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Bill Gates calls for robot and AI taxes to blunt AI Job losses
The billionaire and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has backed ongoing calls for a robot tax and also proposed that certain jobs be set aside as “Human Reserved.” In a new essay on his Gates Notes blog, he argues that the proposals are meant to help workers who may lose jobs to AI in the next...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
Hyperliquid stays on US trail as HPC, tradeXYZ court CFTC on energy perp contracts
The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and trade[XYZ] asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday, August 26, to build a regulated US market for energy perpetual contracts. Should the CFTC grant the request, it will give American oil and gas traders a domestic venue to hedge crude and natural gas exposure around the clock,...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
Meta shares rose 2.1% as investors reacted to the company’s major legal settlement
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is surging on Wednesday as investors are reacting to a new legal settlement as a major cut to the company’s risk. META was up 2.1% at press time after a wild session. Shares jumped more than 4% soon after the opening bell, then reversed and fell 1.4%, before moving back into...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
IBM completes HRL Laboratories buyout to speed its quantum roadmap
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has closed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories and plans to involve the lab in speeding up a quantum-computing project. IBM is expecting that the project will deliver a working fault-tolerant machine before the end of the decade. IBM acquired HRL Laboratories for its quantum computing project IBM has announced the completion of...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
JPMorgan says it may consider launching a stablecoin
The largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase, is open to launching a stablecoin, according to a spokesperson. The bank recently held preliminary conversations about whether it could launch its own stablecoin, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. At the moment, JPMorgan has no active plan to launch a stablecoin, but...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
Investors bet on a ‘ChatGPT moment’ for robots as Generalist hits $3B valuation
Some venture investors are betting robotics is nearing its own “ChatGPT moment,” when machines can handle a wide range of tasks without being trained for each one. The latest sign is Generalist, a two-year-old startup developing a single AI model for different kinds of robots. The company has reached a $3 billion valuation after raising...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
KiiChain Integrates TRON to Expand 24/7 On-Chain FX and Stablecoin Payments
Bogota, Colombia, August 26, 2026 — KiiChain, the on-chain FX orchestration layer powering global payments and liquidity, today announced its integration of the TRON network to expand its 24/7 foreign exchange infrastructure and stablecoin payment capabilities across global markets. The TRON network is governed through the TRON DAO governance mechanism, with the TRON DAO community...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
Senior police officers in Russia sentenced for stealing crypto exchange Garantex money
High-ranking Russian law enforcement officers have received lengthy sentences for embezzling large amounts of money from clients of the notorious cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. The convicted officials, former employees of the Moscow police, had been charged with a number of serious crimes that resulted in the loss of millions of rubles’ worth of customer funds. Russian...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
Dallas Fed warns of tokenized deposits impact on bank lending
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas warned that each new entry into the recently popular tokenized deposits sheds from banks’ ability to fund loans for households and businesses when it weighed in on the stablecoins vs. tokenized deposits debate. The paper by the Dallas apex bank returned three key areas where tokenized deposits will impact...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
China's Z.ai emerges as creator of mysterious Ox Alpha model
Chinese lab Z.ai has been identified as the company behind Ox Alpha, the anonymous coding model. The model drew millions of developer queries on OpenRouter over the past week. Who created Ox Alpha? The Chinese lab called Z.ai has been credited with the creation of Ox Alpha, a coding model that has exploded in popularity...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 26
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