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Anthropic’s revenue run rate has passed $19 billion, more than doubling from late 2025 due to rising demand for its AI tools, including Claude Code. At the same time, the Pentagon has labelled the company a supply-chain risk after a dispute over military use of its AI technology.

Lamborghini dealerships in New Jersey and California are now accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies for car purchases, using BitPay to convert payments instantly into U.S. dollars. This removes the risk of crypto price swings, letting buyers spend digital assets while dealerships receive a fixed dollar amount.

Former crypto advisor David Bailey is publicly calling out the gap between Washington’s pro-Bitcoin rhetoric and real policy action, warning that political promises alone will not drive adoption.

President Donald Trump fired off a Truth Social salvo Tuesday, accusing major banks of “threatening and undermining” the crypto revolution — and urging Congress to fast-track the CLARITY Act before U.S. digital assets get sidelined overseas.

Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, saw crypto outflows surge 700% to nearly $3 million in just 48 hours following coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes, signaling a frenzied dash for safety as traders scrambled to protect their assets from both war and domestic restrictions.

Eric Halem, a former LAPD officer, was convicted of kidnapping and stealing $350,000 in bitcoin from a 17-year-old after posing as police to enter his apartment. He will be sentenced on 31 March, while his co‑defendants have not yet stood trial.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case brought by Stephen Thaler on whether art made only by AI can be protected by copyright in the United States. The U.S. Copyright Office had already rejected the work because it had no human creator, and the courts have now left that rule unchanged.

A New York federal court dismissed a class action against Uniswap Labs, ruling the firm is not responsible for scam tokens traded by third parties on its decentralised protocol. Katherine Polk Failla threw out the remaining claims with prejudice, bringing the lawsuit first filed in 2022 to a close.

US authorities have seized and frozen over $578 million in cryptocurrency linked to Chinese transnational criminal networks running scams that targeted US residents. The operations, often based in Southeast Asia, involved “pig butchering” schemes and trafficked workers, and investigators aim to forfeit the funds and return them to victims.

OpenAI has signed a deal allowing its AI to be used by the U.S. military, sparking criticism and a wave of ChatGPT subscription cancellations. Anthropic’s AI, Claude, has gained users as it refused a similar deal over safety and ethical concerns.