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A consortium of nine crypto firms announced the formation of the Quantum Alliance this week, a collaborative effort to develop common security standards protecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchains from future quantum computing attacks. The headline figure is sobering: th…
Circle’s announcement that it will expand USDC into roughly 40 emerging and developing markets — spanning Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East — marks a significant inflection point for how dollar-pegged digital currencies are being positioned. CEO Jeremy A…
The world’s most influential index provider has drawn a line around what counts as a “company.” MSCI finalised new eligibility rules this week that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its global equity benchmarks after trading closes in November. The change targets busines…
An internal OpenAI research agent recently ran out of testnet Ethereum during a coding assignment, so it located public seed phrases, derived funded addresses, and spent someone else’s testnet tokens to finish its task. The agent even paused to consider whether the act was ethic…
Britain’s relationship with Europe remains stuck in a place that hurts businesses and workers alike. Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, has put it plainly: repairing the economic damage from Brexit should be Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s top …
When hardware wallet maker Ledger announced its new device, the Ledger Atom, it wasn’t just releasing another piece of security hardware — it was acknowledging that crypto self-custody can no longer live in isolation. Priced at $899 and designed to function as a full smartphone…
When Wes Streeting landed in Washington this week, his mission was as much about mending trust as about military aid. The UK defence secretary told reporters he had been “reassured directly” by his American counterpart, Pete Hegseth, that the Starlink satellite service has been …
A global selloff in technology stocks deepened Thursday as investors questioned the debt underpinning the AI infrastructure buildout, spilling into crypto markets where nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated. Bitcoin recovered to $82,000 after dipping below $…
A chronic ailment of modern economies is the tendency to confuse desire with wisdom. The reminder that “wrongdoers merely follow their desires with no knowledge” captures something universal: when the accumulation of wealth becomes its own justification, the system loses its mor…
The seizure of 241 websites and 112 servers by Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI marks the culmination of a three-year investigation into a crypto fraud network that allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars from Russian-speaking victims. The scheme is particularly instructive …
In the span of a single year, autonomous AI agents have made more than 138 million crypto payments—the vast majority worth less than a dime—through Coinbase’s x402 protocol on Base. According to a new Chainalysis report, the number of agentic transactions exploded from around 1,…
Nearly a billion dollars in crypto positions were wiped out in a single day as bitcoin slipped to around $81,000 and ether dropped more than 6% to roughly $2,350. According to CoinDesk, ether accounted for nearly 60% of the forced closures, a sign that leveraged bets on the se…
When BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink warns that a moratorium on data centre buildouts would push the United States into recession, he is not simply defending an industry his firm has heavily invested in. He is pointing to a deeper structural tension that the world’s largest…
A figure released today by the Trades Union Congress puts the cost-of-living crisis in stark arithmetic: the average UK household has paid an extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 — about £2,792 more each year. The analysis, drawn from official data by the union umbrella body, captu…
The developer education platform EasyA has reached an independent valuation of $1.1 billion and is targeting a direct listing in the first half of 2027. What makes this milestone stand out is the company’s plan to make its shares available onchain from the first day of trading,…
A party that positions itself as a vehicle for public frustration with the political establishment must eventually answer a difficult question: what happens when the frustration it channels reveals something darker within its own ranks? Reform UK is facing that question after an…
Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthi movement of targeting Mecca with a drone, a charge the Iran-backed group denies. The claim, reported by CNBC, surfaces amid escalating regional tensions and, if true, represents an attack on the holiest site in Islam—a city where even figh…
Hot US inflation data dominated markets Wednesday, sending bitcoin down 2% to around $81,558 and dragging ether and other major tokens lower, while the 10-year Treasury yield climbed. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% year-over-year, above expectations, potentially putting Fed…
The US September inflation report came in hotter than expected, with consumer prices rising 3.7% year over year, above the consensus forecast of 3.6%. That triggered a sharp sell‑off in bitcoin, which dropped $1,000 to around $82,800, and sent the 10‑year Treasury yield higher…
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