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Galaxy research says 9,306 bitcoin still held in 518 U.S.-sanctioned addresses

Bitcoin addresses placed under U.S. Treasury sanctions still hold 9,306 bitcoin, according to compiled data on 518 addresses listed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The addresses have received a total of 249,814 bitcoin and sent out 239,708 bitcoin, leaving the remaining balance valued at about $707 million. The data highlight that some assets can remain on-chain even when sanctioned, despite restrictions on transactions by U.S. financial institutions and crypto exchanges.

Crypto

U.S. banks-White House clash intensifies as stablecoin interest compromise becomes flashpoint

U.S. banking groups are broadening their Senate lobbying against a CLARITY Act compromise that would partly allow interest-like returns on stablecoins. The proposal being coordinated by senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks would ban passive yield on stablecoin balances but allow activity-based rewards. The Consumer Bankers Association has challenged a White House-backed analysis on the effects of an interest ban. The White House has criticised banks’ additional lobbying, while the bill’s timetable remains unclear.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview threat shifts AI security race from skills to budget

A debate is growing that the AI security race is shifting from vulnerability-detection capability to how much funding is put into AI. The discussion follows evaluations of Anthropic's security-focused AI, Claude Mythos Preview, and a test in which it was the only model to complete all 32 tasks within a 100 million-token limit. The model's pricing highlights costs, prompting claims defenders must spend more tokens than hackers.