How AI Mode is changing the way people search in the U.S.

About one in ten American adults used or held cryptocurrency in 2025, up from 7% in 2024, as spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs helped pull retail investors back into digital assets, according to new Federal Reserve data. According to FinanceFeeds and a…

Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagined search box that makes it easier to flow between AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of search results, and AI Mode, Google's chatbot-like search experience. Powered by the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, Google's updated search box expands for longer queries, while offering a new AI-powered autocomplete feature to build on your question. Robby Stein, Google's vice president of product for Search, told The Verge you'll "reliably" see AI Overviews if you ask a natural-language question. Asking follo … Read the full story at The Verge.

Capital concentration shows no signs of abating this year. Just through April, U.S. venture capital totals in 2026 are on par with funding for all of 2025, and 80% of startup investment this year so far has gone to rounds of $500 million and more.

U.S. cryptocurrency adoption has climbed to its highest level in three years, with a growing share of adults using digital assets primarily as investments rather than for everyday payments, according to a new Federal Reserve report. According to the Federal…

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal says the artificial intelligence competition between the U.S. and China is unlike any geopolitical rivalry in history, a race not for territory or weapons, but for the substratum of intelligence itself. Pal Warns the AI Race Has No Clear Winner Retired Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager and co-founder of financial […]

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1 billion in cumulative net outflows over the past week as institutional investors reduced exposure to the asset. According to data from SoSoValue, the latest withdrawals mark a sharp reversal after several weeks…

In 2022, Andresen reportedly logged into dormant wallets on the site called Dream Market and transferred millions of untouched cryptocurrency commission payments. The U.S. and German governments seized $1.7M in gold bars, $23K in cash and $1.2M in proceeds from bank accounts and cryptocurrencies. Andresen is currently charged with up to 20 years in the […] The post DOJ Uncovers Alleged $2M Crypto Laundering Operation Tied to Darknet appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Bitcoin traded near $78K as Iran and the U.S. exchanged peace deal terms, keeping crypto markets exposed to oil and war headlines.