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Good morning, founders and investors. While Iran tensions continue driving oil prices up $1 per gallon, Bitcoin is surprisingly holding above $69K in what might be resilience—or dangerous complacency. Meanwhile, AI agents are starting to trade on prediction markets around the clock, and a massive supply chain attack just hit one of Python's most popular AI packages.

In today's briefing

  • 1.Bitcoin's Calm Amid Chaos
  • 2.AI Agents Go Autonomous
  • 3.Supply Chain Attack Hits AI
  • Quick hits on other news
Latest Developments
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🤖AI Agents Begin Trading Autonomously as Identity Systems Launch

The Rundown: AI agents are emerging as autonomous transaction participants through new identity verification systems, with prediction markets becoming the testing ground for 24/7 automated trading strategies.

The details:

  • Polystrat AI agent trades on Polymarket around the clock for users while Brian Armstrong predicts AI agents will soon outnumber humans in transactions
  • World launched AgentKit using World ID to provide cryptographic proof that AI agents are backed by unique humans
  • x402 protocol enables autonomous micropayments as AI agents gain ability to transact independently
  • Hyperliquid perpetual exchange saw massive 24/7 S&P 500 futures activity driven by Trump's Iran statements over the weekend
Why it matters: We're witnessing the birth of an autonomous AI economy where agents can verify identity, hold assets, and trade independently. This creates massive opportunities for founders building AI infrastructure, but also raises critical questions about liability, regulation, and market manipulation when non-human entities become major market participants.

Sources: CoinDesk +1 other

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Everything else in the news today

Obex began deploying up to $1B in USDS across eight real-world asset projects including mortgages and solar energy
Coinbase launched the first Fannie Mae-eligible crypto mortgage letting BTC holders use crypto as collateral
Google's TurboQuant algorithm reduces AI memory usage by 6x while delivering 8x performance gains
ARC-AGI-3 benchmark launched where humans solve all tasks but top AI systems score under 1%
Cursor launches self-hosted agents that run inside user infrastructure with Kubernetes support
Apple reportedly testing 200MP camera sensors while working on smaller AI models from Gemini
OpenAI paused erotic ChatGPT plans indefinitely amid ongoing safety discussions
McDonald's viral Big Arch burger sparked competitive responses from Burger King and Wendy's
MLB exclusively aired Opening Night on Netflix as part of shift toward new media platforms
Salesforce Agentforce achieved 72% open rates on 1,000 previously dead leads using CRM history
Reflection startup seeks $25B valuation to build open source AI alternatives to Chinese models
Study shows over 80% of top-ranking pages use AI assistance for content creation
Only 11% overlap exists between domains cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity in search results
Ethereum Foundation released controversial 38-page mandate document sparking governance debate
Canton blockchain processes over $8T in tokenized transactions monthly including $350B of US Treasuries
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