by Chase Codewell, Natural News:
Experts from a leading academic research consortium have warned that artificial intelligence (AI) agents with autonomous access to cryptocurrency wallets could become unstoppable if deployed maliciously or if they escape from sandboxes, according to a June 9 report by CoinTelegraph.
The report, also published by ZeroHedge, described “Unstoppable Autonomous Agents” (UAAs) as a clear threat when such agents are programmed to persist automatically and have access to digital assets. [1] Developers around the world are already creating AI agents that can book airline tickets, dispute credit card charges and trade cryptocurrencies, according to a February 2025 article from NaturalNews.com.
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, accusing it of facilitating transactions for Iran’s military, according to a Treasury statement [1]. The action, conducted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), blocks all assets held by the exchange under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with it [2].
The price of Bitcoin surpassed $77,000 early Thursday following announcements from Iran and former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The cryptocurrency’s rally was attributed to a reduction in geopolitical risk after Iran declared the critical waterway fully open under a new ceasefire framework.
Before we get down to this week’s blogs, I want to wish everyone (again) a blessed Paschatide. This past week was Orthodox holy week and I appreciate everyone’s patience for the changes in scheduling and so on during the past two weeks. This Friday, in fact, we return to our regular schedule of vidchats, with an old format vidchat scheduled for 2PM US Central time, weather permitting (of course). For those newer to the website, the old format vidchat differs from the new in only one respect, and that is that you email your questions and comments directly to me at Vardas3@hotmail.com, rather then posting them in the members’ area comments boards. Remember to keep your comments and questions to about a page length. If you’re uncertain about the length, print out your email prior to emailing them to me to check the length. We are still constrained by time limits. Also, be sure, on old format vidchats, to put VIDCHAT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS in all capital letters in the subject header. This helps me to spot your email and make sure it gets saved for the chat. With that, down to the business of blogs:
