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The CFTC is moving to bring crypto exchanges into the federal fold, proposing a new licensing framework that would kick in the moment an exchange starts offering leveraged products. The agency is seeking public comment, which means this is still early days — but it signals Washington is serious about drawing lines in the digital asset space.
From regulation to recruitment — HackerRank's AI interviewer has now conducted more than half a million job interviews, with major names like Snowflake and Capgemini among its early adopters. The tool raises real questions about what we lose when a human is no longer in the room, and whether efficiency in hiring actually translates to better outcomes for candidates or companies.
And on the hardware frontier, a startup called Volantis — backed by Sam Altman — is betting that light can do what silicon alone cannot. The company is developing an AI accelerator that uses a photonic interposer to push memory bandwidth past current limits, targeting upwards of ten terabytes of memory at speeds the conventional approach simply cannot match. It's an ambitious claim, but the physics are real.
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