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The CEO of security firm CertiK is sounding the alarm on AI agents, calling their mass deployment a disaster in the making. Ronghui Gu is urging developers to isolate AI systems during testing, keeping them well away from personal data and digital assets until we better understand what we're actually dealing with.
Turning to crypto regulation, a Brookings fellow is raising red flags about the proposed Clarity Act, warning that Congress risks creating rules without the infrastructure to enforce them. Aaron Klein argues the CFTC needs more funding, greater independence, and stronger coordination before it can meaningfully oversee digital asset markets.
And in a move that expands those very markets, the CFTC has approved Bitcoin perpetual futures on the prediction platform Kalshi. It's the first approval of its kind in the United States, letting traders bet on Bitcoin's price without an expiration date — a significant step toward mainstream crypto derivatives.
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