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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.6—But Only for Some Users Due to Trump Admin
OpenAI introduced the GPT-5.6 family of AI models on Friday, but only limited users can access them for now thanks to…
This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How
Fernando Irarrázaval posted his OpenClaw assistant's inbox to Hacker News and watched Claude Opus 4.6 hold off thous…
Trump Administration Asks OpenAI to Limit GPT-5.6 Rollout: Reports
The reported request to OpenAI follows the Trump administration's move to limit access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Myt…
Wall Street's IPO revival hasn't reached dot-com euphoria levels, Goldman Sachs says
U.S. IPO issuance has rebounded sharply in 2026, but the bank said the current surge lacks the deal volume and specul…
Live markets: Bitcoin rebounds to nearly $60,000. Kospi, Nikkei sink
BTC sees a relief bounce as Asian stocks wilt following sharp losses on Wall Street.
Does Botanix’s failure prove Bitcoiners don’t care about DeFi?
The failure of Botanix suggests that Bitcoiners still prefer Ethereum DeFi to Bitcoin L2s. How can Bitcoin L2s change…
Russia creates crypto sanctions loophole, but cash-out routes remain ringfenced
The ELR gives selected firms a legal route, but wallets, exchanges, counterparties, and issuers still face pressure. …
Anthropic Urges Congress to Crack Down on AI Distillation By Chinese Rivals
Anthropic alleged that Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate 28.8 million C…
Coinbase's Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network
The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks.
AI Took Your Job? California Wants to Know
California launched the nation's first AI unemployment tracker as policymakers race to determine whether warnings of …
a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands, shifts focus to solving AI’s global copyright headache
The startup formerly known as Story Protocol raised $140 million to secure internet rights and is now building an aud…
BlackBerry is making a massive comeback as an 'uncrashable' software layer for AI and robotics
BlackBerry's stock is surging after the company's massive earnings beat and is pivoting into becoming a critical comp…
‘Stablecoin’ Google searches down 54% as supply growth stalls after 2025 boom
The decline in search volumes this month coincides with aggregate stablecoin supply having reversed its 10-month expa…
Micron delivers blowout earnings, surges 16% and deals crypto bulls a blow
Micron Technology surged after blockbuster earnings and strong guidance, lifting AI memory stocks.
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether lead $1 billion liquidation losses as AI trade keeps going
A liquidation flush took bitcoin to its lowest since early June before Micron's blowout earnings and SK Hynix's U.S. …
Bitcoin miners face deepening margin squeeze as revenue falls below production costs
An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.
Your Hermes Agent Now Has a Pet. It Does Nothing—And That’s the Point
Nous Research added animated mascot sprites to the self-improving AI agent—and the only thing they do is look cute …
Upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at Ethereum's eventful week that started off with th…
Leaked Code Suggests Anthropic Is Preparing to Bring Fable 5 Back
A leaker found new strings inside Claude Code that hint at weekly Fable 5 usage built into subscription plans, not so…
OpenAI Turns Up the Heat With Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip
Built with Broadcom, the LLM-focused accelerator is the first step in OpenAI's effort to design the hardware behind C…
Latest bear market victim shows how quickly DeFi users are left behind when crypto projects move on
Swell warned users to bridge out by June 23, turning a planned L2 shutdown into a test of user exit procedures. The p…
Live markets: Bitcoin could drop to $59,000 in the short-term as liquidity dries up
Trading firm Wintermute's options desk puts bitcoin in a $61,242 to $63,563 range for Tuesday, with correlation risin…
Ethereum’s much-hated staking 'tax' may already be obsolete
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate over whether to tax staking rewards or to purs…
AI chipmaker Cerebras down 11% after first public earnings report
While revenue was up 92% from year-ago levels, the company forecasted a lower core gross margin next quarter.
Meet Qwable: The Free Local Model That Thinks Like Claude Fable
Someone fine-tuned Fable 5's reasoning style into a local Qwen model. Then someone else removed its conscience.
Starmer steps down: What Andy Burnham means for crypto in the UK
Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as m…
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Cyber AI Beats Anthropic's Banned Mythos Model—And Nobody's Shutting It Down
GPT-5.5-Cyber tops the CyberGym leaderboard as Anthropic's best models sit offline under a Trump administration expor…
AI Agent Triggers Nuclear Strike After Getting Outmaneuvered in Civilization VI
A new benchmark designed to test strategic reasoning found an AI-controlled empire spent 50 turns developing nuclear …
New York man sentenced for $1.4 million crypto fraud scheme using bogus influencer accounts
A New York man who posed as crypto influencers on Telegram and used false promises of staking rewards was sentenced t…