The Low VIX Hides Fierce Undercurrents

OpenAI, Anthropic To Brief UN Security Council On AI Risks Authored by Ezra Reguerra via Cointelegraph, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are expected to brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday as the body examines artificial intelligence risks and their implications for international security. According to CNBC, the UN confirmed Altman and Amodei's participation. Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue and Yoshua Bengio, co-chair of the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, are also expected to take part. Reuters reported that the Security Council meeting will examine growing concerns...

Fannie Mae Set To Accept Crypto As Collateral For Home Loans For First Time Fannie Mae, the giant government-backed mortgage securitizer, is preparing to accept cryptocurrency as collateral for home loans for the first time, marking a further step in the integration of digital assets into traditional U.S. housing finance, according to the Wall Street Journal. Mortgage lender Better Home & Finance Holding Co. and crypto exchange Coinbase are teaming up to allow home buyers to pledge Bitcoin or the USDC stablecoin to secure a down payment on a Fannie Mae-conforming...

Putin Reportedly Offers To Cut Iran Intel-Sharing If US Does Same In Ukraine Moscow has been accused by top officials in the White House and in Congress of expanding its intelligence-sharing with Iran amid the now three-week-long war involving the US and Israel. Russia has even been accused of handing over targeting information, allegedly assisting in Iranian ballistic missile attacks on US bases and radar sites as well as sensitive assets in the region. Russia hasn't confirmed that it is doing this, and has issued a meager official denial - but...