Cardano-based wallet provider SecondFi identified the root cause of a recent breach as a flaw at the address level, which allowed attackers to drain funds from 374 affected addresses. Following its investigation, the platform reported securing 129 million ADA, suggesting it managed to protect or recover a significant portion
StarkWare, the company behind the Starknet layer-2 network, has unveiled a 'Private KYC' system designed to reduce the personal data exposed during identity verification. The approach uses cryptographic methods to let users prove a single required fact — such as age or residency — without surrendering their entire identity
A developer fine-tuned a local Qwen model to replicate the reasoning style of Anthropic's Claude Fable, producing an open model nicknamed Qwable that can run on personal hardware without relying on cloud services. The project demonstrates how reasoning behaviors from leading proprietary AI systems can be approximated
Nouriel Roubini, the economist nicknamed 'Dr. Doom' for his bearish predictions and longstanding criticism of cryptocurrencies, is entering the tokenization space despite his skepticism. He is backing a tokenized security tied to a Nasdaq-listed exchange-traded fund he oversees, marketed as a tool to help investors protect
Major traditional financial institutions are rapidly expanding into digital asset custody, but the cryptographic foundations securing those holdings may face a future threat from quantum computing. BNY Mellon, the world's largest custodian managing $59.4 trillion in assets, announced Bitcoin and Ethereum custody services in Abu Dhabi, while
A US emergency export control directive has forced Anthropic to suspend global access to its advanced Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, citing national security grounds — a move that bars all foreign nationals, including the company's own international staff, from using the systems. The sweeping restriction is accelerating
LG Electronics has partnered with Arbitrum to develop a custom layer-2 blockchain network designed to power a new advertising platform expected to launch later this year. The South Korean consumer electronics giant is leveraging Arbitrum's scaling technology to build infrastructure tailored specifically for ad delivery and management
BitGo has launched Lightning Earn, a product that allows institutional bitcoin holders to generate BTC-denominated returns by supplying liquidity to the Lightning Network. The service is built on an integration with Amboss Rails, a Lightning infrastructure provider, enabling institutions to channel idle bitcoin holdings into payment routing and earn
A former xAI employee, Devin Kim, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company alleging wrongful termination after he repeatedly raised safety concerns about the Grok chatbot. Kim claims he flagged issues including bias, misinformation, and potentially dangerous outputs from the system, only to be dismissed as
BIP-110, a proposal to restrict non-financial data embedded in Bitcoin transactions, is now fewer than 10,000 blocks from triggering what could become the network's most serious governance dispute in years. The proposal reignites a long-standing debate over how Bitcoin's block space should
Stablecoin issuer Tether has led a $1.4 billion Series C funding round for German humanoid robotics company NEURA, with Nvidia and Amazon also participating as investors. The raise signals Tether's strategic push beyond stablecoins into physical AI infrastructure, as NEURA plans to integrate crypto payment tools and
Mastercard has unveiled Agent Pay for Machines, a payment infrastructure designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to autonomously purchase services and settle transactions. The system supports multiple payment rails, including traditional credit cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins, positioning Mastercard at the intersection of AI automation and digital finance. The initiative