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Japanese hotel company Metaplanet (3350) has purchased an additional 696 BTC ($58.5 million), taking its total stash to 4,046 BTC. Metaplanet purchased the bitcoin for an average purchase price of nearly 14.6 million yen ($97,500) for a total spend of 10.15 billion yen. The company’s total BTC holdings were bought for an average price of around $86,500.57 per coin. Metaplanet financed its purchases in Q1 through the sale of cash secured BTC put options – futures contracts which bet on the price of the underlying asset going down. These options were written at the beginning of the quarter, when BTC…

As the adoption of AI accelerates, organisations may overlook the importance of securing their Gen AI products. Companies must validate and secure the underlying large language models (LLMs) to prevent malicious actors from exploiting these technologies. Furthermore, AI itself should be able to recognise when it is being used for criminal purposes. Enhanced observability and monitoring of model behaviours, along with a focus on data lineage can help identify when LLMs have been compromised. These techniques are crucial in strengthening the security of an organisation’s Gen AI products. Additionally, new debugging techniques can ensure optimal performance for those products. It’s…

API testing firm APIsec has confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which was connected to the internet for several days without a password. The exposed APIsec database stored records dating back to 2018, including names and email addresses of its customers’ employees and users, as well as details about the security posture of APIsec’s corporate customers.  Much of the data was generated by APIsec as it monitors its customers’ APIs for security weaknesses, according to UpGuard, the security research firm that found the database. UpGuard found the leaked data on March 5 and notified APIsec the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app’s China-based parent company.Speaking with reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said that “there’s tremendous interest in Tiktok.” He added that he would “like to see TikTok remain alive.” The president’s comments came less than one week before an April deadline requiring ByteDance to divest or face a ban in the United States.“We have a lot of potential buyers,” Trump said. Trump…

A large bitcoin (BTC) options bet crossed the tape on Deribit as the first quarter drew to a close on Monday, revealing bearish sentiment from the trader behind the move. The so-called block trade carried a premium of more than $1 million for 1,180 contracts of the $70,000 put option expiring April 25, according to data tracked by Amberdata. A put option gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset at a predetermined price at a later date. A put buyer is essentially bearish on the market, in this case, anticipating a price drop…

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is preparing for a second launch of its New Glenn mega-rocket in “late spring,” the company announced Monday. The company also believes it has determined why the booster stage failed during an attempted landing on an ocean platform during the inaugural flight in January. Blue Origin said it has identified “seven corrective actions” during the review of the booster failure, which was mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Those mainly focus around “propellant management and engine bleed control improvements.” The company said it has submitted all this information to the FAA. New Glenn is…

A Chinese-born entrepreneur named Chun Wang blasted into space on March 31 on a historic SpaceX mission — the first human spaceflight to cross over both the North and South Poles. Wang is also the co-founder of the Bitcoin mining company f2pool. The mission, known as Fram2, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket, following an unprecedented orbital trajectory in human space travel’s sixty-four years. Wang privately financed the three-and-a-half-day journey, the cost of which is not yet known. As reported, Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics specialist Rabea Rogge, and Australian polar guide Eric Philips…

Mike Intrator, Chief Executive Officer and founder of CoreWeave, (C) rings the opening bell surrounded by Executive Leadership and family during the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq headquarters on March 28, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCoreWeave shares rallied more than 12% on Tuesday and looked to bounce back from a lackluster second trading day on the public markets.Shares of the artificial intelligence cloud company, which rents out access to Nvidia’s graphics processing units to other technology companies, dropped more than 10% on Monday and fell below the initial…

Apple announced on Monday that it’s rolling out visionOS 2.4, bringing Apple Intelligence-powered AI features to the Apple Vision Pro. The update also introduces new spatial experiences and the Apple Vision Pro app for iPhone. With Apple Intelligence on the Apple Vision Pro, users will get access to writing tools that allow them to rewrite, proofread, and summarize text with the help of AI. Users will also get access to Image Playground and Genmoji in order to create unique AI-generated images and emoji. In addition, users can leverage natural language search in the Photos app to find specific images by…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin is building momentum, rising over 2% on the day to over $84,000, with memecoins leading the market higher, followed by tokens associated with artificial intelligence and gaming. In traditional markets, gold set another record, surpassing $3,140, and futures linked to major U.S. equity indices are pointing to a positive open. President Donald Trump pledged a “very kind” yet firm approach toward all trading partners ahead of Wednesday’s planned reciprocal tariffs announcement. Still, market flows reveal nervousness likely stemming from tariff uncertainty. An aggressive move could ratchet up inflation expectations, which…