Denmark Adds Oral Defenses to Curb AI Cheating in Schools

Students in Denmark are being told: Prove you wrote it, out loud. Denmark’s government has introduced a package of measures aimed at reducing AI-assisted cheating in upper secondary schools, including a requirement that students orally defend major written assignments completed at home. The move comes as schools face growing concerns that generative AI tools can […]

Wall Street Tightens Grip on Crypto as Institutions Now Drive 72% of Spot Flow: Report

Institutions are concentrating liquidity into fewer tokens instead of spreading capital across the wider market. This week, Wintermute said institutional investors made up 72% of its spot OTC crypto flow in the first half of 2026, versus 59% a year ago. Professional investors are changing crypto markets by concentrating on fewer assets, utilizing derivatives, […]

Letterboxd is down, company says it’s working on a fix

Updated at 2:20 p.m. CT: Letterboxd is back up, per the company on X. “We’re now back online. Thank you for your patience,” they wrote. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Letterboxd is down for many users on Sunday, with the film-tracking app confirming service issues and asking users […]

Tokenized RWA Sector Hits $38B as Treasury Debt Dominates Market – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Rwa.xyz shows tokenized RWAs hit $38.17B on Aug. 9, just $1.83B shy of $40B. Circle USYC leads tokenized Treasuries at $3B as the sector reaches $16.21B. Tether Gold leads commodities as RWA holders climb 56.18% to 1.7M. Tokenized RWAs Push Deeper Into TradFi The tokenized RWA sector takes physical and traditional finance (TradFi) […]

Trump weighs Iran war exit without nuclear deal: WSJ

President Donald Trump has privately told senior aides he could end the U.S.-Iran war without securing a nuclear agreement if Tehran fully reopens the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 9, citing U.S. officials. Summary Trump reportedly told aides he could end the Iran war without securing a nuclear deal. Iran […]

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Here’s What the Charts Suggest for BTC Next Week

Bitcoin remains trapped in a broader consolidation structure, with the latest recovery failing to generate convincing bullish momentum. The price is again approaching overhead supply, but buyers have yet to produce the type of breakout needed to signal a meaningful structural shift. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, BTC is trading […]

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

Situational Awareness may have had to sell off the majority of its public portfolio last month, but the AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets. This week, the fund invested $400 million into Source Foundry, a startup founded by Stanford researchers aiming to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper, according to The Wall […]

BIP-110 Backers Plot Minority Chain’s PoW Reset to ‘Fire’ Bitcoin Miners – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways BIP-110’s minority chain stalled after 2 blocks under Bitcoin’s 127.48 trillion difficulty. Luke Dashjr weighed new PoW options after BIP-110 miner support stayed near 0%-2.6%. Bitcoin Knots has no PoW switch scheduled as BIP-110 backers debate how to revive the chain. There’s suggestions to initiate the revival via a consensus change, possibly in […]

XRP Ledger retires 5 amendments, users unaffected

XRP Ledger developers have retired five long active protocol amendments in xrpld version 3.3.0, but the move does not remove their features or require XRP holders to take action. Summary XRPL 3.3.0 retires five long-active amendments, making their post-activation behavior permanent within the core protocol. Clawback remains available after retirement because only obsolete pre-amendment code […]