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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Valory's Decentralized AI Agents Aim to Bring Transparency and Control to DeFi Investors
Valory's Decentralized AI Agents Aim to Bring Transparency and Control to DeFi Investors originally appeared on TheStreet. AI agents are quickly becoming integral to how businesses manage portfolios, automate workflows, and navigate digital markets. But most of today's tools—from ChatGPT to private analytics stacks—leave users exposed to platform risks, hidden logic, and limited control. Valory, a Zurich-based company building on the Olas protocol, is offering a decentralized alternative. The company's open-source agents combine machine learning models with smart contracts and crypto wallets, enabling users to operate AI-driven strategies across DeFi, prediction markets, and marketing—without relying on black-box infrastructure. 'We launched Olas so that people could truly own their AI,' said David Diez, CEO of Valory. 'That means owning the models, the logic, and the economics.' Valory's platform targets high-net-worth individuals and institutions that want more than generic SaaS offerings. Rather than outsourcing sensitive tasks like portfolio optimization or campaign automation, Diez says firms can now control how their AI behaves, where it operates, and how it handles assets. 'How much of your stack do you want to own?' Diez asked. 'For core business functions, it's not just about cost—it's about sovereignty over data and margin.' The agents, licensed under Apache 2.0, can be customized or reused for various use cases. Valory currently supports integration with more than 50 DeFi protocols, including Aave and Uniswap, and has reached $400 million in locked value as of Q4 2024, according to company posts on X. Security remains a central concern for institutional adoption. Valory's agents include built-in guardrails and operate with support from Safe, a widely used multi-signature wallet provider. These controls limit agents to predefined actions—such as caps on transaction size or protocol access—reducing the likelihood of errant behavior. Users retain full custody over their funds via wallets like MetaMask or Trust Wallet. Valory also supports MPC (multi-party computation) wallets, splitting key access for added redundancy. 'You can pull the plug on the agent anytime,' Diez said. Valory's stack is fully open-source and publicly audited, which the company believes is essential for attracting TradFi investors who require end-to-end transparency. Valory's Decentralized AI Agents Aim to Bring Transparency and Control to DeFi Investors first appeared on TheStreet on Jun 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by TheStreet on Jun 17, 2025, where it first appeared. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Safe Establishes New Development Firm to Attract Institutions and Tackle Crypto's ‘Cyber Warfare' Era
Safe, the popular multiparty crypto wallet previously called Gnosis Safe, has launched a new development unit, Safe Labs, in a move aimed at consolidating its operations and sharpening its product roadmap after it was targeted in February's $1.4 billion ByBit hack — the largest crypto heist to date. The new entity will serve as the core development arm of Safe, which until now had outsourced technical work to a separate development firm, a structure commonly used across the crypto industry, Safe Labs Chief Executive Rahul Rumalla said on Wednesday. Safe Labs will operate directly under the umbrella of the Safe Foundation, a nonprofit organization. In an interview with CoinDesk, Rumalla said the transition reflects a broader strategy shift toward building products that can meet both the ideological standards of cypherpunk culture and the practical demands of enterprise clients. 'This framework that we are forced to operate in — it actually forces you to compromise one over the other: If you want more security, you have to compromise on convenience, and if you want more convenience, you compromise on security,' Rumalla said. 'We at Safe Labs, we step back and we reject this framework. We don't want to operate in this model where we have to compromise one over the other.' According to Rumalla, the ByBit hack was a 'catalyst' for the creation of Safe Labs. While Safe's core smart contracts remained uncompromised, its user-facing web application was infiltrated with malicious code by North Korea's Lazarus Group. That attack enabled the hackers to trick ByBit's CEO into signing off on a transaction that rerouted funds into their control. 'What we saw with an attack like this is that our core values were used against us,' Rumalla said. 'Anonymity, privacy, self-custody, transparency, open source — these were used against us.' Despite the breach, Rumalla said user confidence in the Safe platform remained strong. The application saw 'practically no churn' in the aftermath and continues to process 10% of all transaction volume across Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible networks. 'We're not defending against cyberattacks,' Rumalla said. 'We are defending cyber warfare, and that requires a mindset shift — not just at the project level, not at the company level, but as Ethereum or even crypto as a whole.' The move to formalize internal development echoes similar shifts by other major protocols, including Morpho and Polygon, which have both recently made moves to streamline decision-making and improve accountability with more traditional organizational structures. In parallel, Safe Labs is also refocusing on product design. The team is currently working on a 'V2' version of its wallet, which Rumalla described as more 'opinionated' — meaning bolder product direction, particularly for institutional users. 'What we're going to be launching and testing in the future is a subscription plan, essentially, that's called Safe Pro — or Safe for enterprises, Safe for institutions — very much around that realm,' he said. 'We're going to basically package this opinionated product that's more for the user segments that have higher security needs and more customization appetite.' 'We need to operate at startup speed,' Rumalla added. "That in itself is the premise of why we need to operate as a separate, independent entity. We need to align where we need to align, which is on the mission, but we need to be a bit more independent in terms of how we execute." With more than $60 billion in total value locked and over $1 trillion in historical transaction volume, according to Rumalla, Safe remains one of crypto's most battle-tested self-custody platforms. The team, now roughly 40 strong and based in Berlin, is betting that its next chapter — one that embraces opinionated product design without sacrificing its open-source ethos — will help define how wallets look in a world heading toward a trillion-dollar on-chain economy. "Our mission is simple: making self custody easy and secure," Rumalla said. "That's a win for everybody." 擷取數據時發生錯誤 登入存取你的投資組合 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤
Business Wire
11-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Orange Business and Toshiba Partner to Launch First Commercial Quantum-Safe Network Service in France
PARIS & CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orange Business and Toshiba Europe have partnered to launch the first quantum-safe networking service in Paris, France. Orange Quantum Defender uses Toshiba's Quantum Safe Networking technology, which combines Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for defence in depth. The service is now commercially available in the greater Paris area. The quantum-safe network offers the ultimate protection for sensitive data against future quantum computing attacks. A leading French financial services company has already connected multiple sites to the network, accessing high-speed, resilient quantum-safe infrastructure to secure its critical financial data. The continued development of quantum technologies puts sensitive data under threat like never before, as quantum computers are set to render current public key encryption methods insecure. Organisations and enterprises within highly trust-sensitive industries, such as financial services, the public sector, critical infrastructure, and healthcare, are under particular threat from 'store now, decrypt later' attacks. This is where sensitive data is collected today and stored by bad actors for decryption when quantum computers become available. To respond to this threat, organisations must take action to fortify their communications now to ensure they remain secure well into the future. Orange Quantum Defender is provided over the existing Orange commercial fibre network in Paris using Toshiba's QKD technology. A defence-in-depth principle combines hardware-based QKD and software-based PQC technologies to both protect sensitive data and ensure future data secrecy. The combination of QKD and PQC means organisations can benefit from a multi-layered security approach, providing the most secure network possible. "We are thrilled to launch Orange Quantum Defender – a first-of-its kind service in France. This is a significant step in the Orange multi-layer quantum-safe networking strategy, as we help our enterprise customers respond to the growing and evolving security threats from quantum computing. Built on the robust technology by Toshiba, we are not just protecting sensitive data today; we are prepared and ready to partner with our customers for a secure and resilient future," said Aliette Mousnier-Lompré, CEO, Orange Business. The quantum safe network follows years of collaboration between Orange and Toshiba in validating QKD for commercial applications. Previous joint tests showed that Toshiba's QKD technology could successfully scale across long distances at high secret key rates while co-existing with conventional data signals. Not only did this show that QKD could be used by businesses to protect their data in real-life situations today, but that it could easily be deployed on existing fibre networks, lowering barriers to adoption. The new network marks a fundamental step not only in protecting highly sensitive commercial data but also supports France's national quantum strategy. 'The quantum age isn't just some fringe concept anymore, and large organisations are on the frontline when it comes to the dangers posed by powerful quantum computers,' commented Hiroshi Tsukino, Corporate Vice President of Toshiba Corporation, and Vice President of ICT Solutions Division at Toshiba Digital Solutions. 'We have been collaborating with Orange for several years to validate QKD technology performance across existing fibre networks, and I'm excited to now jointly launch the first commercial solution that can deliver a quantum-safe future for organisations in Paris.' About Orange Business Orange Business, the enterprise division of the Orange Group, is a leading network and digital integrator, supporting customers to create positive impact and digital business. The combined strength of its next-generation connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity expertise, platforms, and partners provides the foundation for enterprises around the world. With 30,000 employees across 65 countries, Orange Business enables its customers' transformations by orchestrating end-to-end secured digital infrastructure and focusing on the employee, customer, and operational experience. More than 30,000 B-to-B customers put their trust in Orange Business globally. Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with revenues of 40.3 billion euros in 2024 and 291 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2024. In February 2023, the Group presented its strategic plan "Lead the Future", built on a new business model and guided by responsibility and efficiency. "Lead the Future" capitalizes on network excellence to reinforce Orange's leadership in service quality. Orange is listed on the Euronext Paris (ORA). For more information: or follow us on LinkedIn and on X: @orangebusiness Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trademarks of Orange or Orange Brand Services Limited. About Toshiba In 2025, the Toshiba Group celebrates its 150th anniversary. As the company looks ahead, it is enhancing its management structure, streamlining operations, and investing in forward-looking businesses to build foundations for new growth. This will allow it to continue to support advances toward a sustainable future with products and services developed by its wide range of businesses in the energy, infrastructure, and electronic devices domains. Guided by its corporate philosophy, 'Committed to People, Committed to the Future.,' Toshiba brings industry-leading capabilities in green transformation (GX) and digital transformation (DX) to solutions for companies addressing the many challenges faced by modern society. By leveraging the power of data derived from its constantly evolving products and solutions, the Group is determined to help to achieve carbon neutrality and a circular economy. In fiscal year 2024, Toshiba Group recorded annual sales of 3.5 trillion yen and employed 95,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn.
Gizmodo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
30 Years Later, the Terrors of ‘Safe' Are Just as Alarming
Todd Haynes' exploration of ecological and existential horrors features a stellar early-career performance by Julianne Moore. The eco-horror genre can often take a high-energy, high-action approach. We've seen animals and/or insects transformed by an environmental shift that makes them want to attack every human in their midst. We've seen nature twisted into spawning vicious monsters both giant and microscopic. We've also seen the weather go haywire and spiral into an ice age in act three after ripping Los Angeles with tornados in act one. But not every eco-horror film speaks in such a loud voice. In 2011, Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter explored the fragmenting domestic life of a construction worker whose apocalyptic visions soon become an obsession; as he prepares for doom, his increasingly exasperated loved ones assume he's completely nuts. In 2021, Ben Wheatley's In the Earth investigated a story obliquely about the covid-19 pandemic, set in a forest where the plants have launched an offensive against all human invaders. Even earlier, Todd Haynes' Safe—released in theaters 30 years ago this month after debuting at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival—dug into maybe the eeriest sort of eco-horror of all. You can't see it, hear it, or even feel it, unless you're Safe's main character: Carol White, a housewife played by then-emerging star Julianne Moore. Safe takes place in 1987 in the suburbs of Los Angeles, where Carol, clad in pastels and pearls, spends her days running errands, ordering her housekeeper around, and attending aerobics classes. It's a comfortable yet dull life; what passes for drama is a new couch being delivered in the wrong color, or a friend suggesting they try out a faddish all-fruit diet. Carol doesn't smoke or drink—she describes herself as a 'milkaholic'—and her personality is quite passive. She doesn't seem to have much of an interior life. Her lack of expressiveness matches perfectly with the style Haynes uses to tell his story: it's very reserved, almost to the point of feeling airless and sterile. We're peering in on Carol almost like she's a figure in a diorama that tells her story. But if Carol seems like someone who must have a rebellion bubbling within, Safe–released at the height of the AIDS epidemic, a crisis it references both overtly and symbolically—turns that idea on its head. While in some senses it is a feminist comment on how stifling gender roles can be, Safe is also a movie about a woman whose body begins to break down in response to her otherwise unremarkable environment, imperiling both her physical and mental health. If you watch Safe already knowing where Carol is headed, it's easy to pick out the clues. The first thing we hear from her is a sneeze—a gentle harbinger of the coughing fits, vomiting, nosebleeds, hyperventilation, skin eruptions, and seizures that eventually come along. Her McMansion existence, untaxing as it seems, is full of toxic triggers and pollutants: wall-to-wall carpet that's constantly being vacuumed, kitchen cabinets that must be re-varnished, car exhaust from LA's perpetual traffic jams, planes flying overhead, humming appliances, phones ringing, TVs and radios blaring, and looming electrical towers. We see Carol visit the dry cleaner on multiple occasions, including a disastrous attempt to pick up clothes while the place is being fumigated, and at one point she decides to add a perm and a manicure to her beauty salon routine. But everyone else in her life who dwells in this San Fernando Valley bubble is seemingly fine. It's just Carol who starts having violent reactions, and the initial response—particularly from her husband, who's continuously disbelieving though he does become somewhat more supportive—is that it's all in her head. She's just 'overexerted.' 'A little run down.' 'I really don't see anything wrong with you,' her regular physician scolds, while advising her to stay off dairy and forget the fruit diet, too. A litany of allergy tests prove inconclusive. A psychiatrist, perched behind a massive desk, looks at her quizzically, asking 'What's going on in you?' As Carol downshifts from delicate to fragile to frail, her illness becomes her entire identity, and she finally finds—not answers, but a community of people suffering from similar symptoms. (She finds them through a flyer posted on her health club's bulletin board that very pointedly asks: 'Are you allergic to the 20th century?') Treatment requires moving to a communal-living retreat in the desert, which takes Carol away from a life it seems she'll hardly miss, despite at least one emotional outburst as she's settling in. Exactly how Carol has fallen victim to this debilitating condition is something we never learn. The way Haynes frames her weakening existence is extremely effective, implying that it's an ambient ailment that could seep into anyone, anywhere, even in cushy surroundings. Safe is also remarkable in the way that it takes Carol's illness very seriously—the audience believes her, even if other characters don't—while also satirizing a New Age industry eagerly profiting off its patients. Carol and her fellow residents are wealthy enough to pay out of pocket for residential treatment, but naive enough not to question why the program's founder lives in a mansion that looms over the property. The most chilling part of Safe, though, is its ambiguous ending. Even amid her new home's isolated location, where everyone observes rules about chemicals, eats organic food, and undergoes regular therapy, Carol doesn't recover. Eventually she moves from a rustic cabin to an igloo-like structure that completely encloses a 'safe room,' free from contaminants as long as Carol is the only one who goes inside. Even then, and despite continuing to insist that she's feeling so much better, Carol is clearly deteriorating. Steadily. As Safe concludes, the audience is openly invited to wonder if she will ever get better—and if the choice she's made, to live in isolation in a place completely structured around environmental illness, was even worth it. After 30 years, the answers still don't come easily. Most haunting of all, environmental illnesses still lurk among us—as quietly insidious, inviting of skepticism, and enigmatic as ever.
News18
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
200-Year-Old Condom Featuring Erotic Art Displayed In Dutch Museum: 'Object To Laugh At...'
Last Updated: Joyce Zelen, curator of prints at the Rijksmuseum, said that ultraviolet testing confirmed that the condom had never been used. A rare 19th-century condom made from a sheep's appendix and printed with an explicit image is now on public display for the first time at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The unusual object, believed to be a luxury brothel souvenir from the 1830s, is the centerpiece of a new exhibition exploring sex, health and satire in the 19th century. Joyce Zelen, curator of prints at the Rijksmuseum, said that ultraviolet testing confirmed it had never been used. Printed on the flattened intestine of a sheep or goat using a copper plate, the image on the condom shows a nun with her legs open, surrounded by three clergymen lifting their robes to reveal erections. Below the scene is the caption in French: 'Voila mon choix" ('This is my choice"). Condoms like this were part of a booming 19th-century trade. At the time, such items offered limited protection against sexually transmitted infections, especially syphilis- a widespread health threat at the time. 'This was probably made for someone who appreciated both erotic humor and classical references," Joyce Zelen said. 'The hardest part was deciding who would call the boss to ask permission to buy a condom," Joyce Zelen joked. The condom is now featured in the museum's new exhibition 'Safe Sex?", which explores 19th-century perspectives on prostitution, desire and disease. It will remain on view in the Rijksmuseum's Print Room until the end of November. First Published: June 04, 2025, 19:06 IST
