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Ohio Congressman Thaddeus Claggett introduced a bill formally prohibiting AI personhood. In some situations, corporations can legally count as persons already, so this bill isn’t necessarily related to AGI. Claggett’s bill describes a number of restrictions: LLM protocols can’t own property, directly manage human employees, be held liable for a crime, and more. These “common sense” regulations could significantly impact corporate policies. Can AI Achieve Personhood? Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, is a core long-term goal in the US AI industry. Many LLM developers genuinely believe that these models can achieve true sentience, functionally becoming independent intelligences. Whether or not…

Pinkfong, the creator of the global hit ‘Baby Shark,’ is taking its iconic IP to Web3, as Story Protocol announces its tokenization on ip.world. Summary “Baby Shark” and other Pinkfong content are now tokenized on Story Protocol’s ip.world. The initiative allows fans and creators to “remix and expand the Pinkfong IP”, according to the official announcement. Story Protocol (IP) has just announced the tokenization of Pinkfong’s IP, the creative force behind the global sensation “Baby Shark,” on ip.world, a platform for IP-backed memecoins on Story Protocol. With over 140 billion total views and more than 240 million subscribers across platforms,…

PayPal and decentralized finance platform Spark have teamed up to grow liquidity for PYUSD$0.9993 onchain, aiming to scale deposits from $100 million today to $1 billion in the weeks ahead. PYUSD, issued by Paxos and pegged to the U.S. dollar, was recently onboarded to SparkLend, Spark’s lending marketplace. The integration gives users the ability to supply and borrow PYUSD, with liquidity supported by Spark’s $8 billion stablecoin reserve pool. This approach contrasts with traditional liquidity programs that rely on expensive market-maker incentives, instead offering predictable depth at set borrowing costs. “Predictable access to deep liquidity is what allows stablecoins like…

Ethereum continues to hold steady despite ongoing volatility, with ETH hovering just below the $4,500 mark. While sharp gains remain elusive, the asset is equally shielded from steep declines. Strong investor accumulation is helping the altcoin king maintain stability, fueling optimism for a potential recovery in the coming days. Ethereum Holders Continue Accumulation Ethereum’s net exchange position highlights that ETH holders are once again moving toward accumulation. Over the past week, exchanges recorded outflows of more than 420,000 ETH, valued at roughly $1.87 billion. These consistent outflows demonstrate optimism despite recent market swings. Investors moving ETH off exchanges typically signal…

The world of corporate finance is witnessing a significant shift, and a recent announcement from a US-listed company is set to add more fuel to this evolving landscape. Mogu Inc. (NYSE: MOGU), a prominent player listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has unveiled an ambitious plan: a substantial Mogu crypto investment of up to $20 million. This move signals a growing trend of traditional companies embracing digital assets, and it’s certainly turning heads in both the financial and cryptocurrency sectors. What Exactly is Mogu’s Bold Crypto Investment Strategy? In a formal filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

The Ohio State Board of Deposit unanimously approved a vendor to process crypto payments, including Bitcoin, for state fees and services in its latest bid to integrate crypto into public finance. “With hundreds of thousands of transactions going through my office each year, I want to commend the board for taking bold action to position us at the forefront of the emerging digital economy,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose tweeted on Wednesday. Wednesday’s approval caps months of work that began in April, when LaRose and Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague pushed the board to authorize crypto payments.   The proposal…

For users of the BNB Chain, the release of TEA makes it possible for them to carry out on-chain actions such as swapping, earning yield, and sending tokens. In a manner that is analogous to the cross-chain TEA, the transaction agent on Binance employs a deterministic reasoning tree for typical DeFi flows, with LLM fallback only for ambiguous input. Griffin AI’s execution-grade, chat-native interface is brought to one of the biggest user networks in the cryptocurrency industry via TEA Turbo. Griffin AI, a platform that enables the deployment and building of artificial intelligence agents in DeFi, has made an announcement…

Crypto strategist Benjamin Cowen believes that Ethereum (ETH) can follow gold’s price action this year en route to printing new record highs. In a new strategy session, the analyst tells his 931,000 YouTube subscribers that he sees Ethereum consolidating above $4,000 in the coming weeks to wait for a key technical indicator to rise before blasting to new all-time highs. According to Cowen, the same pattern was witnessed in gold this year, when the precious metal consolidated above $3,100 before rallying to its record high of $3,700. “There does exist a scenario where Ethereum just kind of goes sideways until…

SharpLink Gaming’s co-CEO is pushing back on concerns that the crypto treasury trend will negatively impact the industry, telling Decrypt that it will not be the black swan event that drags down the crypto market this cycle, akin to the FTX collapse of the past. Rather, the recently appointed leader for the publicly traded company—which has rapidly amassed over $3.7 billion worth of Ethereum—believes it will be a positive “white swan event” that brings institutional ETH adoption to levels never seen before. Joseph Chalom told Decrypt that the firm is putting Ethereum on the radar of non-crypto companies and educating them…

Seoul, South Korea, September 23, 2025 — Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating in Korea Blockchain Week 2025, with on-site engagement around the main conference “KBW2025: IMPACT” at Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts. The team is also attending select side events hosted by Sahara AI, MEXC Ventures, and Pudgy Korea, as well as a KOL networking & play night. This is the first time BYDFi has appeared at a major industry event since becoming Newcastle United’s Exclusive Official Crypto Exchange Partner, bringing exclusive offerings to attendees throughout the gathering. BYDFi at KBW2025: Presence and Experience Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) is one…