Grok’s Vulgar Roasts of Musk, Netanyahu and Starmer Go Viral on X

xAI’s chatbot Grok has sparked widespread buzz on X after delivering a series of explicit roasts targeting high-profile figures like Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The exchanges began after users prompted Grok to produce “extremely vulgar” roasts of political leaders and public figures. The chatbot responded with profanity-filled insults directed at several well-known individuals. “Elon Musk, you pretentious bald fuck with a micro-penis and god complex—you blew $44B on X to stroke your fragile ego after endless ratioings,” the AI chatbot said…

Canada Issues First Tokenized Bond in Bank of Canada DLT Pilot

Canada has completed a pilot program testing the use of distributed ledger technology in bond markets, culminating in the issuance of the country’s first tokenized bond, according to a Friday announcement from the Bank of Canada. The experiment, known as Project Samara, involved the Bank of Canada, Export Development Canada, Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Group, and explored if blockchain-style infrastructure could streamline bond issuance, trading and settlement. As part of the pilot, Export Development Canada issued a $100 million Canadian dollar ($73.6 million) bond with a maturity…

Florida Senate Approves First Stablecoin Bill, Awaits DeSantis’ Signature

Florida lawmakers have approved a state-level framework regulating payment stablecoins, moving the legislation to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk for final approval. In a Friday post on X, Samuel Armes, founder of the Florida Blockchain Business Association, revealed that Senate Bill 314 has cleared the Florida Senate unanimously. The measure is set to become law once signed by DeSantis, which Armes expects within the next month. “It has now passed the Senate and the House, and will be signed by DeSantis within the next 30 days!” he wrote on X. Florida…

Bitcoin Dip May Not Be Over As Retail Ramps Up Buying: Santiment

Retail investors have been scooping up Bitcoin after it slipped below $70,000, but whale activity suggests the price could still head lower if past patterns repeat, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment. “The moment Bitcoin hit $74k, these key stakeholders began taking profit,” Santiment said in a report on Friday. Santiment explained that whales — those holding between 10 and 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) — “accumulated heavily” between Feb. 23 and Mar. 3, when Bitcoin was trading between $62,900 and $69,600. Whales (green line) have been selling, while retail investors (red…

US National Cyber Strategy Pledges Support For Crypto And Blockchain

Crypto industry executives are combing through US President Donald Trump’s National Cyber Strategy after it was released on Friday, searching for hints about what it could signal for government support of the crypto industry. “Crypto and blockchain are explicitly named as technologies to be ‘protected and secured.’ This is a first for any US cybersecurity strategy,” Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research Alex Thorn said in an X post on Friday. Crypto and blockchain were mentioned once in the six-page report: “We will build secure technologies and supply chains that…

Community Banks, Crypto Industry ‘Are Allies’ In CLARITY Act Clash: Exec

A crypto executive has pushed back against claims by the president of a community banking association that any compromise between the banking sector and the crypto industry on the US CLARITY Act would be a mistake. “If community banks and crypto can’t find a way to work together, we already know who the winners are. It’s not the community banks. It’s not consumers. It’s not the crypto industry,” Zero Knowledge Consulting founder Austin Campbell said in an X post on Friday. “It is the big banks,” Campbell said. “There is…