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Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well.
Russia proposes exchange trading of Bitcoin, Ether and Tether’s USDT
Russia’s central bank proposed allowing Bitcoin, Ether and USDT to trade on regulated exchanges, following a law signed by President Vladimir Putin last week.
Ravencoin, a blockchain built from Bitcoin’s code, could roll back four days of transactions
Two mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hashpower are building a replacement chain from before Friday’s first invalid block, putting deposits, withdrawals and payments made since then at risk of reversal.
Coinbase picks Abu Dhabi for its global tokenized asset push
The crypto exchange said it secured regulatory approval to offer tokenized securities from Abu Dhabi as the emirate deepens its push into onchain finance.
Bitcoin stuck below $65,000 as Hormuz hopes evaporate, XRP close to dropping below $1
The Strait of Hormuz relief trade unraveled after Trump demanded 50 years of Iranian compensation, pushing oil back to $89 and leaving crypto and equities unchanged ahead of a pivotal CPI report.
‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
Zoom has patched a major security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack anyone's device during a meeting. In a blog post on Tuesday, researchers at A Security say they uncovered the flaw using "fewer than 20 prompts on publicly available AI models," as reported earlier by Wired. The exploit involved Zoom's annotation feature, […]
FlightAware sues Kalshi over bets on flight cancellations
The flight-tracking company alleges Kalshi used its data and trademark without permission to settle contracts on canceled flights.
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin BIP editor after controversial BIP-110 fork stalls
Dashjr said he is taking a sabbatical from his role as chair and chief technology officer of mining pool Ocean.
Coldcard hack losses: How investigators trace stolen Bitcoin
The Coldcard hack has no definitive loss figure yet as investigators rely on victim reports and onchain analysis that produce varying estimates.
Nvidia’s $500 billion AI infrastructure push leaves crypto compute further behind
Nvidia has signed memorandums of understanding with six major Wall Street firms to establish "AI compute" as a bankable infrastructure asset.
UK lawmakers question lenders over lack of banking for the country’s crypto firms
The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group asked banks to explain their approach to providing banking services to crypto and digital asset businesses.
Coinbase Opens UK Derivatives Trading With Up to 50x Leverage
Futures, perpetuals and options spanning crypto, commodities, equities and FX, limited to clients who qualify as professional investors.
Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal
The bitcoin miner’s 20-year agreement highlights an industry-wide shift toward AI infrastructure revenue.
Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful
Earlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order confirmation emails didn't name specific items anymore, and instead listed only item categories. "Your Beauty item is confirmed!" an email about my retainer cleaning tablets read. Shoppers have posted other iterations of the redacted emails as well: "Ordered: […]
Keel shuts US Bitcoin mining operations as Q2 revenue falls 50%
Keel completed the shutdown of its US Bitcoin mining operations as it pivots toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure
Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Spotify will soon label AI artists and remove their music from your recommendations. The change, which will start rolling out in mid-September, means you'll see an "AI Persona" badge on an artist's profile across the app if they do "not represent a real person." The music streaming platform will allow artists to disclose that they're […]
Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in an effort to comply with European rules for AI transparency. "Generated text will carry embedded watermarks, and generated files will include digitally signed provenance metadata where supported," Anthropic says on a new Claude support page. The changes are invisible to human […]
Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report
Anthropic reportedly struck a $9 billion deal with Riot for 191 megawatts of capacity from the Bitcoin miner’s Rockdale campus in Texas.
The AI takeover of mathematics has begun
Mathematician James Maynard has spent a lot of time this past year "soul searching." A professor at the University of Oxford and winner of the prestigious Fields Medal, Maynard told The Verge he's been grappling with the future of his field as the traditionally slow-moving discipline hurries to adapt to AI. Days before we spoke, […]
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week.
Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement
Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management.
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor
Luke Dashjr lost his BIP editor privileges after developers raised concerns over his role in BIP 110 and its stalled minority fork.
XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next
Bitcoin failed to hold $65,000 for a fourth day as an oil rally revived inflation worries before Wednesday's U.S. price data.
Bitcoin's 'strongest hands' are back, on-chain data show
Elite wallets holding over 10,000 BTC has hit a six-month high of 90, building on earlier accumulation by mid-sized whales amid Coldcard fallout and Clarity Act delays.