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Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8 With Performance Upgrades Anthropic announced Claude Opus 4.8 , an updated flagship model focused on code reliability, long-session memory, and agent stability. Key improvements The new release aims to improve developer-facing behaviour, offering more consistent re…

Why oil will not reach $200 The current drivers of oil pricing lie primarily in Middle East dynamics, anchored to a reference level of $80 per barrel . Geopolitical constraint on extreme price spikes Regional producers and major consumers act to prevent sustained shocks that would push oil above ext…

Most Volatile Crypto Assets in 2025 and 2026 — CoinGecko Report CoinGecko released a report identifying the most volatile crypto assets for 2025 and 2026, highlighting privacy, exchange tokens and AI projects. Top volatile assets in 2025 CoinGecko named Zcash (ZEC) the most volatile asset of 2025, r…

Fake Uniswap Ads Led to Wallet Drains via Google A malicious campaign used paid search ads to place a counterfeit Uniswap page above the real site, resulting in compromised wallets. How the attack worked Attackers registered a visually identical domain that differed by a few characters and subtle Un…

Google employee earned $1.2 million on Polymarket using corporate data The U.S. attorney’s office has charged Google employee Michele Spagnuolo over alleged use of internal search data to profit on Polymarket. Investigators say the trades generated approximately $1.2 million in gains. Allegations an…

Creators of CATFI Meme Coin Charged Over Alleged Rug Pull The South Korean prosecution has sent organizers of the Solana-based token CATFI to court on charges related to an alleged rug pull. Alleged spike and investor reach Authorities say CATFI appreciated by 1001 times within 26 hours , drawing ro…

Over $10 million of Russian funds frozen on exchanges On 26.05.2026 the UK applied sanctions directly to cryptocurrency exchanges, resulting in more than $10 million of Russian users' funds being frozen. Sanctions and targeted platforms The measures target a payments network named A7 and list 18 org…

Trump Urges Federal Protection for Prediction Markets President Donald Trump publicly supported prediction markets and opposed state-level attempts to ban platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi . Federal versus state jurisdiction He argued that the federal regulator, the CFTC , should determine the…

United Kingdom Expands Sanctions on Russia's Crypto Infrastructure The United Kingdom announced a new set of restrictions targeting crypto exchanges, banks and payment networks accused of aiding Russia to evade western sanctions. Scope of the measures Authorities designated a group of platforms and …

ElevenLabs releases Music V2 music-generation model ElevenLabs introduced Music V2 , an upgraded music-generation model focused on more detailed instrument, vocal and arrangement synthesis. Model capabilities Music V2 improves instrument timbre rendering, supports vocals in multiple languages, and r…

Why Oil Will Be Prevented From Reaching $200 While markets track bitcoin, artificial intelligence and Federal Reserve policy shifts, oil remains the central trigger for 2026 financial risks. Regional trigger and market sensitivity Tensions in the Middle East, particularly around Iran, have regained …

Nvidia unveils Pixel Diffusion Decoder for high-resolution images Nvidia introduced the Pixel Diffusion Decoder (PiD), a decoder designed to produce high-resolution images directly from latent representations. PiD merges decoding and upsampling into a single module, enabling faster generation of lar…

Trader Explains Consistent Returns Trading Claude on Polymarket Egor (Bizzi), an expert at Union working on Polymarket, outlines a trading approach that has produced recurring monthly returns. Background of the market and premise According to Egor, the specific Polymarket market regularly undervalue…

New Workshop Stage Speakers Announced for Conference 2026 The programme has added two practical-session speakers who will present hands-on cases and skills for professionals entering Web3. Speakers and topics The Workshop Stage will feature sessions focused on career entry strategies and practical m…

Indonesia blocks Polymarket after presidential resignation bets Indonesia's communications ministry has blocked prediction market Polymarket after markets opened betting on the early resignation of President Prabowo Subianto. Reason for block The ministry cited a market that on 21.05.2026 allowed wa…

Doxing and Donations Surround Researcher ZachXBT Claims linking blockchain researcher ZachXBT to doxed personal data and large donations have circulated on social platforms, with on‑chain evidence cited by several users. Allegations and on‑chain transactions According to posts aggregated around the …

Bitcoin Apparent Demand Hits Lowest Level in 2026 Analysts at CryptoQuant reported that the Apparent Demand metric for BTC fell to -147,000 BTC , the weakest reading since the start of the year. What the metric represents The Apparent Demand indicator measures the difference between new bitcoin issu…

Binance expands hiring with hundreds of new positions amid AI While many technology firms reduce headcount due to artificial intelligence adoption, Binance announced a global workforce expansion. The company said it plans to add more than 380 positions worldwide, targeting engineering, operations, a…

Kraken’s Ink launches L2 aiming for CEX-to-DeFi onboarding Ink is a layer‑2 built on the OP Stack that Kraken launched in December 2024, intending to onboard exchange users into DeFi. The network started without a token while targeting 10 million Kraken users for migration to its ecosystem. Network …

Polymarket Loses $700,000 after Private Key Compromise On 22.05.2026, the Polymarket prediction-market contract on the Polygon network suffered an attack that drained funds quickly through multiple transactions over several minutes. Incident summary The attackers extracted approximately $700 000 , t…