Crypto exchange Kraken has begun accepting select tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as collateral for futures and margin trading, allowing eligible users to open leveraged positions without selling their holdings. The feature initially supports 10 tokenized stocks and ETFs, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Strategy, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust. Eligible…
MIAMI: Argentina got an enormous scare earlier than ending Cape Verde’s fairytale run as Lionel Messi netted his twentieth World Cup objective in a 3-2 win after extra-time to succeed in the final 16. Messi’s chic management and end for his seventh objective at this match in 4 video games put the defending champions in…
Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health, personal safety, harassment, and disinformation have forced AI developers to implement safeguards to better control how and what their AI models are allowed to respond or do. But concerns and worries can’t erode demand. AI offers a lot of promise, and people don’t want a…
Strategy sold more Bitcoin, but Grayscale believes that the move will “restore confidence in its financing structure” and help BTC “find a more durable bottom.” The Bitcoin treasury company Strategy offloaded 3,588 BTC last week for approximately $216 million. The asset briefly plunged below $61,500 before recovering quickly. While the sale initially drew attention, the…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she trusts Prime Minister Mark Carney will be able to reach a deal with the U.S. that avoids President Donald Trump’s threatened new tariffs on Canada, adding Carney is “wise” to avoid retaliating for now. In an interview with Global News after meeting with Carney and the rest of Canada’s…
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do? On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Connor Leahy, an AI researcher, entrepreneur, and now the U.S. Executive Director of…
You may have noticed that Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader cameras—and the cops who misuse them—are getting a lot of coverage lately. This week, WIRED found a particularly wild case: A cop in Alpharetta, Georgia, was accused of searching for the license plate of a coworker dozens of times after an affair between the…
The Bank for International Settlements has warned that artificial intelligence “exuberance” could have major financial consequences, as heavy reliance on debt financing in AI ventures raises the risk of cascading defaults if investor optimism fades. The five largest hyperscalers are set to spend more than $1 trillion on AI-related capital expenditures from 2025 through 2026,…
A San Francisco man was rescued from inside a rubbish truck earlier this week, native authorities stated. Footage of the rescue, shared by the San Francisco Fireplace Division, confirmed firefighters digging via a mountain of trash to search out the trapped man. Individual efficiently faraway from rubbish truck and transported to hospital. pic.twitter.com/2DDgzxLmvY — SAN…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five correctional officers recently required medical treatment after being exposed to fentanyl in a B.C. prison. The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) stated in a release that on June 11, the five officers came into contact with the highly toxic substance inside an Abbotsford institution. Three…
