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Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.
Solana, Sui and Aptos wallet data targeted in TrapDoor package attack
The campaign targets crypto, DeFi, AI and security developers with fake tooling packages to steal wallets, SSH keys, …
Anthropic Nears $1 Trillion Valuation, Topping OpenAI After Fresh $65 Billion Raise
Claude maker Anthropic said annualized revenue surpassed $47 billion as it expands cloud and compute partnerships.
AI Agents Are Learning to Predict What Users Want—Before They Ask for It
Researchers in China built a model that uses an AI’s downtime to prepare for users’ next question before they ask…
Why the Ethereum Foundation is suddenly again at the center of crypto’s culture war
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're diving deep into the institution that has been the main stew…
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 Is Here: Better AI Coding, Smarter Safety—Same Huge Price
Anthropic's latest flagship AI model Claude Opus 4.8 arrives with sharper reasoning, tighter alignment, and a price t…
Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI Model Nearing Release After Raising Cybersecurity Alarms
Anthropic signaled that broader access to its controversial Claude Mythos AI models may arrive "in the coming weeks" …
Sui blockchain suffers another network outage as transactions grind to a halt
This is the second time this year that the Sui network has suffered an outage.
Sui blockchain experiences second ‘stall’ in five months
Sui said the blockchain is experiencing a "network stall," as block explorers show the protocol has not produced a bl…
This AI Compressed 'All Human Cooking' Into 2 Megabytes
A London startup trained an AI on 4.1 million recipes across seven languages—and the whole thing is smaller than a …
A blockchain lottery plans to turn crypto gambling fees into Ethereum developer funding
Decentralized lottery protocol Megapot is teaming up with Protocol Guild in what the firms describe as the crypto ind…
Disciplined AI agents are the disruptor needed to break the exchange churn model
Programmable incentives that allow independent trading agents to earn only when portfolios rise will create a fairer …
Gemini taps SpaceXAI to build a personalized prediction markets feed
The new feature integrates SpaceXAI models to deliver real-time market intelligence, personalized signals and portfol…
Standard Chartered compares Ethereum to Amazon during 2001 dot-com bubble burst, says ETH will catch up to internal metrics
Standard Chartered Bank has maintained its ether price targets of $4,000 by end-2026 and $40,000 by end-2030.
Theta and XYO partner on blockchain-based verification layer for AI agents
The DePIN projects have partnered to develop a cryptographic proof infrastructure that will independently verify AI a…
AI Chatbots Could Quietly Pull Users Away From Reality, Researchers Warn
Researchers warn that prolonged chatbot interactions could distort how some users experience reality and social conne…
ElevenLabs, Stability AI Drop New AI Music Models—Can They Catch Suno?
Music v2 brings genre-shifting and section-by-section composition to ElevenLabs. Stable Audio 3.0 ships open weights …
Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee Has Been 'Revived' With AI Tech—Again
ElevenLabs has licensed Stan Lee’s voice and likeness, adding the late Marvel comic creator to a growing market for…
DeepSeek, Xiaomi Just Made Frontier AI 99% Cheaper. American Labs Went the Other Way
Back-to-back price cuts from China's top AI labs have made their models a fraction of the cost of GPT-5.5 and Claude …
OpenAI Foundation Pledges $250 Million to Help Cushion AI's Economic Disruption
The philanthropic arm of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will fund research, worker support, and new models for sharing the gain…
YouTube Makes AI Content Labels More Prominent as Google Pushes Video Remix Tools
YouTube says new disclosure tools and automatic AI detection will help viewers more easily identify AI-generated videos.
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
Huawei's New Benchmark Gives AI Agents Months of Your Life—Then Watches Them Fail
Claw-Anything simulates a real digital existence and asks AI assistants to handle it. GPT-5.5, the best model availab…
Kraken unveils Bitcoin Vault, expanding yield push for BTC holders
The new earn product lets users generate BTC-denominated rewards through DeFi strategies while keeping exposure to bi…
Security researchers flag ongoing Stake DAO exploit after attacker mints trillions of vsdCRV
The attacker minted 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum and is actively swapping tokens for ether, the researchers said.
IREN shares jumps on $1.6 billion Dell deal to expand AI cloud business
The Dell agreement will support IREN’s expanding AI cloud business and boost projected annualized revenue to $4.4 b…
DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, security chief warns
As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, one of crypto's top security executives says AI coding agents have made sma…
OpenZeppelin founder says he now considers ‘all of DeFi’ unsafe
OpenZeppelin's Manuel Aráoz said he has been privately advising friends and family to exit all DeFi positions.
This Half-Gigabyte AI Model Runs Local Agents on Your Phone
OpenBMB's 1B-parameter model brings MCP support and agentic tool use to on-device AI—but it has trouble with logic …
AI Chatbots Show Bias Toward Catholicism, Researchers Say
Researchers find AI models steer users toward Catholicism and away from other religions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses.