Metaplanet CEO shuts down Bitcoin sale speculation after $322M transfer
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said no Bitcoin was sold after the company moved 5,014 BTC between custodial addresses for about $8 in fees.
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Bitcoin Institutional Boom: Goldman Buys NEOS; Swiss Bank Holds Millions in MSTR
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Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have
More than three dozen bitcoin and crypto companies have asked the largest AI labs to give open-source security researchers early access to their most capable models, arguing that the people defending a trillion dollars …
Crypto valuations could double as protocols link revenue to tokens: Bitwise CIO
Crypto valuations could at least double as protocols increasingly use revenue to fund token buybacks and burns, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan.
Arizona crypto ATM law helps 35 scam victims recover $171K
Arizona’s crypto ATM law has helped 35 scam victims receive full refunds totaling $171,332 since the measure took effect in September 2025, according to the state’s attorney general.
Why Ethereum Price Could Skyrocket to $3,000 Within Days or Weeks
In the next few months, Ethereum could rise to $3,000 and beyond within a matter of days or weeks.
Blockchain Association Backs Custodia Bank to Challenge Fed Account Denial Power
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The AI-Generated Pattern Hides You From Surveillance Cameras—Including Flock
Bill Swearingen spent the past year running one experiment over and over from his home in Kansas City, where he co-founded the SecKC security meetup. About 31 million tests later, he says he can produce patterns on dema…
Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC
Like any regulated trading platform under authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, prediction markets firms try to encourage heavy traders and for firms to act as market makers in ways that can deepen part…
Securitize falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
Securitize (SECZ) shares plunged 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the tokenization firm fell short of Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations in its first earnings report since going public last month.
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Praises Justin Sun, Doubts CLARITY Act Passage
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ASX shareholder plans to sue former directors over failed blockchain project
ASX’s failed blockchain-based CHESS overhaul faces renewed governance scrutiny after the exchange admitted misleading the market.
Hawaii crypto ATM ban to take effect on Oct. 1
Hawaii will join Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana in becoming the fourth US state to completely ban the use of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks in response to scams.
Goldman Sachs to acquire ETF manager NEOS in $2.25B deal
The deal would add NEOS’ $30 billion ETF business, including Bitcoin- and Ether-linked income funds, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades V4 Pro: Claude Fable Is Only 5% Better at 4,500% the Price
DeepSeek shipped the finished version of its flagship on Wednesday with no blog post and no announcement. The tell was a table cell: the model version listed for “deepseek-v4-pro” on the API pricing page now reads DeepS…
Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day
AI is making it faster and easier to find serious security flaws. Now, a researcher says he used publicly available models to find vulnerabilities in the video chat platform Zoom and build a working attack in less than …
Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout
Goldman Sachs is acquiring NEOS Investments, the firm behind BTCI, a $1.1 billion bitcoin synthetic exchange-traded fund (ETF) that yields roughly 27%, according to a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg.
Fidelity Files to Let Its Ethereum ETF Stake and Pay Investors
Fidelity has asked the SEC for permission to turn its spot Ethereum ETF into a yield-bearing product. The Boston asset manager filed a pre-effective amendment to its registration statement on Aug. 11, adding disclosure …
'Inner Thoughts' of Every Major AI Model Exposed in Massive Exploit
Security researchers have found a way to read the encrypted "inner thoughts" of every major AI reasoning model—and uncovered 62 live API keys and 33 passwords buried in session logs that developers had shared publicly o…
Crypto-Backed Loans, Explained: How to Unlock Cash Without Selling Your Bitcoin
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Bank of England tests stablecoin, digital pound interoperability in cross-border payments
The Digital Pound Lab is testing a cross-border trade finance flow combining stablecoin payments with simulated digital pound settlement.
SimpleSwap Review 2026: Is SimpleSwap Legit and Safe?
SimpleSwap is a self-custodial multi-source swap aggregator that handles the complexity of wallet-to-wallet crypto exchanges. Instead of comparing rates across multiple exchanges or building swap routes manually, you ge…
NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets
Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing practices.
Why Bitcoin Barely Moved Even as US Inflation Cools to 3.4%
U.S. inflation in July slowed as expected, and markets—including Bitcoin—took it in stride.