wait for a broad breakout among altcoins. But according to crypto analyst Sykodelic, that frustration misses the bigger picture. Altcoins have not failed because the asset class is finished. They have failed to move because the macro backdrop that normally leads to major altcoin expansions…

In brief Niantic Spatial is partnering with Coco Robotics to power navigation for delivery robots. The system uses Niantic’s Visual Positioning System to locate robots where GPS struggles. Niantic says earlier versions of the system incorporated optional scans submitted by players through its games. The millions of players who spent years scanning landmarks while playing Pokémon Go helped build the mapping technology now guiding delivery robots through city streets, according to a recent report by MIT Technology Review.The news comes as AI and robotics developers work to give robots a more accurate sense of their surroundings so they can move…

In brief A now-estranged wife is alleged to have stolen $172 million in Bitcoin from her husband. A court filing alleges that she used CCTV footage to obtain the seed phrase for a hardware wallet containing the Bitcoin. After being warned of the potential theft, the husband set up audio equipment to try and capture evidence against his wife. The wife of a UK resident is alleged to have stolen around $172 million in Bitcoin from her husband, according to court documents filed in the UK’s High Court of Justice last week.The individual, Ping Fai Yuen, had more than 2,323…

Bitcoin’s power law enters a 2026 stress test as Giovanni’s new chart shifts the debate from price targets to regime signalsBitcoin Power Law chart creator Giovanni Santostasi has added a new layer to one of crypto’s most durable valuation models.The chart shifts attention to Bitcoin’s movements away from the trend line, with a field of green and red rays that track Bitcoin’s 10-day local growth rate in log-log space against the long-run power-law curve.For years, the Bitcoin Power Law was mostly shown as a time-based price corridor, with attention fixed on whether spot traded above, below, or near the trend…

In brief Buterin says running two separate Ethereum clients adds unnecessary complexity for independent validators. The Nimbus team recently merged both clients into a single, easier-to-run program. Ethereum’s multi-client design is intentional—the network penalizes validators more heavily for failures that affect many nodes at once. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wants there to be fewer moving parts for aspiring network validators to juggle.He recently commented on a Nimbus “Unified Node” pull request from the Status-im team, which would combine two separate Ethereum software components into a single, easy-to-run program.”Running two daemons and getting them to talk to each other is far…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure During the ongoing volatile market conditions, XRP investors on cryptocurrency exchanges appear to be choosing to hold their tokens rather than sell them to cut down losses. A clear indication of this investor trend is the steady decline of XRP reserves on the leading Binance trading platform. Binance Sees Steady XRP Supply Drop While the price of XRP has been stuck below the $2 level for the past few months, investors’ sentiment and demand for the altcoin have shown underlying strength. The quantity of the altcoin in…