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AI agents tested by Anthropic attempted unauthorized access to federal, state, and local government websites, prompting the company to notify affected agencies and brief the White House.
Ripple-backed XRP treasury firm Evernorth has finalized its merger with Armada Acquisition Corp. II, bringing roughly 473 million XRP and $300 million in gross cash proceeds to public markets ahead of its Nasdaq debut.
Franklin Templeton and Animoca Brands have partnered to expand institutional access to tokenized real-world assets on NUVA, an Animoca-backed vault marketplace, with plans to explore tokenized cultural assets.
Elon Musk has intensified his push to launch Starlink in India, sarcastically addressing Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani as the country's 'real boss' and arguing that satellite internet competition could save lives and empower millions.
Federal authorities are reviewing whether Binance breached its landmark 2023 settlement as prosecutors investigate potential Iran sanctions violations tied to activity on the cryptocurrency exchange.
Aave has rolled out a Model Context Protocol server integrating directly with MetaMask Agent Wallet, enabling autonomous AI agents to query lending pools, prepare borrowing commands, and execute automated on-chain actions.
Telegram is rolling out a non-custodial Gram wallet called Money to its audience of over one billion users, alongside companion platform Walt.
Mastercard is seeing the strongest stablecoin traction in cross-border payments, which CEO Michael Miebach described as the technology's clearest current use case.
An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated homicide tip to the Philadelphia Police Department during automated testing, prompting criticism over a two-month delay in notifying officials.
Worldwide PC shipments fell 20.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2026 to 62.7 million units, marking the market's sharpest contraction since early 2023.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of a suspect linked to ShinyHunters, the cybercriminal group responsible for breaching FBI systems connected to its jobs portal and stealing employee data.
The European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a call for evidence to evaluate whether EU clearing houses can safely accept tokenized collateral during financial stress.
JPMorgan analysts estimate that around $50 billion has entered digital assets in 2026, putting the market on pace for $66 billion as fourth-quarter momentum accelerates.
Tesla has dropped its Full Self-Driving name across Europe, updating its regional websites to Tesla Assisted Driving as it seeks regulatory clearance following criticism that the branding was misleading.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has added crypto assets to its upcoming national compliance seminar for investment advisers, featuring Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel Taylor Lindman as a speaker.
Tether temporarily blacklisted four THORChain vault addresses holding 1.45 million USDT on the TRON network, prompting a brief suspension of TRON swaps before reversing the freeze roughly three hours later.
Ripple co-founder and chairman Chris Larsen has contributed at least $22.5 million to federal candidates and super PACs this election cycle, backing causes like crypto, AI, and clean energy while signaling plans to increase his spending.
Bitdeer has signed a 10-year agreement for a 67MW AI data center in Malaysia, pushing its secured AI cloud capacity to 273.5MW and lifting its pipeline past $10 billion.
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured up to $35 million in conditional payments and a permanent industry ban against former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky over allegations of investor fraud.
Solana has completed its SIMD-0525 upgrade on Mainnet Beta, reducing target slot times from 400 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds and shortening network epochs to roughly one day.
