The Sui Foundation has published a post-mortem linking three separate mainnet halts to bugs introduced during network upgrades, acknowledging that at least one fix was deployed despite internal awareness it carried a halt risk. The incidents temporarily disrupted transaction processing on the layer-1 blockchain, though the foundation confirmed
Electricity infrastructure accumulated by Bitcoin miners over years of cost competition has grown more valuable than the mining operations it was built to support, according to Fidelity's May 2026 analysis. The report argues that AI data center hosting now represents a significant secondary revenue stream for major mining
Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base, has activated its Azul upgrade on mainnet, introducing multiproofs and a revamped client stack designed to reduce reliance on centralized components. Multiproofs allow multiple proof systems to verify transactions simultaneously, strengthening security and fault tolerance while distributing trust away from any single
Hut 8 is using its Bitcoin treasury as collateral to secure bridge financing for a strategic shift from cryptocurrency mining toward becoming an AI-focused data center landlord. The company's $16.8 billion lease base underpins a model where power infrastructure and BTC-backed debt work in tandem
Bitcoin security firm Casa has deployed four new protective features targeting social engineering, the attack method behind the majority of crypto theft in 2025. The release comes as FBI data shows crypto fraud losses rose 22% year over year to exceed $11 billion. Social engineering attacks manipulate victims psychologically rather
Beijing is extending state oversight into the private sector by requiring certain artificial intelligence workers at non-government firms to obtain approval before travelling, according to reports. The move widens existing controls that previously focused on state-affiliated researchers, signalling that Chinese authorities view AI expertise as a strategic national
The Satos Awards, a newly established industry recognition program voted on by peers, awarded its inaugural Mining and Energy prize to Abundant Mines, an Oregon-based Bitcoin mining company. The accolade highlights the firm's commitment to operational excellence and transparency within the competitive Bitcoin mining sector. Unlike analyst-
After six months of hands-on testing, veteran hacker and engineer George Hotz has concluded that AI coding agents are producing a wave of low-quality, difficult-to-detect code that large organizations are ill-equipped to identify. Hotz, known for hacking the iPhone and Sony's PlayStation 3,
Pope Leo XIV has issued a 245-paragraph encyclical on artificial intelligence, declaring data a common good and firmly rejecting the notion that technology is morally neutral. The document represents the Catholic Church's most comprehensive doctrinal statement on AI to date, positioning the institution as an active voice
Facet co-founder Tom Lehman has formally proposed EIP-8182 for inclusion in Ethereum's upcoming Hegota upgrade, a move that would introduce native private transfer functionality directly at the protocol level. Unlike existing privacy solutions that rely on third-party mixing protocols or Layer 2 workarounds, EIP-8182
Efforts to give Bitcoin a tangible, cash-like form have persisted for over a decade, driven by the appeal of holding cryptographic value in physical hands. Early projects like Casascius coins embedded private keys beneath tamper-evident holograms, letting holders store real BTC in metal form. Since then, creators have
Federal prosecutors have filed the first criminal charges under the Take It Down Act, a 2025 law that makes it a federal offense to create or distribute non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery. Two men face charges under the legislation, which was signed into law earlier this year and represents