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Bitcoin's mining concentration just showed up in a rare 2-block reorg
A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry's chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after min…
Protesters Rally Outside OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI Offices Over Industry Concerns
Protesters marched between the San Francisco offices of major AI developers, calling for a pause in the development o…
Solana Foundation targets institutions with new privacy framework
The organization argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will depend less on transparency alone and more on giv…
Fake Influencers to Compete for Real Money in 'AI Personality of the Year' Challenge
OpenArt and Fanvue have launched a four-week global challenge with a $90K+ prize pool to find the best AI personality…
The Daily: Lawmakers move to ban sports betting on prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi CEOs back a new $35 million venture fund, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail
In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that digital wallets and tokenized assets could modernize marke…
Authorities arrest missing suspect in Ledger co-founder David Balland’s kidnapping
At least 10 individuals were arrested last year in connection to the kidnapping and torture of David Balland and his …
MoonPay releases open-source cross-chain wallet standard for AI agents
MoonPay has introduced the Open Wallet Standard, a framework that lets AI agents hold assets, sign transactions, and …
Lawmakers move to ban sports betting on prediction markets in bipartisan Senate push: WSJ
The proposal comes as prediction markets face mounting legal pressure from several states alongside rapid growth and …
Fidelity urges SEC to refine rules for broker-dealers handling crypto assets
Fidelity said broker-dealers need more clarity to offer, custody and trade crypto assets, and facilitate crypto-secur…
The Funding: Is a token-to-equity shift emerging in crypto?
Across Protocol’s recent temp check proposal raises a bigger question about the future of DAOs and tokens in crypto.
Ethereum faces make-or-break moment in high-stakes balancing act as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount
While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fra…
Resolv’s USR stablecoin depegs after attacker mints 80 million unbacked tokens, extracts roughly $25 million
Analysts traced the flaw to a privileged minting role controlled by a single externally owned account with no mint li…
How AI Is Being Used to Clear Court Backlogs in LA
The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.
Crypto finally got SEC clarity. Why didn’t the market care?
The SEC and CFTC just gave crypto its clearest and most straightforward regulatory guidance in years. Most crypto ass…
Crypto firms cut hundreds of jobs in weeks, blaming weak markets, strong AI
A wave of crypto job cuts in early 2026 exposes the gap between two convenient narratives: macro headwinds and AI tra…
Grayscale files for HYPE ETF tracking largest onchain perps DEX Hyperliquid
According to the filing on Friday, the Grayscale HYPE ETF would trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol GHYP if a…
‘Replacing humans is not close’: BlockSec challenges EVMBench on AI auditing
“The real question is not ‘Can AI replace humans?’ but ‘How should humans and AI work together?’” BlockSe…
OpenAI Plans to Merge ChatGPT, Codex and Atlas Into One 'Superapp': WSJ
OpenAI will consolidate its fragmented desktop products into a single superapp, a report claims, as rival Anthropic g…
White House AI Proposal Seeks to Override State Laws, Avoid New Regulator
The Trump administration's framework outlines a national approach to AI policy, from child safety to data centers.
Nasdaq winning SEC approval to move stocks onchain shows how Wall Street is taking charge of crypto tech
Nasdaq's structure the SEC approved opens door to bring blockchain benefits to equities, while preserving the same-ol…
Decentralized social network Bluesky discloses $100 million Series B amid leadership change
The company said it is now disclosing the April 2025 funding as it moves into 'a new era of leadership and further gr…
Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-2 Text-to-Image Model—And It's Better Than Expected
Microsoft's AI image generator offers impressive realism and text rendering, but strict content limits and 1:1-only o…
Telling Your Chatbot You Have a Mental Health Condition Can Change the Answer You Get
A study finds that mentioning a mental health condition can increase AI refusals, including on legitimate tasks.
Kentucky crypto ATM bill adds hardware wallet clause critics say would ‘outlaw self-custody’
The provision targets hardware wallet design, raising questions about whether non-custodial products could operate un…
DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends
Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings …
Coinbase's bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex's tokenization push
The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund's tokenized share class runs on Base as the $3.5 trillion fund services giant Apex ap…
JPMorgan notes Hyperliquid gaining traction as traders seek 24/7 oil trading
Traction in such decentralized exchanges is likely to grow over time and extend beyond commodities to other assets, J…
Celo floats one-time 160 million token grant to Opera to strengthen longterm alliance
In 2023, Celo voted to pay quarterly CELO grants to Opera to fund its deployment across the web browser's Mini App ec…
OpenClaw developers targeted in GitHub phishing scam offering fake token airdrops
Security researchers said attackers are impersonating OpenClaw on GitHub, luring developers with bogus CLAW token giv…