There’s a particular kind of irony that tends to follow success in the crypto world. Build something decentralized enough, make it trustworthy enough, and eventually the very institutions you were building against will show up with a briefcase full of money. That’s roughly where Ethereum finds itself in 2025 — sitting on top of a staking ecosystem worth well over $100 billion, admired by Wall Street, and quietly, nervously, wondering if it’s still the same thing it used to be. Since the network’s transition to Proof-of-Stake back in September 2022 and the Shanghai upgrade in 2023 that finally allowed people…
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The King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh doesn’t seem like the birthplace of international tech regulations. Footsteps are absorbed by the thick carpets. Besides the translation headsets are half-finished coffee cups. Attendees lean forward and pay close attention as presenters go over a topic that was previously thought to be solely Californian: the proper conduct of artificial intelligence. Silicon Valley is not the source of this conversation. In collaboration with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has started to develop an ethics charter that goes beyond governing AI in the…
At the CES 2026 floor, the quiet moments were more noticeable than the cacophony. In a few seconds, a glass panel in a corner booth with louder, flashier displays changed from clear to opaque. No announcement. There is no dramatic lighting. A few attendees in the vicinity paused mid-conversation due to a minor alteration. Compared to the robotic dogs and holographic assistants strewn throughout the hall, that glass, which was a component of a larger idea put forth by teams involved in Dubai’s expanding smart infrastructure push, seemed almost insignificant. However, it seems like this is the kind of technology…
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