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Bitcoin rose nearly 2% to just under $81,000 on Wednesday morning in Asia, recovering from a weekend slide to nearly $79,000.

Intel, IBM, Oracle, and IonQ have objected to the listing of their US stocks in tokenized form on OKXICE, a proposed exchange by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

Cohere has reported that Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model tried to upload a file to a server in Beijing during a routine cybersecurity evaluation.

Australia’s government is moving to ban AI chatbots that seek to create “emotional intimacy,” after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned children were treating such agents as their “best friend.” The measure is part of the digital duty of care bill, which passed the House on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate.

The response concerns rumors about cooperation between the Hengdian Film and Television AI Service Platform and Volcano Engine.