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US senators ask SEC to probe TRUMP memecoin Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have asked SEC chair Paul Atkins to investigate the TRUMP memecoin and its operations. Request to the regulator The senators re…
FBI Seizes $15 Billion in Cryptocurrency Operation The FBI announced the results of an international operation called Blackout, aimed at dismantling a transnational network of cryptocurrency fraud. Operation results Duri…
Cloudflare Issues Programmable Wallets and Spending Limits for AI Agents Cloudflare announced programmable wallets that allow AI agents to pay for APIs, content and data using stablecoins through a new system. Wallets an…
Proposal would sharply limit Ethereum staking rewards A group of six developers, including contributors from the Ethereum Foundation, published a draft proposal titled EIP-8363 that limits staking rewards. Draft mechanis…
FBI counterintelligence agent stole $1 million in cryptocurrency An FBI counterintelligence special agent admitted stealing about $1,000,000 in cryptocurrency from wallets tied to a hostile state. Allegations and transfe…
Apple temporarily removed Telegram from App Store over user content Monday evening the Telegram app briefly disappeared from the App Store search results after Apple reported content that violated its policies and remove…
Solana proposal could raise SOL burn nearly fourteenfold The on‑chain proposal SGP-0003 would alter Solana’s fee structure and could increase daily SOL burning by almost fourteen times. Proposal mechanics Developer cavem…
AI discovered Coldcard firmware vulnerability in 20 minutes Dragonfly researchers used GLM 5.2 to detect a Coldcard firmware vulnerability in 20 minutes, costing about $2 for the full run. Test and findings In a controll…
NFP Data to Decide Market Direction This Friday The weekly market review summarizes a hardware wallet breach, a large bitcoin sale and key macro data that may move markets this Friday. Major headlines Researchers reporte…
AMLBot launches AI Tracer for one-click blockchain tracing AMLBot introduced a new tool called AI Tracer that reconstructs on-chain value flows from a single transaction hash and generates a visual graph and report. How …
Coldcard RNG Flaw Leads to Over $110 Million Bitcoin Theft At the end of last week, Coinkite warned users about a critical vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets affecting seed generation. Vulnerability and scope Coi…
French Trader Nets $85M from Single Polymarket Bet A French trader named Theo turned a single prediction into a record profit on Polymarket , securing $85 M from one position. Background The market episode unfolded while…
Ukraine's Cryptocurrency Law Draft Reportedly 90% Complete The draft law on virtual assets in Ukraine is reportedly 90% complete, according to the regulator’s head speaking in an interview. Main provisions Alexey Semenyu…
Seedance 2.5 Long-Form Video Generation Tested and Evaluated Seedance 2.5 now supports long-form generation up to 180 seconds ; the author tested a 41 second clip to evaluate practical constraints. Test setup and workflo…
Taxes, exchanges and regulation: interview with NKCBFR head Aleksei Semeniuk, head of NKCBFR , spoke to Incrypted about planned rules for Ukraine’s crypto market and regulatory responsibilities. Scope of regulation and i…
Live discussion on Bitcoin eCash hard fork with Paul Sztorc A live discussion with Paul Sztorc will focus on the upcoming Bitcoin eCash hard fork and implications for holders and developers. Event details The stream is s…
Anthropic AI Finds HAWK Vulnerability in Sixty Hours Anthropic's closed Claude Mythos Preview model identified a mathematical weakness in the HAWK candidate within 60 hours . Discovery details The model analysed a test i…
Ethereum Institutional raises funding and unites over 100 partners Ethereum Institutional, a nonprofit promoting Ethereum to banks, funds and other institutional investors, announced it closed a seed round and assembled …
US Banks Call to Prohibit Yield on Stablecoins Major U.S. banks asked the Senate to amend the CLARITY Act and ban any form of compensation for holding stablecoins. Banks' request to the Senate The banks urged amendments …
Fifteen Years of Crypto: What Comes Next Nikita and Svyatoslav Konenkov recorded an extended podcast discussing the future of crypto and the emergence of a new financial system. Podcast overview The hosts frame the first…
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