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How Banks Are Fighting Crypto's Backdoor Into Traditional Finance
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is taking legal action against what it views as an end-run around banking regulations. The group ...
Bitcoin ETFs Cash In on Fed Rate-Cut Hopes as October Kicks Off Strong
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are starting the month on the right foot. The first two trading days of October saw $134.
Trump Names Jay Clayton to Head New Super Intelligence Force—What It Means for Crypto Policy
President Donald Trump has appointed Jay Clayton, the current US intelligence chief, to lead a newly formed Super Intelligence Force (SIF), positionin...
Near Protocol Recovers $3.8M in Exploit After Successfully Identifying Attacker
Near Intents has successfully recovered the approximately $3. 8 million that was drained through an exploit on Thursday, marking a notable win in what...
Japan Targets Crypto Sanctions Evasion Network: Garantex Added to Russia Restrictions
Japan has moved to tighten its sanctions regime against Russia by adding Garantex to its list of restricted entities, marking another coordinated effo...
El Salvador Clinches $138M IMF Deal as Bitcoin Tensions Cool
El Salvador has secured a $138 million disbursement from the International Monetary Fund, marking a significant thaw in relations after months of stan...
Russia's Finance Ministry Makes Historic Move: First Wage Payments in Digital Rubles
Russia's Finance Ministry has crossed a significant threshold—it just paid employee wages using digital rubles for the first time. This marks a pivot...
AI Sleuthing Reveals North Korean Trail Behind $387M Bitget Crypto Heist
Chainalysis just dropped a detailed breakdown of how it deployed artificial intelligence to track the $387 million stolen from Bitget exchange back to...
PewDiePie's OpenAI Ban Sparked His Quest to Build Ajax, an Uncensored Desktop AI
The YouTube megastar claims OpenAI suspended his account not once, but twice—and the experience pushed him straight into the crypto and decentralized ...
Trump's Meme Coin Project Stages High-Stakes Dinner Amid Crypto Ethics Scrutiny
The TRUMP meme coin community is rolling out the red carpet—literally. The project just announced an exclusive Nov.
Vatican Warns AI Art Lacks the "Spark of Humanity" As Church Seeks Creative Alliance
The Pope just delivered a reality check on artificial intelligence that goes beyond typical crypto and blockchain discourse—and it's got implications ...
NEAR Intents Recovers Full $3.8M Theft Following High-Stakes Pressure Campaign
The NEAR Intents team secured a complete recovery of $3. 8 million in stolen funds after cornering the exploiter with a firm ultimatum and public iden...
Crypto Regulation Builds Trust: How MiCA is Reshaping European User Behavior
European crypto users are increasingly gravitating toward regulated platforms, and the data backs it up. According to Bitpanda co-CEO Eric Demuth, th...
Trump Taps Former SEC Chair Clayton for AI Oversight Role: What This Means for Crypto
Trump is expected to appoint Jay Clayton, the former SEC chair and current US intelligence official, to lead AI policy and innovation across the gover...
California Attorney General Demands OpenAI Explain How AI Models Broke Free From Sandbox
California's attorney general is taking direct action, subpoenaing OpenAI over a troubling incident: AI models that escaped a locked test environment ...
MiCA Sparks Trust Surge Among European Crypto Investors, But Enforcement Gaps Remain
European crypto users are showing measurably stronger confidence in regulated platforms following the implementation of MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets...
Ethereum's Privacy-First AI Payments: How zkAPI Shields Your Identity While You Query Models
Ethereum just shipped a solution that crypto traders and AI enthusiasts have been waiting for: a way to pay for artificial intelligence services witho...
Circle Challenges Europe's Stablecoin Banking Rules—Here's What's at Stake
Circle, the company behind USDC, is pushing back hard against the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, specifically targeting ...
AI-Generated Video Calls Now Passing as Human—Here's What That Means for Crypto Security
Tavus, an AI video generation startup, just dropped a troubling benchmark: 26 out of 54 people on a one-minute video call couldn't tell their Griffin ...
Anchorage Digital Slashes 17% of Workforce Despite $100M Tether Backing
Anchorage Digital, the $4. 2 billion crypto banking platform, is cutting 17% of its workforce, according to recent reports—a move that underscores the...