Ethereum
THORChain under fire over Bitget, ETH evolves beyond blockchain: Hodler’s Digest
THORChain refuses to blacklist addresses linked to the Bitget hack. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving from being…
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AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know
An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for month…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin's Quantum Problem: Three Ways Researchers Are Trying to Fix It
Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving f…
Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision
Buterin wants Ethereum to do far more work without forcing every computer on the network to repeat the same calculations…
General
SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works
New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into…
General
Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on rogue hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public file…
General
How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart
Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown bill-writing process, with source…
Bitcoin
Riot Platforms repays $200M credit facility, releases collateral
The Bitcoin miner has continued to expand its data-center business as well.…
General
Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy
Our ambition should be to “enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” Strategy’s executive chairman Michae…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green
Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026…
General
How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators
After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themsel…
Bitcoin
AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning
An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe…
General
Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO…
General
Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating…
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Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone
Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, ti…
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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains ha…
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP beyond reach of freeze controls
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five orig…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules
Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks…
General
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task For…
General
CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.…
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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the l…
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop bel…
General
U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sendi…
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US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license…