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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…
Base suffers second mainnet stall in two days
Base block production resumed as of 16:11 UTC, following an alert to another mainnet chain stall at 15:33 UTC.
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…
Base delays Beryl hard fork over B20 registry timing issue
Base delayed its Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 to give the B20 Activation Registry time to become fully operational.
Polymarket hit by $2.9M theft, users to be refunded
Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious …
Coinbase's Base resumes block production after 2-hour outage
Coinbase's blockchain Base says a consensus problem knocked its network offline for around two hours on Thursday befo…
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.
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 Open To More Acquisitions After $2.9B Deribit Deal Closes, CEO Says
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the exchange remains open to more acquisitions after closing its $2.9 billion Derib…
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 …
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain suffers ‘Unsafe Head Stall’ interrupting block production
Deposits and withdrawals have also been affected, while transactions are delayed or stalled, according to Base's stat…
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. …
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…
SecondFi traces Cardano wallet exploit to address-level issue
Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers dra…
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…
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.
Coinbase Pre-IPO Perps Push Crypto Rails Deeper Into Private Markets
Coinbase has launched pre-IPO perpetual futures, beginning with SpaceX exposure for eligible non-US traders. The prod…
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 …