Zcash targets July 28 launch for Ironwood network upgrade
Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.
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Hackers tried to backdoor Injective npm package to steal wallet keys
The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.
Read more →DeFi may be ‘quietly re-rating’ given outperformance against Bitcoin: Bitwise
“DeFi usually swings much harder than Bitcoin, so holding up this well is unusual,” says Bitwise, as DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin.
Read more →AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn
AI hallucinations may be more than incorrect answers—they could become a way for hackers to compromise computers, according to new research from Tel Aviv University, Technion, and Intuit.
Read more →Coinbase chief legal officer to transition to advisory role on July 31
The soon-to-be former chief legal officer did not announce the details of his next move but said that he would continue working with the Board of Coinbase National Trust Company.
Read more →Avalanche Treasury Firm AVAX One Reclaims Nasdaq Compliance After Reverse Stock Split
AVAX One Technology, a crypto treasury firm that holds Avalanche (AVAX), announced Thursday that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement, closing out a listing issue that had put the compa…
Read more →Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost
Perplexity has turned a Chinese open-source model into a near-frontier workhorse at roughly a third of what Claude Opus 4.8 costs.
Read more →Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who led the U.S. central bank through the 2008 global financial crisis, has joined Anthropic’s independent oversight body, the AI giant announced Thursday.
Read more →Bitdeer stock jumps 14% as company expands US mining hardware production
Bitdeer shares rallied after the company announced a $36 million Nevada manufacturing facility that will produce its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines and expand its hardware business.
Read more →White House says it received no Democratic response related to SEC, CFTC vacancies
Both US financial regulators are understaffed at the leadership level and lacking Democratic commissioners, with no announcement from President Donald Trump on filling the roles.
Read more →Phantom, Hyperliquid ask CFTC to modernize rules for onchain derivatives
The companies urged the regulator to exempt blockchain developers and non-custodial wallet providers from rules designed for traditional financial intermediaries.
Read more →Ethereum Foundation Turns AI Loose on ETH Network to Find Bugs Before Hackers Do
The Ethereum Foundation is using swarms of AI agents to attack Ethereum—before someone else does.
Read more →OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol: Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other AI Models
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is now public. The company released its new flagship model to general users today, launching alongside two smaller siblings, Terra and Luna, after the U.S. Department of Commerce kept a preview rest…
Read more →Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot faces investor scrutiny over insider sales
As AI-driven mining stocks retreat, investors are examining executive stock sales, governance and shareholder alignment across leading Bitcoin miners, according to Blocksbridge Consulting.
Read more →UK politicians mull permanent crypto donation ban in wake of Nigel Farage scandal
Labour lawmakers proposed a full moratorium on crypto donations in March, which some have sought be made permanent after millions of dollars in contributions were linked to Reform leader Nigel Farage.
Read more →Can Bitcoin hold $62K ahead of Friday’s $1.4 billion options expiry?
US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches.
Read more →MARA shares surge after 2 GW Texas infrastructure deal expands AI ambitions
The Bitcoin miner's shares climbed about 15% after announcing it's acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its AI and digital infrastructure strategy.
Read more →Swift Readies Ledger for 24/7 Token Transfers—Though True Settlement Is Stuck on Old Rails
Swift, the financial gatekeeper connecting thousands of banks across the globe, said on Thursday that a dozen-plus institutions are preparing to use its “blockchain-based ledger.”
Read more →Bitcoin traders reveal key levels as BTC price passes $63K after Trump Iran 'deal' comments
Bitcoin gained new upside targets for the daily close and beyond after US president Donald Trump said that Iran "wants to make a deal."
Read more →Circle Faces Criminal Contempt as USDC Recovery Order Sparks Legal Fight
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Read more →AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap
Several companies transforming former bitcoin mining sites into AI data centers may be worth more than their current market valuations imply because investors are underestimating the value of their signed customer contr…
Read more →MARA Stock Pops as Bitcoin Miner Agrees to Acquire Massive Powered Texas Land Plot
MARA Holdings, the publicly traded Bitcoin-mining giant, is deepening its bet that America's power grid—not the cryptocurrency itself—is the real asset worth owning. And its stock is flying Thursday following the announ…
Read more →Labour MPs Push to Make UK Crypto Donation Ban Permanent
Labour MPs are preparing to force the UK government to permanently ban political donations made in cryptocurrency, the Guardian has reported.
Read more →Ethereum's newest nonprofit wants to become Wall Street's guide to crypto
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