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SharpLink Will Stake $200M of Ethereum Through Lido's wstETH
Sharplink plans to stake roughly 12% of its total Ethereum holdings through Lido, earning yield while staying active in DeFi.
Dartmouth endowment’s crypto exposure drops by $2M amid falling prices
The value of the university endowment’s holdings in the Bitwise Solana staking ETF, Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF dropped to about $12 million.
Kraken parent Payward revenue rises 17% as trading volume falls in Q2
Payward grew revenue despite weaker crypto spot activity, as funded accounts jumped 42% and a growing share of revenue came from outside transaction-based activity.
OpenAI Staff Blame Rush to Ship for Rogue Agent Hack
Current and former OpenAI employees reportedly say pressure to release new AI products made it harder to prioritize safety.
Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push
Bullish, Coinbase, and Circle were among the names lower on Friday after the regulatory setback.
Israel’s Largest Bank Will Give Bitcoin Trading Another Try
Bank Leumi's 2022 attempt died at the Bank of Israel. A softer regulatory line and Galaxy's custody stack now give it another shot in early 2027.
UK authorities continue probe into Nigel Farage’s crypto ‘gifts’ after by-election win
The UK lawmaker declared victory following a by-election, triggering a resumption of an investigation from the parliamentary commissioner for standards into his crypto donations.
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file.
Israel’s largest bank taps Galaxy to offer Bitcoin, Ether, Solana trading
Bank Leumi customers will be able to buy, hold and sell three major cryptocurrencies directly through the bank’s investment app beginning in early 2027.
Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s $116M self-custody wake-up call
A $116 million Bitcoin wallet exploit puts self-custody under scrutiny as ETF inflows rebound, Strategy eyes more BTC and miners chase billions in AI deals.
Fake LinkedIn Crypto Job Scams Have Cost $11.8M: Singapore
Malware planted during a bogus coding assessment harvested a session token, bypassing multi-factor authentication to reach a code repository.
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.
Bitcoin price drops to $62.5K as trader warns weekly close may spark more losses
Bitcoin falls further toward new August lows, ignoring positive US inflation trends while US stocks continue to circle all-time highs.
Morgan Stanley’s BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings rise 23% in Q2
Morgan Stanley’s reported IBIT holdings rose to 16.5 million shares in Q2, while Ether ETF positions and several crypto-linked stocks also increased.
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct
Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.
Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong
Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s […]
Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy
Bank Leumi customers will be able to trade bitcoin, ether and solana through the bank’s investment app from early 2027.
Solana’s fee overhaul increases burn and makes resource hogs pay
Solana’s proposed fee overhaul would make resource-heavy transactions more expensive while cutting costs for simpler activity, and it increases the amount of SOL burned.
Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam
Instagram's wordmark is iconic. Well, was iconic. Apparently Instagram thought it looked old, so the company rolled out a new one this week. It doesn't look like the old Instagram wordmark. It doesn't even look like it spells Instagram anymore. And we cannot figure out why Instagram decided to do this. On this episode of […]
Ireland’s New AML Strategy Brings ‘Enhanced Checks’ on Private Crypto Wallets
The country's first strategy of its kind also brings stricter due diligence for firms dealing with overseas crypto companies.
Morning Minute: Tether Finally Gets An Audit
It seems Tether passed, putting an end to the longest-running open criticism of the leading stablecoin company.
Shinhan Asset Management partners with Plume on tokenized fund pilot
Shinhan Asset Management and Plume will test a tokenized fund using a Korean won-denominated ultra-short-term bond fund as its underlying asset.
Trump family's World Liberty Financial delay plans to sell Maldives resort token
The token’s sale has been pushed back due to the Iran war disrupting travel in the region.
SEC Shelves Crypto Rule Meeting Days After Senate Punted Clarity Act
No replacement date has been set for the meeting, which was cancelled due to an “unforeseen scheduling issue.”