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Canada's so-called Crypto King, Aiden Pleterski, will represent himself at his fraud trial after losing legal counsel. The judge has agreed to raise objections on his behalf to shield the jury from inadmissible evidence — a rare arrangement that underscores just how chaotic this case has become.
Shifting to artificial intelligence, researcher Timnit Gebru is pushing back hard against the AI doom narrative. She argues the existential threat framing isn't really about saving humanity — it's about founders building leverage and fundraising mystique. For Gebru, the real harms from AI are happening right now, not in some distant future.
And in crypto markets, Aave surged eleven percent on speculation the protocol may begin burning its own token, pulling much of the decentralized finance sector higher with it. That rally came even as the ten-year Treasury yield climbed past five point two percent — a level that typically pressures risk assets. Bitcoin also rebounded above eighty-four thousand dollars, with Ether leading a broader modest recovery among major tokens.
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