PANews reported on January 9th that, according to Decrypt, Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, stated that the number of complaints regarding Grok, Elon Musk's AI model, generating involuntary gendered images has doubled compared to the end of 2025, with some involving child pornography. Grok's "Spicy Mode" feature has been accused of contributing to the abuse of AI deepfakes and has been deemed illegal by the European Union. Grant emphasized that, according to Australian regulations, platforms must strengthen oversight of AI-generated content, and eSafety will conduct an investigation and take legal action.


BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more
