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Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
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Blockchain.com seeks up to $6bn valuation in $500m IPO
The crypto exchange and wallet provider is reportedly aiming to raise about $500m in a listing this year, at a valuation far below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto stocks struggle.
Australia asks Altman and Amodei to testify over AI agent hack
A Senate inquiry has invited OpenAI and Anthropic's chief executives to Canberra after an OpenAI agent accessed a government health portal, with Canberra unhappy about the delayed notification.
Novogratz says Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by year end
Galaxy Digital's chief executive says the Bitcoin chart still looks constructive and a move to six figures before the end of the year would not surprise him.
Citi taps Coinbase to convert stablecoin payments into cash
Citigroup will let corporate clients accept stablecoin payments while Coinbase supplies the blockchain plumbing and Citi handles conversion and settlement, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Senate report links Tether's USDT to Iran's shadow banking network
A Democratic Senate investigation says Iran's financial networks rely heavily on Tether's USDT, while Tether says it has frozen $550m in Iran-linked tokens over the past year.
Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to contain rogue AI agents
Nvidia has unveiled a hardware and software system that can quarantine a misbehaving AI agent in milliseconds, backed by more than 100 launch partners including Microsoft, Anthropic and JPMorgan Chase
