Publicly traded stablecoin issuer Circle is launching a new token, cirBTC, its own wrapped Bitcoin alternative.  ( 36 min )

A Google DeepMind paper maps six attack categories against autonomous AI agents—from invisible HTML commands to multi-agent flash crashes.  ( 38 min )

Will Elon Musk's X finally zap crypto scams? Here's why one exec says the changes "should kill 99% of the incentive."  ( 38 min )

A blockchain security expert compared Drift’s lapse in security to Ethereum network Ronin's $625 million loss in 2022.  ( 37 min )

Google drops Gemma 4, a family of open models under the Apache 2.0 license, just as the U.S. open-source scene badly needed a win.  ( 42 min )

The new group will steward an open standard for embedding payments into web interactions.  ( 37 min )

The lawsuits, jointly filed by the Justice Department and the CFTC, mark the most forceful move yet by the Trump administration to free prediction markets from state gambling regulations.  ( 40 min )

Researchers from Loughborough University are looking into a new type of computer chip that could make AI far more energy efficient.  ( 38 min )

Quip Network's creators say it's optimized for mining by quantum computers—a positive, unlike the looming quantum threat to Bitcoin.  ( 39 min )

Coinbase said Thursday that it is the latest crypto firm to secure a conditional bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.  ( 35 min )

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin detailed his local-first AI stack in a new blog post, including custom tools that rely on human approval.  ( 36 min )

Jonathan, a nearly 200-year-old tortoise, was widely mourned Wednesday—but his purported demise was a hoax, and there's a crypto connection.  ( 37 min )

He built systems that moved billions in customer funds. Now, the CFTC has closed his case with no civil penalty, citing his cooperation.  ( 34 min )

Federal prosecutors in Connecticut seized over $600,000 in crypto linked to a fraud case that hit at least one Ledger hardware wallet user.  ( 32 min )

The Tokyo-listed firm is now the third-largest Bitcoin treasury company—though that's partly down to MARA Holdings' recent sale of 15,000 BTC.  ( 31 min )

The crypto exchange's top lawyer dismissed banking industry concerns about deposit flight as lawmakers work to finalize stablecoin provisions.  ( 36 min )

Markets slumped as Trump claimed the Iran war was “nearing completion” while offering no clear plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  ( 36 min )

Volatility Shares, the company that launched the first leveraged crypto fund in the U.S., is expanding its roster to smaller digital assets  ( 36 min )

Solana-based perpetuals DEX Drift Protocol has suffered an exploit impacting more than $200 million in funds.  ( 33 min )

Google's cheapest video model yet targets developers burned by high generation costs, arriving just days after OpenAI pulled the plug on Sora.  ( 35 min )

Elon Musk’s rocket company has confidentially submitted IPO paperwork to U.S. regulators, potentially setting up one of the largest public listings in history.  ( 33 min )

The Fed governor has previously said that stablecoins risk undermining the U.S. central bank’s credibility.  ( 38 min )

Chinese authorities have arrested Li Xiong, former chairman of Huione Group, linked by U.S. regulators to billions in illicit crypto flows.  ( 33 min )

Two papers published this week have reignited debates about the risk posed by “Q-day” to the cryptography that underpins digital assets.  ( 38 min )

Moody's has rated a New Hampshire Bitcoin-backed bond—a first for BTC as direct bond collateral.  ( 36 min )

Global asset manager Franklin Templeton is acquiring a CoinFund spinoff to build out its own crypto wing, Franklin Crypto.  ( 35 min )

Michael Selig argued that prediction markets operating offshore in “unregulated space” could lead to an FTX-style collapse.  ( 36 min )

The novel platform allows CFOs and their treasury teams to manage fiat and digital assets in a single system, Ripple said.  ( 32 min )

Experts cite portfolio rebalancing and geopolitical easing as driving the crypto market rally, though caution persists.  ( 35 min )

European crypto asset manager CoinShares positions for U.S. expansion as institutional players consolidate market share against Wall Street giants.  ( 31 min )

Federal grand juries have indicted ten individuals tied to alleged pump-and-dump schemes, following an FBI undercover operation.  ( 33 min )

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.  ( 34 min )

P2P.me was established to push boundaries, but the startup admitted that wagering on itself via Polymarket may have been a bridge too far.  ( 36 min )

Support for Magic Eden's crypto wallet is ending soon, meaning users will have to export their private keys to avoid losing access to funds.  ( 32 min )

Governor Gavin Newsom orders stronger safeguards for AI companies seeking California contracts, escalating tensions with the Trump administration over national AI regulation.  ( 38 min )

Latin America's e-commerce giant Mercado Libre quietly killed its Mercado Coin loyalty token—pivoting to its own stablecoin.  ( 31 min )

A critical vulnerability in Zcash node software could have allowed attackers to drain millions of dollars of ZEC from a deprecated shielded pool.  ( 33 min )

Stocks are surging while Bitcoin and Ethereum hit their highest prices in days after Iran's president said he's looking to end the conflict.  ( 37 min )