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Do the Coldcard attacks mean all hardware wallets are now insecure?
The Coldcard entropy flaw caused a crisis of confidence in hardware wallets. Here’s the details you need to know before you entrust Ledger, Trezor or Foundation with your Bitcoin.
Ondo Finance hires former Blockchain.com CFO Adam Schlisman
The tokenized-assets firm appointed ex-Blockchain.com and Monashee executive as finance chief as it expands its onchain capital markets business.
Crypto may have institutionalized, but it still trades like a rumor mill
The more institutional crypto becomes, the more it prices on headlines. The edge now is reading the positioning data underneath, not reacting to the narrative on top.
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
We were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically. Now the company and a new detection tool seem to confirm it. On Monday, the company announced the open-source Treblo AI Music Classifier, which detects when a song was generated using […]
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will continue to lead Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs, which aims to use AI to develop drugs. Koray […]
Galaxy Digital shares slip 5% after second-quarter results
Helios produced data-center revenue for the first time with Phase I expected to generate about $80 million quarterly from Q3.
AI agent token once worth $2.4 billion ends with founder calling it dead
Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters said the ELIZAOS foundation is closing and that holders should sell, ending the token that replaced AI16Z after a lawsuit, a rebrand and a 97% crash.
MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.
SpaceX extends decline to 11% on lockup expiration and capex spending fears
The company reported no BTC sales in the second quarter, but shares fell before the open as investors focused on capital spending, free cash flow pressure and a looming insider lockup expiry.
Morning Minute: Jim Cramer Sells His Bitcoin Over Quantum Fears
The last time he sold was in December 2022 with Bitcoin at $16,800. Will Jim's sales mark the bottom again?
Yellow Card raises $40 million to link banks to stablecoin processing
The funds bring Yellow Card’s total financing to more than $120 million since being founded 10 years ago.
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits - and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it's expanding who can use those tools today ahead of a full launch later this year. The company calls the suite […]
Circle Q2 revenue falls short of Wall Street estimates
Stablecoin issuer Circle reported $701 million in Q2 revenue, missing Wall Street estimates of about $713 million.
Ethereum Proposal Would Burn Staking Rewards to Zero if Half of ETH Is Staked
The incentive to stake beyond half the supply would disappear at activation, with the yield cut phasing in over 18 months.
Bitcoin, broader market fail to keep pace as global equities hit record highs
Derivatives data show subdued activity in bitcoin and ether but aggressive positioning in select altcoins.
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
WindBorne Systems has raised a $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.
S&P gives BlackRock tokenized reserve fund top stability rating
The rating recognizes the fund’s ability to maintain a stable net asset value, while S&P separately reaffirmed USDT among the lowest-rated stablecoins under its existing assessment framework.
BlackRock brings tokenized money market funds to Europe via JPMorgan
JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform will tokenize select BlackRock money market fund shares denominated in pounds, euros and US dollars.
Proof of Play to shut down after blockchain gaming thesis falls short
The a16z-backed studio will open-source Pirate Nation assets, while an independent foundation continues supporting the PIRATE token.
Why bitcoin’s ‘500-day rule’ faces its biggest test yet
The so-called ‘500-day rule’ says buying BTC roughly 500 days before a bitcoin halving and selling it about 500 days after would have produced profits in prior cycles.
Live updates: An AI credit bubble could set up bitcoin’s path to $1 million, says Arthur Hayes
Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes says overleveraged AI data-center spending will eventually crack, forcing government bailouts and money printing that become the next major bitcoin catalyst.
Boerse Stuttgart Digital, Tradias close European crypto merger
The completed tie-up combines Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s custody business with Tradias’ trading operations under a joint management team.
Taiwan plans Travel Rule for domestic crypto transfers from October
Taiwan’s regulator plans to apply the Travel Rule to domestic VASP transfers from October before extending it to overseas platforms by the end of 2027.
Missouri trio charged over alleged Bitcoin kidnapping plot
The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan.