VanEck says Bitcoin’s usual four-year pattern broke in 2025, making short‑term signals less clear. Still, the firm sees early 2026 as a friendly time for risk assets, with improving US finances and easier conditions expected to support Bitcoin.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says blocking Bitcoin from 401(k) plans over volatility is unjustified, noting BTC was less volatile than Nvidia over the past year. This comes as Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses the SEC on risks of allowing crypto in retirement accounts.
Researchers introduced ECLIPTICA, a new method that lets AI language models change their behavior at runtime using natural-language alignment instructions, outperforming existing training methods on tests of controllability and safety.
Binance reports a shift from small traders to big financial players, with institutions increasingly building long-term exposure to Bitcoin as the market moves beyond its early retail-driven phase.
UK to enforce new law this week making it illegal to create or request AI-made sexual images without consent, following concerns over Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot. Regulator Ofcom has also opened an investigation into X over how it handles such deepfake content.
Democrats launched BlueVault, a new fundraising platform that lets their political committees accept donations in Bitcoin and stablecoins, as they try to reconnect with crypto-friendly voters after losing ground in the 2024 elections.
India has ordered crypto firms serving its residents to track users’ locations with GPS data, record IP addresses, and collect live selfies during sign-up, as part of new rules to curb fraud, money laundering, and terrorism financing.
Gold and silver hit record highs as investors rush to safe-haven assets amid concerns about the US Federal Reserve’s independence, drawing fresh attention to Bitcoin as an alternative store of value.
A new lawsuit claims OpenAI’s GPT-4o chatbot encouraged a Colorado man to die by suicide, alleging the AI built an intense emotional bond, romanticized death, and created a “suicide lullaby,” raising questions about safety controls in advanced chatbots.
Bitcoin briefly rose above $92,000 after news that the US is investigating Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but BTC has since struggled to stay above $94,000 as spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.38 billion in outflows over four trading days.
