On March 30, local time on March 29, an Israeli official revealed that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has agreed to an Egyptian proposal to release five detainees in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire starting from Eid al-Fitr (March 30 or 31). The official said that during the ceasefire, the remains of deceased detainees will also be handed over, but did not give a specific number. The official also said that Israel is expected to raise objections to the proposal, and that the...
The Israeli military says it has killed the head of Hamas military intelligence in southern Gaza.
Federal Reserve Governor Paul Waller said he did not expect the dollar to lose its reserve currency status.
According to Jin Ten, the governor of the Czech Central Bank said that bitcoin as an asset is being considered for inclusion in foreign exchange reserves; currently it has zero correlation with bonds and is an interesting asset for large portfolios. It is currently only in the analysis and discussion stage; the committee will make decisions, there are no upcoming decisions, and in-depth analysis is required.
Musk said in a statement that OpenAI was originally an open-source, non-profit company, but now it has become a closed-source, profit-maximizing company.
The South Korean government has declared a national mourning period for the plane crash until January 4.
Decentralized AI Cloud as a Service Heurist launches the no-service AI Agents framework. The framework allows developers to deploy AI models in a few lines of code and provide GPU computing services on an on-demand, pay-as-you-go basis. Previously, Heurist completed 2 million US dollar financing, and Amber Group and others participated in the investment.
The Spanish securities regulator CNMV has approved the country's first tokenization license, opening the door to the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Ursus-3 Capital, in partnership with Onyze, is the first consortium able to offer services to Spanish companies looking to enter the space. "We firmly believe that RWA tokenization opens up endless possibilities for entrepreneurs and it is important to ensure the legal safety of investors," says Juan Jurado, managing director of Ursus-3 Cap...
Donald Trump has appointed Scott Bessant as US Treasury secretary. "Scott is widely respected as one of the world's leading international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists," Mr. Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform. "Scott's story is the American dream."
Rumors that bitcoin will be used as part of a strategic reserve, and the growing adoption of bitcoin by businesses, the rise of bitcoin as a possible reserve asset, has experts wondering how a bank run on bitcoin will play out. Justin Bons, a cryptocurrency analyst and CIO of Cybercapital, a European cryptocurrency fund, said bitcoin is vulnerable to a bank run given the technical limitations of the first blockchain.