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Former top Trump cybersecurity official Chris Krebs told The Wall Street Journal in an interview on Wednesday that he vowed to fight back against a federal investigation ordered into him by President Trump. Krebs said in the interview that he will resign from his position at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne in order to challenge the federal investigation, which claims Krebs “falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen.” The order also stripped Krebs of his security clearance.  “It’s about the government pulling its levers to punish dissent, to go after corporate interests and corporate relationships,” Krebs told…

Bitcoin’s price has been stable around $85,000 in recent days, showing minimal movement despite broader market uncertainty. The stability comes as the cryptocurrency market grapples with the economic effects of U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. The World Trade Organization has warned that these tariffs could slow global growth, adding more uncertainty to the markets. The Federal Reserve’s reluctance to cut interest rates has also been a factor, with Chair Jerome Powell noting that the full impact of the tariffs is still unclear, making it too soon for the Fed to adjust its policies. Despite Bitcoin’s price stability, analysts expect occasional dips…

Another highly valued startup has just been added to the mix in the ongoing legal drama between Rippling and Deel: U.K. fintech giant Revolut. In his blockbuster affidavit that reads like it’s straight out of a movie, Irish Rippling employee Keith O’Brien claimed that Deel paid him about $6,000 a month to spy on Rippling. He alleged the first $6,000 payment was sent to his Revolut account by Alba Basha Westgarth, the wife of Deel’s COO Dan Westgarth, back in November 2024. At the time, Alba Basha Westgarth was working as the crypto compliance lead at Robinhood, according to a…

The Trump administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek that would limit it from buying Nvidia’s AI chips and potentially bar Americans from accessing its AI services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The restrictions are part of the Trump administration’s effort to compete with China on AI. Months after DeepSeek jolted both Silicon Valley and Wall Street, U.S. officials seem to be weighing several options to limit China’s access to American technologies and consumers. On Tuesday, the White House moved to restrict more of Nvidia’s AI chip sales to China, strengthening rules created by…

Richard Kim, the founder of crypto casino Zero Edge, was arrested on Tuesday following allegations that he had gambled away investors’ funds. According to an FBI complaint filed on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, Kim “fraudulently induced investors to invest in Zero Edge, a cryptocurrency technology company he founded, and then misappropriated millions of dollars in those investors’ funds.” The FBI said Kim lost “nearly all” of the $7 million he raised from investors and charged him with securities fraud and wire fraud. According to court records, Kim posted a secured bond of $250,000 and put up…

Chapter, a Medicare advisory startup co-founded by former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has closed a $75 million funding round at a valuation of $1.5 billion led by private equity and venture firm Stripes. The startup helps seniors choose Medicare health plans analyzing doctors, hospitals, and prescription drug coverage. Unlike many other Medicare insurance brokers, Chapter claims to prioritize client needs over insurer profits. Naraya, the VC firm founded by Vice President J.D. Vance, led Chapter’s Series A round in 2020. Peter Thiel, who also invested in the company, assumed Vance’s board seat when Vance resigned to run for Senate…

As the U.S. embraces the crypto industry, more countries are considering a similar approach—and the world’s largest crypto exchange is helping them do it. Binance is advising several governments on developing regulations for crypto and creating their own national Bitcoin reserves, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The company has “been approached by quite a lot” of countries seeking for help to develop regulatory frameworks to govern the industry, Binance CEO Richard Teng, told the Financial Times. However, Teng declined to say which countries Binance is working with, the report said, and didn’t mention any other companies or groups that…

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. On Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations with a user. Now if you ask Grok for recommendations, it’ll give more personalized responses, assuming you’ve used it enough to allow it to “learn” your preferences. ChatGPT has long had a similar memory feature, which was recently upgraded to reference a user’s entire chat history. Gemini, too, has persistent memory to tailor its replies to individual people. “Memories…

As traditional markets take a pause for Good Friday on April 18, global stock exchanges across the U.S. and Europe will remain closed—but the crypto markets won’t sleep. Unlike equities, which operate on fixed hours and take holidays off, cryptocurrencies trade 24/7, including weekends and public holidays. This constant access is a core feature of the crypto economy, offering investors flexibility, liquidity, and real-time market exposure no matter the calendar date. During times of both macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, such as the present U.S.-China tariff dispute, crypto markets offer a continuously available venue for price discovery and portfolio diversification. Traders…

An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn.Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEtsy is trying to make it easier for shoppers to purchase products from local merchants and avoid the extra cost of imports as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs raise concerns about soaring prices. In a post to Etsy’s website on Thursday, CEO Josh Silverman said the company is “surfacing new ways for buyers to discover businesses in their countries” via shopping pages and by featuring local sellers on its website and app.”While we continue to nurture and enable cross-border…