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Arthur Hayes has a message for crypto investors and bitcoin (BTC) HODLers obsessing over Federal Reserve policy as the U.S. and China inch toward a trade deal: You’re watching the wrong institution. “The real show is at the Treasury Department. Ignore the Fed. It doesn’t matter,” Hayes told CoinDesk in a recent interview. “Powell didn’t matter in 2022 under a Democratic regime, and he doesn’t matter now under a Republican one.” For Hayes, the Federal Reserve has become a sideshow. The real monetary lever-pulling, he argues, is happening under Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is quietly reshaping global liquidity with…

As “vibe coding” gains in popularity and tech companies push devs in their employ to embrace generative AI tools, a platform that scans for vulnerabilities in AI-generated code has raised a fresh round of funding. Ox Security, which models risk across both AI- and human-produced code, on Wednesday announced that it closed a $60 million Series B. The round was led by DTCP with participation from IBM Ventures, Microsoft, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, and Team8, and it brings Ox’s total raised to $94 million. Neatsun Ziv and Lior Arzi founded New York- and Tel Aviv-based Ox in 2021. Software and…

After an early-year slide, Bitcoin has reversed direction is now close to regaining its $100,000 price level. Many investors are beginning to view Bitcoin as a safe haven and potential hedge against global uncertainty. If the trade battle escalates in 2025, it could gain momentum as a potential reserve currency for the global financial system. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › There’s no denying that new global tariffs have turned the crypto market upside down in 2025. Just take a look at the top 50 cryptocurrencies as ranked by market cap; only a small handful of them are…

Netflix announced on Wednesday that it’s testing a short-form video feature, signaling that even a streaming giant with over 300 million subscribers is concerned about losing viewers’ time spent on mobile to apps like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels. The company debuted the feature at its first-ever product and tech event, where it also revealed several other upcoming plans for the service. These plans include an AI-powered search tool, as well as a redesign of the TV homepage and improved real-time recommendations. Netflix’s new mobile-only vertical feed allows users to easily scroll through clips of its original titles. Within…

After hinting at a new AI-powered search experience during its recent earnings call, Netflix officially unveiled the feature at its tech and product event on Wednesday.  This new search experience will utilize OpenAI’s ChatGPT to provide users with a conversational discovery experience. Users can enter their preferences using natural phrases like “I want something funny and upbeat” or even more detailed requests, such as “I want something scary, but not too scary, and maybe a little bit funny, but not haha funny.” The feature is set to roll out this week to iOS users as an opt-in beta. Some subscribers…

David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc., the owner of Bitcoin Magazine, is planning to launch a publicly traded bitcoin (BTC) investing company, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Bailey, who advised Donald Trump on crypto policy during his 2024 presidential campaign, is reportedly seeking $200 million through a private share sale and an additional $100 million in convertible debt to fund a small publicly traded firm to buy bitcoin. The company—whose name is not known yet—will merge with BTC Inc. and be named “Nakamoto” after bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, according to the people. The deal could be…

Few markets are moving as rapidly as China’s automotive sector. There, new models are rolled out in as little as 18 months, putting tremendous pressure on legacy Western automakers, which need four-plus years to go from concept to sales floor. “With the increasingly short development cycles in China, it’s driving a huge amount of cost and time focus,” Ian Campbell, co-founder and CEO of Breathe Battery Technologies, told TechCrunch. “In both geographies, in the East — in China and Asia — and in the West as well.” Much of that focus has been centered around batteries — the components that…

The Federal Reserve is growing increasingly alert to stagflation risks—an uneasy mix of slowing growth and rising inflation that could challenge policymakers. While Chair Jerome Powell insisted that the economy is in “good shape” and emphasized that the central bank is in “a good position to wait and see,” prior to shifting policy, subtle changes in the central bank’s policy statement pointed to heightened concerns over the economy’s direction. Holding its benchmark interest rate steady today, the U.S. central bank acknowledged the growing risk of rising inflation and unemployment — roughly the definition of stagflation, which last made an appearance…

ServiceNow has opened its Knowledge 2025 conference with a brand new AI platform. The ambition is clear: to give businesses a single, coherent way to get all their different AI tools and intelligent agents working together, right across the company.This isn’t just a fresh lick of paint; we’re talking deep-rooted new features and much cosier relationships with the likes of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. The aim? To finally help businesses orchestrate their operations with genuine intelligence, and it seems some big names like Adobe, Aptiv, the NHL, Visa, and Wells Fargo are already seeing it pay off.Most business leaders…

Tech executives have long talked about how AI is going to revolutionize the advertising industry. In particular, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been quite vocal about how exactly he wants his company to lead the transformation. Speaking onstage at Stripe’s annual Sessions conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Zuckerberg laid out his plans to automate the entire ad industry with a black-box, end-to-end AI ad tool. A key component of such a product would entail putting thousands of AI-generated “test” ads in front of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users, said Zuckerberg. “The basic end goal here is any business can…