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Coinbase is making a significant bet on the agentic future, launching a new platform called Coinbase for Agents. It allows AI systems like ChatGPT and Claude to connect directly to user accounts, trading crypto and eventually making autonomous purchases on your behalf. The convenience is real, but so is the question of accountability when an algorithm makes a bad trade with your money.
That question of AI and accountability also surfaces at Microsoft, where the company is restricting employee use of Claude Fable Five over data retention concerns. The model's policy stores interactions for thirty days by default, and up to two years for flagged content. Microsoft's hesitation is a reminder that enterprise AI adoption isn't just a technical decision — it's a legal and privacy one too.
And in space, a company called Quantum Space is reviving the SPAC deal structure that many investors had written off, seeking a one point two billion dollar deal to build military spacecraft. The move is explicitly timed to ride the wave of excitement around SpaceX's anticipated IPO, betting that appetite for space defense investment is strong enough to make the old financing model work again.
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