Sam Altman admitted that OpenAI should have warned law enforcement after banning the suspect’s account months before the attack.
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak transferred the Base consumer app to trader Cobie, admitting his 2024-2025 strategy for onchain social growth "disintegrated completely." Pollak now focuses on building Base into "the blockchain for global finance," while Cobie takes charge of Coinbase's trading products amidst fierce competition and a volatile crypto market.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, published a 110-point essay opposing Bitcoin's BIP-110 soft fork, which aims to temporarily restrict non-financial data like Ordinals. Saylor argues the proposal sets a dangerous precedent by invalidating valid, fee-paying transactions and could lead to network division.
South Korea's FSS has initiated sanctions procedures against Dunamu, operator of crypto exchange Upbit, following a $36 million hack reported in November 2025. The regulator is reviewing potential violations of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act and plans to address regulatory gaps.
Bitcoin is testing the $63,000 level, down 1.7% on the day and 50% below its October record, due to broad risk aversion in markets and persistent selling from long-term holders realizing losses. While ETF inflows show a marginal recovery, they are not yet enough to stabilize the price.
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor detailed "110 reasons" against Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110), which aims to limit non-monetary transactions like Ordinals inscriptions to preserve BTC's peer-to-peer cash function. The proposal, introduced in December 2025, faces significant debate within the Bitcoin community.
Bitcoin dipped below $62,500 at Wall Street's open, extending losses as fresh US-Iran military strikes and earnings disappointments pushed stocks and crypto lower. Traders noted choppy, rangebound price action, with some analysts identifying a bear-market trend line forming.
