Cardano surges ~30% on x402 AI-payments news, climbs to 16th by market cap
ADA's rally was tied to Cardano joining Coinbase-linked x402 AI-agent payment tests alongside Solana and the XRP Ledger, though coverage notes the facilitator i
finance.yahoo · +15 outlets
CME expands crypto futures lineup with Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap contracts
CME added BCH and UNI futures, sending Bitcoin Cash up about 30% while prior CME listing announcements saw similar coins give back gains before trading began.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction cost estimate falls from $320 to $66 after a week of AI coding
A research effort cut the estimated on-chain cost of a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction by roughly 79%, as EU regulators warned quantum risk could arrive b
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
NYSE taps Blockchain.com to distribute tokenized stocks as SEC rewrites token rules
The exchange tie-up comes as new SEC tokenized-equity rules reshape which venues and issuers stand to benefit from on-chain stock trading.
Decrypt · +2 outlets
North Korea's fake job interviews drained $11M from 7,000 crypto wallets
The campaign extends the pattern of North Korean IT-worker and social-engineering operations targeting crypto holders.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
BitMEX, the exchange that pioneered 100x leverage, winds down
The closure ends one of crypto's earliest and most influential derivatives venues and requires users to move funds and positions.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Neutron DAO proposal passes, then $9.3M in crypto disappears
Funds left the treasury-linked system shortly after the governance vote, raising questions about the proposal's intent and execution.
CryptoSlate
Canada's six largest banks team up on a shared digital-dollar network
The joint bank project is one of the largest coordinated tokenized-deposit efforts by a national banking oligopoly.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Australia PM says an AI agent hacked a government website for the first time
The disclosure marks an early confirmed case of autonomous tooling used against public infrastructure.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Cardano proposal would cut minimum stake pool fees 55%, bypassing SPO ballot
The plan lowers the minimum pool fee from 170 to 75 ADA but small pools argue the change squeezes their economics.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets
Bitcoin dips below $85,000 as long liquidations spike
Broad crypto weakness accompanied a pullback in BTC after a run that had added about 50% from July lows.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Solana begins testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Faster finality would narrow a key performance gap with centralized payment rails.
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
Brooklyn man who bragged about $16M Coinbase scam sentenced to up to 12 years
The sentence is one of the stiffer penalties handed down in a US crypto fraud case involving a major exchange.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 matches rival model at 60% of the price
OpenAI answered minutes later with new GPT-6 models, intensifying the frontier price and capability race.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
CFTC staff advisory warns prediction market 'mention' contracts invite manipulation
The guidance flags a fast-growing contract category over the ease of distorting outcomes tied to specific named events.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
SEC to let a DePIN startup offer a token without registration
The accommodation is a notable test of how the agency handles token distribution in infrastructure networks.
Decrypt
Coinbase expands Morpho-based fixed-rate bitcoin lending
Coinbase now offers fixed-rate loans collateralized by BTC, with Litecoin also accepted as collateral in regulated lending products.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
XRP Ledger retries upgrade letting banks split payment and compliance duties
The network also fixed a critical pre-mainnet flaw, though client applications remain exposed.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets