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Sweeping crypto legislation hits major snag as Senate Banking Committee postpones markup

Sarah Wynn / theblock - The Senate Banking Committee has pulled its hearing to amend and vote on sweeping crypto legislation following a tumultuous few days.


Coinbase Withdrawals - Coinbase shuns problematic crypto bill, sparking wider industry concern.

Coinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington

7 wks / nytimes / David Yaffe-Bellany

Coinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington

7 wks / nytimes / David Yaffe-Bellany

Morning Minute: Coinbase Withdraws Support of Clarity Act, Markup Delayed

7 wks / decrypt / Tyler Warner

Coinbase (COIN) Stock: Up After CEO Flags Excessive SEC Oversight

7 wks / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Coinbase pulled support for Senate crypto legislation — here’s what happened

7 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Coinbase CEO Pulls Support for Senate Crypto Bill Over Tokenized Equities Ban

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Coinbase pulls support for major crypto bill. Here's what it means for the industry

7 wks / coindesk / Helene Braun

Coinbase Withdraws Support for Crypto Bill on Eve of Key Senate Vote

7 wks / decrypt / Sander Lutz

Coinbase says it won’t back Senate crypto bill ahead of banking committee vote

7 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Coinbase pulls support from crypto market structure bill

7 wks / coindesk / Nikhilesh De


Market & Analyst Impact - Analysts predict cascading effects as crypto bill stalls in Congress.

The big crypto bill isn't dead, may return next month as Wall Street fight still looms

7 wks / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Bitcoin slides below $96,000 as key crypto bill stalls in Congress

7 wks / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Crypto bill delay 'may ultimately be constructive' for final product, Benchmark says

7 wks / coindesk / Will Canny

Bank of America CEO: Interest-Bearing Stablecoins Could Take $6T Out of Bank Deposits

7 wks / decrypt / Will McCurdy


Senate Markup Turmoil - Senate panel halts crucial crypto markup amid fierce debates.

Crypto Leaders Call for Negotiations as Senate Postpones Markup of Crypto Bill

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Senate committee delays vote on crypto bill amid pushback

7 wks / semafor / Eleanor Mueller

Senate Banking Committee Delays Markup of Key Crypto Bill as Industry Support Frays

7 wks / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Sweeping crypto legislation hits major snag as Senate Banking Committee postpones markup

7 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Senate Banking Committee cancels crypto market structure markup

7 wks / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

Senate crypto bill nears crunch time as amendments pile up, lobbying intensifies ahead of Senate Banking Committee hearing

7 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn


Support Among Peers - Robinhood CEO supports bill despite Coinbase exit and policy rifts.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev reaffirms support for crypto market structure bill amid delay

7 wks / theblock / Danny Park

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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

Kate Conger / nytimes - The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.


California probes

California Opens xAI Investigation Over Grok's Deepfake Flood

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

California to investigate xAI over Grok chatbot images, officials say

7 wks / reddit / /u/ddx-me

California Attorney General Investigating xAI Over Grok’s Deepfakes

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

California investigating Grok AI over lewd fake images

7 wks / techxplore

California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images

7 wks / cnbc


Global regulatory & advocacy

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

7 wks / theverge / Robert Hart

It’s not over, Europe’s regulators tell X

7 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Philippines to Join Indonesia, Malaysia in Blocking Musk’s Grok

7 wks / bloomberg / Cliff Harvey Venzon

Advocacy groups slam Apple and Google for hosting Grok and X apps

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images

7 wks / ft

Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin

7 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grok Generated 6,700 Nudifying Images Per Hour. Musk Says He Saw 'Literally Zero.

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Senate passes bill letting victims sue over Grok AI explicit images

7 wks / reddit / /u/sksarkpoes3


Platform policy clampdown

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

X says it has blocked Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing

7 wks / techspot

Grok now bans all undressing images -- where it's forced to

7 wks / appleinsider

Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Musk rushes to fix disgusting Grok replies

7 wks / news.com.au

X Announces Grok Can No Longer Edit Real People’s Images, But Website Still Allows It

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

7 wks / go

Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’

7 wks / mashable

X Tightens Grok Image Generation Following International Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

7 wks / scmp

Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

7 wks / cnbc

X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash

7 wks / bbc

XAI Blocks Grok From Creating Sexualized Images of Real People

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell


All Other Stories

X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking. But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the f

7 wks / bsky / @parismarx.com / parismarx.com

Le Monde publie de fausses nouvelles. www.theverge.com/news/862372/...

7 wks / bsky / @clauderioux.bsky.social / clauderioux.bsky.social

California DOJ is the latest to initiate a formal investigation of xAI and its Grok issues - the AI chatbot and image generator enabled widespread creation and publication of deepfake NCII & CSAM (nonconsensual intimate images, and child sexual abuse

7 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

Back to Top / Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 17871 / 38 stories in 7 wks


Saks Seeks Bankruptcy Protection and Names New CEO

PYMNTS / pymnts - Luxury retail company Saks Global has declared bankruptcy amid mounting debts. The company, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue stores as well as department stores Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, it said in a Wednesday…

#ecommerce #banking #stockmarket #business #fashion #economy #law

Amazon Blasts Saks Funding Deal, Says Its Equity Is ‘Worthless’

7 wks / bloomberg / Jonathan RandlesSteven Church

The fashion brands and tech companies holding the bag as Saks files Chapter 11

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Saks Global bankruptcy: Store closure update and what’s next for Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus

7 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Luxury retail giant behind Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf collapses under massive debt, declares bankruptcy

7 wks / siliconcanals / James Brennan

Saks Global files for bankruptcy amid mounting debt reports - Jang

7 wks / com

Saks Seeks Bankruptcy Protection and Names New CEO

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Luxury Retail Giant Behind Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman Files for Bankruptcy - People.com

7 wks / people

Luxury retailer Saks Global declares bankruptcy - ConsumerAffairs

7 wks / consumeraffairs

As debt, mergers, and shifting luxury demand reshape retail, Saks Global files for bankruptcy. - vocal.media

7 wks / vocal

Saks Global files for bankruptcy amid luxury downturn

7 wks / semafor / Tom Chivers

Saks Global files for bankruptcy. How that could ripple across luxury retail.

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Saks Global files for bankruptcy. Here’s how luxury retail went out of style

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

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