Tech giants rush to block 8 eMudhra certs that could enable fake sites
Tech giants have deployed emergency blocks against eight vulnerable digital certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate websites.
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Ripple brings Wall Street into 24/7 stock bets, but HSBC warns markets are still thin
Ripple is giving institutions a way to bet on stocks, gold and oil over the weekend through its brokerage business, but HSBC says thin trading could limit how much money follows them in.
Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger a ‘good idea’ as AI revenue jumps ninefold
A merger would bring Tesla into the same corporate group as Grok developer SpaceXAI and social media platform X.
XRP and DOGE Flash Multiple Buy Signals: Is It Time to Buy?
XRP MVRV ratio and 59% surge in transactional volume point to a possible 50% rally to $2.
Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack
Layer-1 blockchain Qubic has restarted its network and launched a recovery process after a wallet seed vulnerability allowed an attacker to drain roughly $1.4 million in QU tokens from 1,404 accounts, according to the p…
People Are Vibe Coding the Ads Out of Their Smart TVs: Here's How
Smart TV owners are pointing AI agents at their living-room sets and ordering them to rip out the sponsored ads, the tracking software and the sluggish home screens that manufacturers ship by default.
JPMorgan Puts a Number on Bitcoin for the First Time: 10% a Year, With a Big Caveat
Bitcoin just earned a spot in one of Wall Street’s most closely watched return forecasts, and it landed at the top of the table.
Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs Join Growing List of Companies Objecting to Tokenized Stocks
Seven more companies, including Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, and Goldman Sachs, have objected to having their shares traded on OKXICE TSV, according to an updated public notice dated Monday.
Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?
Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming.
Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash
Wallets tied to April's $295 million Drift Protocol exploit pushed 25,700 Ethereum, worth about $61.56 million, into the crypto mixer Tornado Cash over roughly two hours on Tuesday. The addresses had been quiet for abou…
U.S. CFTC sets agenda for AI forum, exploring trading and agentic finance
The potential effects of artificial intelligence in the derivatives markets will be in focus at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's first in a new series of meetings hosted by its Innovation Task Force on Oc…
OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio to Put AI Agents in Charge of Drug Development Grunt Work
OpenAI has bought Orchestra Bio, a San Francisco startup whose AI agents help drug companies keep sprawling development programs on schedule, the ChatGPT maker announced Tuesday.
Stablecoin transfers quadruple to $891B as US banks expand adoption: Report
Coinbase reports growing adoption by banks and businesses, even as stablecoin market capitalization remains largely unchanged over the past year.
Utah AG sues Kalshi, pursues profits from prediction market company
Derek Brown likened the prediction market company to a “public nuisance“ that was “causing a significant and substantial ongoing harm“ to state residents.
Zcash Leads Crypto Bounce, Surging 8.5% as Bitcoin Reclaims $83,000
Crypto markets bounced on Tuesday, and Zcash led the rebound. The privacy coin rose 8.5% in 24 hours to $1,215.85, lifting its market capitalization to $20.57 billion.
Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, announced Tuesday that it approved the country's first retail fund that invests directly in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin price spikes to $83.3K as US stocks rise on Q3 earnings, oil falls
High US corporate earnings reports boosted stock markets and saw BTC price hit $83,300 before reversing at a 21-day trend line.
Mastercard Opens Up AI Agent Payments With Early Access and Live Demo
Mastercard is moving its vision of AI agents transacting on their own from concept to live demo, opening early access to a system called Agent Pay for Machines that lets autonomous software discover services, agree to t…
Bitwise, Hyperliquid seek SEC rule changes for token trading, airdrops
The firms are seeking clearer guidance on the classification of crypto assets and secondary-market trading as the SEC’s public comment period comes to a close.
OKX-ICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo calls corporate objections a ‘natural response’ to tokenized stock plans
A growing list of companies rejecting tokenized trading of their shares is an expected part of testing a new market structure, Andrew Cuomo, co-chairman of the OKX-ICE joint venture, said after Microsoft, Alphabet and G…
The Midterms Are the First Real Test of Whether Markets Beat Pollsters
In 2024, election contracts became legal in the U.S. only a month before the presidential vote. This time, Kalshi's head of politics growth Benjamin Freeman told CNBC, "there's a much longer runway to plan."
French Lawmakers Back Stablecoin Swap Tax by Just One Vote
French lawmakers voted by a single-vote margin on Friday to make swapping cryptocurrency for stablecoins a taxable event, according to the National Assembly's record of the vote.
Injective, BDACS plan Korean won stablecoin settlement for tokenized assets
Injective and BDACS plan to bring won-backed stablecoin KRW1 to tokenized asset markets as South Korea develops a regulatory framework for local currency stablecoins.
Alphabet, Microsoft add objections to OKX-ICE proposed tokenized stock platform
About 25% of the US-listed companies in OKXICE’s initial tokenized stock platform proposal are asking to opt-out of the venture.