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Peter Schiff warns that the AI bubble is bursting, as Kimi K3 intensifies low-cost competition pressure
: Economist and Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff stated that as Chinese AI model competitors accelerate their rise, the AI bubble is further deflating. The Kimi K3 launched by Moonshot AI is intensifying low-cost AI competition in China, putting pressure on the valuations of US AI-related companies. The current market "is not a bubble in AI technology itself, but a bubble in AI stocks," and he believes this bubble may have already started to burst.Peter Schiff mentioned that AI-related stocks are showing weakness, with $SPCX currently trading below $121, approximately 11% lower than its IPO price and over 46% down from its all-time high. As low-cost AI models continue to emerge, the market's previously high growth expectations for AI companies may face reassessment, and investors need to be wary of valuation correction risks for AI-themed stocks. However, Peter Schiff also emphasized that AI technology itself is not a bubble; what is truly being impacted is the capital market valuation frenzy centered around the AI theme.
Ansem: Buybacks Actually Don’t Do Much – Intangible Value Matters More Than Tangible Value
Odaily News Renowned trader Ansem posted on X, stating that buybacks (for token prices) actually don’t have much effect.Ansem further noted that Hyperliquid's annualized revenue is $800 million, while Pump.fun's annualized revenue is $440 million; however, HYPE's FDV is as high as $65 billion, whereas PUMP's FDV is only $1.4 billion. Both teams regularly use a portion of their business profits for buybacks, yet their P/S ratios are vastly different.This disparity doesn't stem from how much revenue the businesses actually generate, but rather reflects the market's "trust premium" for the teams — a trust determined by their actions and decisions in the market. Hyperliquid never over-promises, focuses purely on product delivery, and generously rewards core users who contribute the most to the platform based on established metrics. In contrast, Pump.fun generated $1 billion in revenue, raised another $1 billion in an ICO, and promised users an airdrop, but has yet to deliver. Despite being one of the most successful and profitable businesses in the crypto industry, they lack a social consensus bond with their core user base and thus cannot achieve the trust premium that Hyperliquid enjoys.Therefore, what determines a business's valuation includes not only the "tangible value" derived purely from revenue and other metrics but also "intangible value." Trust, memetics, and attention are all crucial in the market, yet they are currently discussed far too little.
“White-Haired Stock Guru” Serenity Responds to Criticism: The Market, Not Angry Social Media Comments, is the Ultimate Arbiter of Right and Wrong
Odaily, "White-Haired Stock Guru" Serenity posted on X, reviewing his past experiences where his investment views faced skepticism. He stated that many original investment ideas initially face strong opposition, but ultimately the market becomes the standard for judging right and wrong. He has faced significant criticism for being bullish on several companies, for example:$AXTI: Early on, it was questioned as a "scam company," and related discussions even led to a ban from Reddit's WSB forum. However, it later received coverage from Reuters, and the performance of the Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate industry company, along with institutional investor validation, confirmed its logic.$RPI: Initially labeled a "meme stock" by the market, analysts believed it lacked fundamentals. However, earnings reports showed the company's future revenue growth expectation reached 58%, and it was subsequently re-evaluated as a high-growth AI hardware company.$SIVE: Once considered a "meme stock" by numerous investors, it later gained institutional buying support, including attention from Fidelity Research, JPMorgan Chase, and others, and announced partnerships with companies like Jabil and GlobalFoundries.Serenity stated, "The market will ultimately decide what is right or wrong, not the angry comments or posts on X (formerly Twitter)." He added that as each investment thesis gets validated one by one, the eventual market performance overshadows the early noise. He also listed several other cases that were initially doubted but later gained market recognition, including:$AAOI: Near $30, management was questioned as "untrustworthy";$LITE: At $300, the photonics industry was considered to be in a bubble;$RKLB: At $20, it was dismissed as just a low-revenue launch company;$HOOD: At $20, it faced negative sentiment due to the GameStop trading restriction incident;$IQE: Considered just a small UK company lacking partnerships in the photonics field;$SOI: Analysts at a European bank considered its valuation too high;$NBIS: Questioned for having no competitive moat;$INTC: The market thought it couldn't compete with TSMC;$MRVL: The market feared its ASIC market share would be taken by Broadcom;$AEHR: The market misinterpreted its earnings report, thinking the company lacked revenue;$EWY: The market believed the South Korean semiconductor cycle was in a bubble.
Strike founder Jack Mallers: Bitcoin Reflects a Global Liquidity Crisis
Odaily News, Jack Mallers, founder of Strike and CEO of Twenty One Capital, stated that Bitcoin’s drop below $63,000 is not merely a sentiment issue but a reflection of the reality of insufficient liquidity in the global financial system.Mallers believes that while U.S. consumer confidence is at historic lows, the S&P 500 remains at all-time highs, indicating that traditional stock market signals have been distorted by policy intervention. In contrast, Bitcoin, as a 24/7 trading asset, more closely mirrors the true conditions of global liquidity and market stress.He emphasized that during periods of liquidity tightening, investors often "sell what they can, not what they want." Therefore, Bitcoin's decline may not signify a collapse of long-term conviction but rather forced selling under capital pressure.Additionally, Mallers questioned Strategy's perpetual preferred stock financing structure, suggesting it could place the company in a capital structure dilemma when liquidity is needed in the future, forcing trade-offs among different stakeholders.
Morgan Stanley: Global AI-Related Bond Issuance Could Approach $570 Billion in 2026
According to the latest forecast from Morgan Stanley, global bond issuance related to artificial intelligence (AI) could approach $570 billion in 2026, more than doubling from last year's figure.Given that capital expenditures by hyperscalers are expected to surpass $1 trillion by 2027, Morgan Stanley believes the pace of bond issuance will accelerate further in the second half of this year.As of the end of May this year, approximately $236 billion in AI-related debt financing had been issued globally, roughly four times the volume seen during the same period last year.As tech companies continue to escalate their spending on AI, which increasingly exceeds what their own profitability can cover, debt financing is becoming an increasingly important source of capital for them.Morgan Stanley noted that to diversify their funding channels, hyperscalers are increasingly issuing bonds outside of the US dollar market. For instance, giants like Google's parent company Alphabet and Amazon have issued substantial euro-denominated bonds in the European market. (Cailianshe)
Former US Congressman Settles with CFTC for $35,000 Over Prediction Market Manipulation
Odaily News: Former US Congressman George Santos has reached a settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC stated that Santos engaged in manipulative trading behavior while trading a prediction contract on Kalshi regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union address in February 2026, profiting over $17,500 from the trades.According to the CFTC's Friday announcement, Santos is required to pay $35,000 as part of the settlement, but neither admitted nor denied the regulator's findings.The CFTC stated that in the two weeks leading up to the State of the Union address, Santos repeatedly made public comments about whether he would attend the event, causing significant fluctuations in the price of the event contract. For example, while holding a "Yes" position indicating he would attend, he posted on X asking what he should wear to the State of the Union. Within hours, the price of the Yes position rose, after which Santos closed his position for a profit.The CFTC also alleged that Santos subsequently continued to post updates about his travel to Washington, D.C., including flights and train rides, and profited by trading back and forth based on market reactions to his public statements. The CFTC stated that Santos's conduct was intentional, or at least reckless. He traded in an event contract whose underlying outcome he could influence, and affected the contract price through misleading public statements or omissions of information, thereby profiting from his trading positions.Santos's attorney, Joseph W. Murray, stated in Friday's announcement that the State of the Union contract was Santos's first foray into prediction market betting.
National Fraternal Order of Police Supports Latest Version of the Clarity Act, Stating BRCA Wording Preserves Capability to Investigate Crypto Crimes
: Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X platform that the National Fraternal Order of Police, one of the key law enforcement groups involved in the negotiations for the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, now supports the latest version of the Clarity Act, stating that the revised BRCA wording addresses their previous concerns and preserves law enforcement’s ability to investigate crypto crimes. In the latest version of the bill released on Wednesday, the BRCA content remained unchanged, so it is unclear what specific changes the group is referring to.
White House pushes Senate Democrats to accept ethics clause agreement for Crypto Clarity Act
: U.S. President Donald Trump is said to have made concessions in the Crypto Clarity Act agreement, agreeing to include ethics clauses that restrict activities related to the President himself. The White House is now urging Senate Democrats to accept the deal. The White House has not yet disclosed the specific details of what Trump agreed to in order to push the crypto bill through the final Senate procedures. Democrats are currently cautious about whether the arrangement can address their concerns.
MetaMask team infiltrated by North Korean hacker aftermath: hacker's identity was publicly exposed as early as September 2025, yet still bypassed background checks to enter MetaMask through outsourcing in March this year
that, according to DeFi researcher @Zun2025 posted on X platform, "MetaMask hired a DPRK-linked hacker as a developer without even conducting a proper background check that could have revealed his identity.The hacker's GitHub username is imyugioh, and he has been publicly listed on the Lazarus Group website since September 2025, yet MetaMask still hired this individual in March 2026. Source: lazarus.group/team/mauro-liu. Imagine that one of the largest wallets granted core code repository access to someone already on a publicly known list of DPRK hackers. Now think about what might happen to those small protocols with absolutely no security teams."Earlier reports stated that a North Korean hacker, Tyler Knapp, infiltrated the MetaMask team. He entered MetaMask through a long-term cooperating human resources supplier via an outsourcing arrangement, bypassing the background checks of the company's direct recruitment process. He worked at the company for a month and participated in the development of the wallet's fiat on/off ramp functionality. During this period, his IP address and behavioral anomalies were detected by the company's security monitoring. The company immediately revoked all his access permissions and suspended the release of all products he had worked on. No substantial data or financial losses have been caused so far.
U.S. Media: Trump Promoted Companies on Truth Social Days After Buying Their Stocks
Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump posted "very big and exciting news" on his Truth Social platform. This came just after computer chip manufacturing giant Nvidia (NVDA.O) announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States. In a post on April 15, 2025, Trump promised his over 9 million followers that "all necessary permits will be expedited and promptly delivered to Nvidia and similar companies."However, what Trump did not disclose at the time was that, just days earlier, he had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 worth of the company's stock. An investigation by CNN found that Trump had promoted over 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying their stocks—sometimes announcing government actions that could benefit the very companies he had just invested in. The White House strongly denied that Trump had ever used his position for personal gain, stating that all his actions were intended to benefit the American public. White House officials said all of the president's stock trades were handled by external financial managers, and that Trump and his family had no control over specific transactions. (CNN)
Law enforcement support becomes key factor in US Senate crypto bill negotiations
Odaily News, Fox Business crypto reporter posted on platform X, stating that it is currently unclear what this means for the BRCA clause, nor whether other modifications will be made to the version passed by the Senate Banking Committee. Law enforcement support has become a key factor in the bill's negotiations, with some Democratic senators, including @CortezMasto and @MarkWarner, indicating they hope to address law enforcement's concerns before the full Senate supports the legislation.
Ansem: Buybacks Actually Don’t Do Much – Intangible Value Matters More Than Tangible Value
Odaily News Renowned trader Ansem posted on X, stating that buybacks (for token prices) actually don’t have much effect.Ansem further noted that Hyperliquid's annualized revenue is $800 million, while Pump.fun's annualized revenue is $440 million; however, HYPE's FDV is as high as $65 billion, whereas PUMP's FDV is only $1.4 billion. Both teams regularly use a portion of their business profits for buybacks, yet their P/S ratios are vastly different.This disparity doesn't stem from how much revenue the businesses actually generate, but rather reflects the market's "trust premium" for the teams — a trust determined by their actions and decisions in the market. Hyperliquid never over-promises, focuses purely on product delivery, and generously rewards core users who contribute the most to the platform based on established metrics. In contrast, Pump.fun generated $1 billion in revenue, raised another $1 billion in an ICO, and promised users an airdrop, but has yet to deliver. Despite being one of the most successful and profitable businesses in the crypto industry, they lack a social consensus bond with their core user base and thus cannot achieve the trust premium that Hyperliquid enjoys.Therefore, what determines a business's valuation includes not only the "tangible value" derived purely from revenue and other metrics but also "intangible value." Trust, memetics, and attention are all crucial in the market, yet they are currently discussed far too little.
Bitcoin breaks through $64,000 resistance, Myriad traders bet it will first drop to $55,000
Bitcoin broke through the $64,000 resistance level on Tuesday, reaching a daily high of $65,511 before settling at $64,858, down 0.18% on the day. Chart data indicates that the descending trend channel Bitcoin has been in since approaching $82,000 in May has not yet fully lost its effect. Technical indicators show that Bitcoin's 50-day moving average is below its 200-day moving average, forming what traders call a "death cross." The ADX stands at 23.4, indicating a weakening bearish trend; the RSI is at 55.7, placing it in a neutral to slightly bullish range. Traders on the prediction market Myriad assign a 66.6% probability that Bitcoin will first drop to $55,000, with a 33.4% probability that it will first rise to $84,000. These probabilities have not shifted significantly with recent price fluctuations.
Bloomberg ETF Analyst: Another ~20 ETFs Submit Applications, Total Filed and Listed Exceeds 500
Bloomberg ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas posted on platform X, stating that relevant parties have just submitted approximately 20 ETF applications, including multiple international ETFs and emerging market factor ETFs. Currently, about 350 ETFs have been filed for application, 180 ETFs are listed, bringing the total to over 500—what could be described as "Shock and Awe."
LoL S4 World Champion Imp May Have Achieved Financial Freedom by Heavily Investing in US and Korean Stocks
Odaily Odaily News: On-chain analyst Ai Yi posted on platform X, stating that according to Doinb's revelation, LoL S4 World Champion Imp suddenly stopped streaming in March 2026 because he made profits from stock trading and no longer needed to stream. Imp previously mentioned during a livestream that "the money earned from streaming in a month is less than what I earn from stock trading in a day," and that "between March and October 2025, his assets increased tenfold, heavily investing in SK Hynix and buying NVIDIA."Additionally, the timing of Imp's streaming hiatus closely coincides with the rise of South Korean semiconductor stocks. However, Imp himself has not responded to the rumors of achieving financial freedom. Meanwhile, MLXG, who is also known for using his salary to trade stocks, heavily invested in baijiu (Chinese liquor) stocks, and his assets have nearly gone to zero.
Chainalysis proposes on-chain tracking standard system, introducing "Address Clustering Ontology" to unify blockchain forensics methods
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has released a new methodological proposal aimed at establishing a unified on-chain fund tracking standard framework for law enforcement agencies and investigators to identify address clusters and determine their probable control relationships.The proposal defines the on-chain analysis structure in the form of an "ontology," centralizing the systematic decomposition of the currently industry-wide non-standardized concept of "cluster" (address clustering) into wallet segments and functional roles. It describes on-chain relationships through a two-tier structure: the first layer defines the transaction graph structure, and the second layer assesses the inferred confidence level.Chainalysis states that the framework aims to enhance the interpretability and legal applicability of on-chain forensic methods and has been validated through its practical experience in cases related to the U.S. Department of Justice, including analysis applied in the Bitcoin Fog mixing service case. The company's Chief Scientist, Jacob Illum, noted that the proposal's goal is to answer "on what evidentiary basis can these addresses be considered to belong to the same entity," but emphasized that on-chain analysis alone cannot directly identify end-user identities and must still be combined with legal investigative methods involving centralized entities such as exchanges.Chainalysis stated that the standard proposal is currently open for industry discussion, aiming to promote a more unified technical standard for on-chain analysis methods in the fields of law enforcement and compliance. (CoinDesk)
“White-Haired Stock Guru” Serenity Responds to Criticism: The Market, Not Angry Social Media Comments, is the Ultimate Arbiter of Right and Wrong
Odaily, "White-Haired Stock Guru" Serenity posted on X, reviewing his past experiences where his investment views faced skepticism. He stated that many original investment ideas initially face strong opposition, but ultimately the market becomes the standard for judging right and wrong. He has faced significant criticism for being bullish on several companies, for example:$AXTI: Early on, it was questioned as a "scam company," and related discussions even led to a ban from Reddit's WSB forum. However, it later received coverage from Reuters, and the performance of the Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate industry company, along with institutional investor validation, confirmed its logic.$RPI: Initially labeled a "meme stock" by the market, analysts believed it lacked fundamentals. However, earnings reports showed the company's future revenue growth expectation reached 58%, and it was subsequently re-evaluated as a high-growth AI hardware company.$SIVE: Once considered a "meme stock" by numerous investors, it later gained institutional buying support, including attention from Fidelity Research, JPMorgan Chase, and others, and announced partnerships with companies like Jabil and GlobalFoundries.Serenity stated, "The market will ultimately decide what is right or wrong, not the angry comments or posts on X (formerly Twitter)." He added that as each investment thesis gets validated one by one, the eventual market performance overshadows the early noise. He also listed several other cases that were initially doubted but later gained market recognition, including:$AAOI: Near $30, management was questioned as "untrustworthy";$LITE: At $300, the photonics industry was considered to be in a bubble;$RKLB: At $20, it was dismissed as just a low-revenue launch company;$HOOD: At $20, it faced negative sentiment due to the GameStop trading restriction incident;$IQE: Considered just a small UK company lacking partnerships in the photonics field;$SOI: Analysts at a European bank considered its valuation too high;$NBIS: Questioned for having no competitive moat;$INTC: The market thought it couldn't compete with TSMC;$MRVL: The market feared its ASIC market share would be taken by Broadcom;$AEHR: The market misinterpreted its earnings report, thinking the company lacked revenue;$EWY: The market believed the South Korean semiconductor cycle was in a bubble.
MetaMask team infiltrated by North Korean hacker aftermath: hacker's identity was publicly exposed as early as September 2025, yet still bypassed background checks to enter MetaMask through outsourcing in March this year
that, according to DeFi researcher @Zun2025 posted on X platform, "MetaMask hired a DPRK-linked hacker as a developer without even conducting a proper background check that could have revealed his identity.The hacker's GitHub username is imyugioh, and he has been publicly listed on the Lazarus Group website since September 2025, yet MetaMask still hired this individual in March 2026. Source: lazarus.group/team/mauro-liu. Imagine that one of the largest wallets granted core code repository access to someone already on a publicly known list of DPRK hackers. Now think about what might happen to those small protocols with absolutely no security teams."Earlier reports stated that a North Korean hacker, Tyler Knapp, infiltrated the MetaMask team. He entered MetaMask through a long-term cooperating human resources supplier via an outsourcing arrangement, bypassing the background checks of the company's direct recruitment process. He worked at the company for a month and participated in the development of the wallet's fiat on/off ramp functionality. During this period, his IP address and behavioral anomalies were detected by the company's security monitoring. The company immediately revoked all his access permissions and suspended the release of all products he had worked on. No substantial data or financial losses have been caused so far.
Anthropic Claude Mythos Discovers 271 Vulnerabilities in Firefox Browser
According to Decrypt, Mozilla recently revealed that Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Mythos, identified 271 security vulnerabilities during internal testing of the Firefox browser; all related vulnerabilities were patched this week. For comparison, a previous Anthropic model had detected only 22 security-sensitive vulnerabilities. Mozilla stated that all discovered vulnerabilities fell within the scope of what top human researchers could identify. Claude Mythos was officially launched in March 2026 and is Anthropic’s most powerful model to date for reasoning, coding, and cybersecurity. It is currently available exclusively to vetted partners—including Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft—under Anthropic’s “Project Glasswing” initiative.
Former US Congressman Settles with CFTC for $35,000 Over Prediction Market Manipulation
Odaily News: Former US Congressman George Santos has reached a settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC stated that Santos engaged in manipulative trading behavior while trading a prediction contract on Kalshi regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union address in February 2026, profiting over $17,500 from the trades.According to the CFTC's Friday announcement, Santos is required to pay $35,000 as part of the settlement, but neither admitted nor denied the regulator's findings.The CFTC stated that in the two weeks leading up to the State of the Union address, Santos repeatedly made public comments about whether he would attend the event, causing significant fluctuations in the price of the event contract. For example, while holding a "Yes" position indicating he would attend, he posted on X asking what he should wear to the State of the Union. Within hours, the price of the Yes position rose, after which Santos closed his position for a profit.The CFTC also alleged that Santos subsequently continued to post updates about his travel to Washington, D.C., including flights and train rides, and profited by trading back and forth based on market reactions to his public statements. The CFTC stated that Santos's conduct was intentional, or at least reckless. He traded in an event contract whose underlying outcome he could influence, and affected the contract price through misleading public statements or omissions of information, thereby profiting from his trading positions.Santos's attorney, Joseph W. Murray, stated in Friday's announcement that the State of the Union contract was Santos's first foray into prediction market betting.
Citrini Comments on "AI Stock God Seeking New Funding Support": The Fund's Founding LPs Still Have a 130% Return Rate, Will Likely Buy the Dip, the Fund Will Secure Sufficient Capital and Unwind Hedges to Avoid Liquidation
: In response to recent reports that "AI stock god Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Fund is seeking new capital support," well-known investment research firm Citrini officially commented on X platform: "If you are an LP of Situational Awareness, you invested in the fund based on information from its offering memo, such as 'AI is the only thing that matters, and if you recognize this and wish to invest in a vehicle that expresses this view by going all-in long on the most leveraged expression of our most optimistic AI thesis in the stock market, then you invest.' Not just because you're bullish on AI, but because you believe Leopold is one of the few 'hundreds' / knows these 'hundreds' who will bring about the machine god by 2030. And then, over the next two years, this fund did exactly what it promised. And it went up. Probably over 20x, if I recall correctly.Again, in this scenario, you are the person who read 'Situational Awareness' (that paper) and said: 'Yes, I agree AI is more powerful than nuclear bombs and will turn the world upside down before the end of this decade. And I want to put my investment into the hedge fund version of that thesis.' Now those stocks have fallen, so the fund's assets have also fallen.Let me ask you—do these LPs look like the type of people who would turn bearish on AI just because SK Hynix dropped 50% in six weeks? The kind who likely view the level of tech optimism akin to 'I'm going long TQQQ' as normal people treat municipal bond fund investments?Yeah... I wouldn't expect many of them to be calling Mr. Ash Burner to complain right now. Some people don't realize how insane a 2200% gain since inception (2024) really is. To put it in perspective, if you invested $100 million when SALP launched and lost ninety percent (of those gains) in July, your investment would still be worth $230 million today.I think LPs are very likely to buy the dip. Situational Awareness will get the money they're asking for. And once the capital is in, they will unwind their (likely short-term) hedges because they won't face the risk of being liquidated by their prime broker. This means the market makers who sold them those hedges will have to delta-hedge their unwind on what could be a fairly significant notional exposure. At the same time, they will deploy these funds into what they see as 'the best buying opportunity since April 2025.' I don't think Leopold is in trouble; rather, it's more likely he can raise the capital he needs, meaning it's more probable Leopold triggers a market bottom than drives AI stocks lower.If there's something I'm missing that would cause this group of AI super-believers—who are likely still significantly profitable on their SALP investment—to decide they'd rather not buy the dip, then yeah, any stock that even smells of AI might head straight to hell. But... (that's not the reality).”
Anthropic technical staff member satirizes tech giants embracing open source: Looking forward to Microsoft open-sourcing Windows, Nvidia open-sourcing CUDA
: Julian Schrittwieser, a technical staff member at Anthropic, recently posted on social media, joking about the shift in attitude some tech giants have shown towards "open source" in recent years. He expressed anticipation for Nvidia and Microsoft to further open up their core technologies, stating: "It's great to see Jensen Huang become a supporter of open source. Looking forward to the open-source release of CUDA and GPU drivers. Also looking forward to Satya Nadella supporting open source, hoping to see Windows and Microsoft Office open-sourced in the future."Julian Schrittwieser also responded to external speculations that he opposes open weight models, indicating that this interpretation is inaccurate. He believes that open models can actually play an important role in many scenarios. However, Schrittwieser pointed out that what is interesting is that some companies, which have long been very cautious or even opposed to open source in the past, are now rapidly shifting towards supporting open ecosystems.In recent years, with the intensification of competition in artificial intelligence, open-source models, open weights, and developer ecosystems have become critical areas of competition in the tech industry. Companies including Nvidia and Microsoft have continuously emphasized their support for open ecosystems. However, the definition of "open" remains controversial within the industry—some companies open up model interfaces, toolchains, or ecosystems, while their core commercial assets remain closed source.Julian Schrittwieser's remarks have also sparked discussion, focusing on whether the "selective open sourcing" promoted by tech giants represents genuine openness or a new ecological competitive strategy.
National Fraternal Order of Police Supports Latest Version of the Clarity Act, Stating BRCA Wording Preserves Capability to Investigate Crypto Crimes
: Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X platform that the National Fraternal Order of Police, one of the key law enforcement groups involved in the negotiations for the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, now supports the latest version of the Clarity Act, stating that the revised BRCA wording addresses their previous concerns and preserves law enforcement’s ability to investigate crypto crimes. In the latest version of the bill released on Wednesday, the BRCA content remained unchanged, so it is unclear what specific changes the group is referring to.
MetaMask team infiltrated by North Korean hacker aftermath: hacker's identity was publicly exposed as early as September 2025, yet still bypassed background checks to enter MetaMask through outsourcing in March this year
that, according to DeFi researcher @Zun2025 posted on X platform, "MetaMask hired a DPRK-linked hacker as a developer without even conducting a proper background check that could have revealed his identity.The hacker's GitHub username is imyugioh, and he has been publicly listed on the Lazarus Group website since September 2025, yet MetaMask still hired this individual in March 2026. Source: lazarus.group/team/mauro-liu. Imagine that one of the largest wallets granted core code repository access to someone already on a publicly known list of DPRK hackers. Now think about what might happen to those small protocols with absolutely no security teams."Earlier reports stated that a North Korean hacker, Tyler Knapp, infiltrated the MetaMask team. He entered MetaMask through a long-term cooperating human resources supplier via an outsourcing arrangement, bypassing the background checks of the company's direct recruitment process. He worked at the company for a month and participated in the development of the wallet's fiat on/off ramp functionality. During this period, his IP address and behavioral anomalies were detected by the company's security monitoring. The company immediately revoked all his access permissions and suspended the release of all products he had worked on. No substantial data or financial losses have been caused so far.
U.S. Media: Trump Promoted Companies on Truth Social Days After Buying Their Stocks
Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump posted "very big and exciting news" on his Truth Social platform. This came just after computer chip manufacturing giant Nvidia (NVDA.O) announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States. In a post on April 15, 2025, Trump promised his over 9 million followers that "all necessary permits will be expedited and promptly delivered to Nvidia and similar companies."However, what Trump did not disclose at the time was that, just days earlier, he had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 worth of the company's stock. An investigation by CNN found that Trump had promoted over 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying their stocks—sometimes announcing government actions that could benefit the very companies he had just invested in. The White House strongly denied that Trump had ever used his position for personal gain, stating that all his actions were intended to benefit the American public. White House officials said all of the president's stock trades were handled by external financial managers, and that Trump and his family had no control over specific transactions. (CNN)
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Former US Congressman Settles with CFTC for $35,000 Over Prediction Market Manipulation
Odaily News: Former US Congressman George Santos has reached a settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC stated that Santos engaged in manipulative trading behavior while trading a prediction contract on Kalshi regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union address in February 2026, profiting over $17,500 from the trades.According to the CFTC's Friday announcement, Santos is required to pay $35,000 as part of the settlement, but neither admitted nor denied the regulator's findings.The CFTC stated that in the two weeks leading up to the State of the Union address, Santos repeatedly made public comments about whether he would attend the event, causing significant fluctuations in the price of the event contract. For example, while holding a "Yes" position indicating he would attend, he posted on X asking what he should wear to the State of the Union. Within hours, the price of the Yes position rose, after which Santos closed his position for a profit.The CFTC also alleged that Santos subsequently continued to post updates about his travel to Washington, D.C., including flights and train rides, and profited by trading back and forth based on market reactions to his public statements. The CFTC stated that Santos's conduct was intentional, or at least reckless. He traded in an event contract whose underlying outcome he could influence, and affected the contract price through misleading public statements or omissions of information, thereby profiting from his trading positions.Santos's attorney, Joseph W. Murray, stated in Friday's announcement that the State of the Union contract was Santos's first foray into prediction market betting.
Citrini Comments on "AI Stock God Seeking New Funding Support": The Fund's Founding LPs Still Have a 130% Return Rate, Will Likely Buy the Dip, the Fund Will Secure Sufficient Capital and Unwind Hedges to Avoid Liquidation
: In response to recent reports that "AI stock god Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Fund is seeking new capital support," well-known investment research firm Citrini officially commented on X platform: "If you are an LP of Situational Awareness, you invested in the fund based on information from its offering memo, such as 'AI is the only thing that matters, and if you recognize this and wish to invest in a vehicle that expresses this view by going all-in long on the most leveraged expression of our most optimistic AI thesis in the stock market, then you invest.' Not just because you're bullish on AI, but because you believe Leopold is one of the few 'hundreds' / knows these 'hundreds' who will bring about the machine god by 2030. And then, over the next two years, this fund did exactly what it promised. And it went up. Probably over 20x, if I recall correctly.Again, in this scenario, you are the person who read 'Situational Awareness' (that paper) and said: 'Yes, I agree AI is more powerful than nuclear bombs and will turn the world upside down before the end of this decade. And I want to put my investment into the hedge fund version of that thesis.' Now those stocks have fallen, so the fund's assets have also fallen.Let me ask you—do these LPs look like the type of people who would turn bearish on AI just because SK Hynix dropped 50% in six weeks? The kind who likely view the level of tech optimism akin to 'I'm going long TQQQ' as normal people treat municipal bond fund investments?Yeah... I wouldn't expect many of them to be calling Mr. Ash Burner to complain right now. Some people don't realize how insane a 2200% gain since inception (2024) really is. To put it in perspective, if you invested $100 million when SALP launched and lost ninety percent (of those gains) in July, your investment would still be worth $230 million today.I think LPs are very likely to buy the dip. Situational Awareness will get the money they're asking for. And once the capital is in, they will unwind their (likely short-term) hedges because they won't face the risk of being liquidated by their prime broker. This means the market makers who sold them those hedges will have to delta-hedge their unwind on what could be a fairly significant notional exposure. At the same time, they will deploy these funds into what they see as 'the best buying opportunity since April 2025.' I don't think Leopold is in trouble; rather, it's more likely he can raise the capital he needs, meaning it's more probable Leopold triggers a market bottom than drives AI stocks lower.If there's something I'm missing that would cause this group of AI super-believers—who are likely still significantly profitable on their SALP investment—to decide they'd rather not buy the dip, then yeah, any stock that even smells of AI might head straight to hell. But... (that's not the reality).”
Ansem：链上实验与公平发行项目仍是当前加密市场关注重点
Crypto KOL Ansem stated that the current market still requires more developers to participate in on-chain experiments to drive the development of new mechanism designs and more creative speculative on-chain gameplay. He believes that infrastructure and mobile applications currently possess the basic capacity to accommodate users, and what is needed next are more high-quality token projects and more startup projects adopting fair launch models, suggesting the market narrative may be undergoing a new shift.
Elon Musk Launches X Money, Targeting US Premium and Premium+ Subscribers
Elon Musk has launched X Money, a financial feature designed to transform X into an "everything app." X Money is being rolled out to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, offering users up to 6% interest. Musk recently stated that as robots and AI provide goods and services beyond what humans can consume, money will become "irrelevant" by 2036. He previously referred to energy as the "true currency" and noted that Bitcoin is based on energy. SpaceX and Tesla hold 18,712 bitcoins and 11,509 bitcoins respectively, with a combined value of nearly $2 billion based on Bitcoin's price of approximately $65,000. Musk has not yet confirmed whether X Money will include Bitcoin or cryptocurrency features.
Anthropic technical staff member satirizes tech giants embracing open source: Looking forward to Microsoft open-sourcing Windows, Nvidia open-sourcing CUDA
: Julian Schrittwieser, a technical staff member at Anthropic, recently posted on social media, joking about the shift in attitude some tech giants have shown towards "open source" in recent years. He expressed anticipation for Nvidia and Microsoft to further open up their core technologies, stating: "It's great to see Jensen Huang become a supporter of open source. Looking forward to the open-source release of CUDA and GPU drivers. Also looking forward to Satya Nadella supporting open source, hoping to see Windows and Microsoft Office open-sourced in the future."Julian Schrittwieser also responded to external speculations that he opposes open weight models, indicating that this interpretation is inaccurate. He believes that open models can actually play an important role in many scenarios. However, Schrittwieser pointed out that what is interesting is that some companies, which have long been very cautious or even opposed to open source in the past, are now rapidly shifting towards supporting open ecosystems.In recent years, with the intensification of competition in artificial intelligence, open-source models, open weights, and developer ecosystems have become critical areas of competition in the tech industry. Companies including Nvidia and Microsoft have continuously emphasized their support for open ecosystems. However, the definition of "open" remains controversial within the industry—some companies open up model interfaces, toolchains, or ecosystems, while their core commercial assets remain closed source.Julian Schrittwieser's remarks have also sparked discussion, focusing on whether the "selective open sourcing" promoted by tech giants represents genuine openness or a new ecological competitive strategy.
National Fraternal Order of Police Supports Latest Version of the Clarity Act, Stating BRCA Wording Preserves Capability to Investigate Crypto Crimes
: Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X platform that the National Fraternal Order of Police, one of the key law enforcement groups involved in the negotiations for the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, now supports the latest version of the Clarity Act, stating that the revised BRCA wording addresses their previous concerns and preserves law enforcement’s ability to investigate crypto crimes. In the latest version of the bill released on Wednesday, the BRCA content remained unchanged, so it is unclear what specific changes the group is referring to.