BOE Governor’s Skepticism Threatens Digital Pound Timeline Amid Global CBDC Race

Speaking in Kyiv, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has questioned the need for a retail Digital Pound, citing unclear benefits, while confirming that wholesale CBDC work for financial institutions has advanced and pondering whether strict bank regulation has increased risk in non-bank sectors.
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AI Predicts 2026 Crypto Sector Surge as DePIN, RWA, SocialFi Steal Spotlight

With crypto on the rise globally, it’s hard to predict just what area of the blockchain sector will generate enough interest to become the next big thing. Using a ChatGPT analysis, we’ve broken down the most up-and-coming crypto trends you should know about before they likely dominate the industry in the years to come.“Narrative waves” […]
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ChatGPT o3’s 38-Signal AI ADA Price Forecast Reveals Oversold Bounce Potential Amid Ford Partnership

ChatGPT has integrated 38 live technical, on-chain, and sentiment indicators to assess ADA’s course: price has fallen 13 % to $0.58, RSI sits near 30, yet almost $1 bn has moved off exchanges, and whales have purchased 310 m tokens, hinting at potential relief if support holds.
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Uber Races Into AI Data Labeling as Meta’s $14.8B Scale Deal Sparks Mass Defections – Who’s Next?

Uber has widened its AI ambitions, renaming its data-services division Uber AI Solutions and offering external access to proprietary datasets, clickworker labeling teams and project-automation software. The expansion has come as Meta’s Scale stake prompts model builders to seek neutral partners.
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On-chain Wealth Turns Deadly: Crypto Kidnapping in Paris Forces Victim to Hand Over Ledger Wallet

Paris investigators have handled a kidnapping in Maisons-Alfort where a 23-year-old crypto holder was forced to surrender cash and a Ledger wallet, the tenth crypto-linked abduction in France this year amid a wider European rise in violent ‘wrench attacks’ against digital asset owners.
 
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