Chris Giancarlo, a former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said technological innovation in the cryptocurrency industry will not stop even if the Clarity bill pending in Congress fails to pass. He urged the industry not to overestimate the bill and raised concerns about expanded surveillance, saying the bill could draw crypto transactions into Bank Secrecy Act monitoring. He also commented on political factors behind delays and federal regulation of prediction markets.

Gartner forecasts that most personal data breach incidents through 2029 will stem not from direct leaks of personally identifiable information but from AI-generated inferences about individuals. As companies reduce the amount of personal data they hold due to regulation and costs, threat actors can carry out inference-based attacks using AI. Gartner says firms must rethink privacy strategies and manage how AI systems generate and use personal insights, and expects spending on data integrity to rise.