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‘Anarchistic neobanks’ are bitcoin’s next frontier, says Blockrise CEO
Blockrise CEO Jos Lazet sees bitcoin-native institutions evolving into alternatives to banks, in an interview at BTC …
OpenAI Wants a Price War With Anthropic—Is It Proving DeepSeek Right?
Sam Altman is weighing drastic token price cuts to fight Anthropic. The problem is DeepSeek already made that argumen…
Microsoft President Asks Graduates to Stop Fearing AI and Start Adapting
Brad Smith published a 3,000-word essay urging empathy for graduates booing AI at commencements. The same week, Micro…
Americans secretly drove as much as $34 billion in offshore prediction market bets, new report claims
A new report from a boutique consulting firm claims that nearly a third of U.S. prediction market volume occurs on of…
Arbitrum token jumps 5% on news LG Electronics is building a new blockchain
LG’s new Arbitrum-based blockchain will serve as a platform for placing, buying, selling, and managing digital ads.
Anthropic Apologizes for Claude Fable 5 Secret Censorship—But the Fix Has a Catch
One day after the AI community erupted over invisible performance sabotage, Anthropic reversed course. Visible safegu…
JPMorgan says debasement trade retreat has ‘accelerated’ for bitcoin
The retreat from the debasement trade has continued for gold and accelerated for bitcoin in recent weeks, JPMorgan an…
Coinbase for Agents sets up dedicated accounts for AI bots to trade and pay for users
AI agents will get access to trade, manage money, and make payments on behalf of Coinbase users via dedicated accounts.
Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf
"Coinbase for Agents" is a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase …
‘You sell what you can, not what you want’: Jack Mallers says bitcoin is pricing a global liquidity crisis
Strike CEO Jack Mallers says Bitcoin at $63,000 reflects a liquidity-starved world, and questions Strategy's perpetua…
SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq
The firms making that possible say eligible shares can also be converted back into tokens, creating a bridge between …
Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura
The investment is part of the stablecoin giant’s expansion into industries outside of crypto.
The Incentive Dynamic Engine: io.net’s Shift to Sustainable Tokenomics
DePIN Needs a Tokenomics Reset In recent years, DePINs have surged in prominence, offering a revolutionary model fo…
Citigroup to offer tokenized shares of private companies for wealthy and institutional clients: WSJ
Citigroup is rolling out tokenized shares of private companies on blockchain for wealth and institutional clients.
Bernstein calls FIFA World Cup a ‘watershed moment’ for prediction markets, projects $5-10B consumer volume surge
Bernstein sees the FIFA World Cup as a potential watershed moment for prediction markets, projecting a $5B to $10B up…
Japan’s parliament advances bill to classify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments
The legislation is expected to take effect next year if approved by the upper house, the House of Councillors.
Visa says stablecoins are ‘reshaping the back end’ of commerce as it expands AI, tokenization efforts
Visa said stablecoins are reshaping commerce as it unveiled new AI tools, tokenization features, and a partnership wi…
South Korean police book Bithumb CEO as bribery suspect in lawmaker hiring probe: report
Police are investigating whether Bithumb CEO Lee hired lawmaker Kim's son as a favor and whether Kim later used his p…
Figure to acquire Kiavi for $717 million to expand RWA tokenization network
Figure said moving Kiavi assets onchain could reduce costs while maintaining a capital-light, high-margin business mo…
BlackRock files new amendment for yield-generating bitcoin ETF; launch expected soon, Bloomberg analyst says
BlackRock's new bitcoin fund seeks to provide yield through active covered call strategies on IBIT shares and ETP ind…
Google's DiffusionGemma AI Hits 1,000 Tokens Per Second—And It's Free
DiffusionGemma hits 1,000 tokens per second by ditching word-by-word generation entirely. It just doesn't run on most…
Anthropic CEO Warns AI Is Getting Too Powerful—While Releasing Powerful AI
In a new essay, Dario Amodei called for binding safety rules for frontier models as his company heads toward an IPO.
UK mutual funds may soon be allowed to hold crypto ETNs, but only with a 10% leash
The proposal opens a route into UCITS and most NURS while keeping direct crypto holdings outside authorized funds. Th…
Bitcoin takes back seat to stablecoins and tokenization among financial advisors: Bitwise CIO
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said financial advisors are now showing more interest in stablecoins and tokenization than bi…
Tether, Nvidia and Amazon Back Humanoid Robotics Firm NEURA in $1.4 Billion Funding Round
Stablecoin giant Tether led a massive Series C round for German robotics firm NEURA, which will embed crypto payment …
The Internet Is Furious at Anthropic After Claude Fable 5 Release
Token burn, silent censorship, and a mandatory data grab—the biggest Claude release has become Anthropic's messiest.
Helius acquires Light Protocol to build Solana’s onchain privacy layer
Helius' acquisition of Light Protocol could enhance Solana's appeal to traditional finance by integrating privacy, bu…
Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
AI Helped People Spot Fake News—Then Made Them Worse at It: MIT
An MIT study found AI assistants improved misinformation detection in the moment, but appeared to weaken users' abili…
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.