Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Finance

Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, Bitget offering pre-IPO futures for AI giants

MNX is offering a different way to trade the future valuations of private AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek.

CROP 16:9 AI, brain, artificial intelligence (Growtika/Unsplash)

Policy

Palantir's Europe head warns the region is 'missing the boat' on AI just as it did with the internet

The Palantir UK chief said the U.S. is racing ahead on enterprise AI while Europe hesitates, and explained why he thinks the company faces intense political attacks.

(Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Finance

SWI raises $894 million to repurpose former FTX bitcoin miner Genesis Digital to AI

SWI Group said it would use the proceeds from an 800 million-euro ($894 million) fundraise to transform Genesis Digital Assets, acquired from the FTX bankruptcy, from a bitcoin miner to an AI-focused data center.

AI Data center (Jorge Franganillo/Pixabay)

Markets

Over 6 million bitcoin sit behind exposed public keys as AI warnings mount

Glassnode co-founder's latest figures show growing public-key exposure as Justin Drake urges preparations for potential AI attacks on wallet cryptography.

Share of BTC Supply with an Exposed Public Key (Glassnode)

Markets

U.S.- China AI race heats up as Chinese rivals secure billions ahead of IPOs

DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.

USA and China on a chessboard (Shutterstock)

Markets

Cathie Wood says smart investors need to start watching where AI agents spend money

As AI agents evolve from answering questions to spending real money, investors and tech giants are scrambling to control the financial networks powering machine-driven commerce.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

News Analysis

Trump’s potential AI czar, Jay Clayton, helped pioneer the SEC’s crypto crackdown

The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton

Tech

OpenAI, Google and Meta pledge independent AI safety audits under voluntary White House deal

Six companies signed a safety pact covering hacking and biological threats, with no penalties or deadline for putting the checks in place.

President Trump meets with AI executives at White House. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

OpenAI seeks $30 billion in funding at whopping $1.4 trillion valuation after delaying IPO

The ChatGPT maker is pursuing fresh funding after delaying its public listing, while expanding its AI tools despite mounting safety concerns.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Markets

AI agents could drain cheap bank deposits, Apollo's Torsten Slok warns

AI agents could trigger a bank run by automatically moving household cash from low-interest checking accounts to higher-yield alternatives, Slok warns.

The letters "AI" surrounded by thin fibers. (Steve A Johnson/Unsplash)