🤑 Ripple and Coinbase Partner to Expand Access to Ripple USD

Ripple and Coinbase, two of the the leading providers of blockchain solutions across traditional and digital finance, announced a partnership to bring Ripple USD (RLUSD) to Coinbase, significantly expanding market access and utility for the enterprise-grade stablecoin in the U.S.

Starting today, retail and institutional clients can trade and manage RLUSD through Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars and other supported USD-denominated stablecoins into RLUSD.

Availability for Coinbase Global Exchange customers, including leveraging RLUSD as collateral, will follow. 🚀

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🚫 California city weighs data center ban after staggering electricity demands revealed

San Diego officials are considering a temporary ban on new data centers amid growing concerns that the rapidly expanding industry could strain the city's electricity grid, drive up utility bills and worsen its housing shortage.

The move comes after a local developer floated plans for a massive 400-megawatt data center near Old Town that, if built, could become the largest facility of its kind in California. According to reporting by Voice of San Diego, the proposed facility could consume as much electricity as more than 320,000 homes.

Mayor Todd Gloria said the city needed to balance technological development with protecting residents from the potential consequences of large-scale data centers.

"San Diego is a city of innovation, and I want us to continue leading in the technologies and jobs of the future," — Gloria said. "But we cannot allow a rapidly expanding industry to get ahead of the rules needed to protect our residents."

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🤖 AI startup hacks Anthropic in 12 hours, gains access to employee details and internal messages

A cybersecurity startup called Cathedral gained access to sensitive internal systems at Anthropic in less than 12 hours, exposing employee information, salary details, job offers and internal messages discussing the company's advanced AI models. The incident was discovered during a security test conducted under Anthropic's programme for outside researchers to identify vulnerabilities.

According to a draft report, Cathedral used AI agents to find weaknesses in business software used by Anthropic for administrative and sales tasks. The researchers found ways to access internal data, including meeting transcripts and Slack messages, after running their agents for less than 12 hours.

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