AI agents could make today’s billion-dollar crypto hacks look like ‘pennies,’ industry leaders warn
Crypto leaders see trust, hallucinations and unclear legal liability as the biggest hurdles to agentic adoption.
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Congress can still ‘land this plane’ on crypto bill as ethics talks stall, says Democratic Sen. Gallego
Sen. Ruben Gallego says Congress can still "land this plane," referring to the Clarity Act crypto bill, as concerns grow over an unfinished ethics deal.
HYPE token surges after Trump says CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to US in ‘fully compliant fashion’
President Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. in a “fully compliant and legal fashion."
Bitcoin hits $69,000, ether jumps 10% as Treasury buybacks, SEC crypto proposal fuel market rally
The move triggered nearly $2 billion in crypto liquidations and lifted crypto-linked stocks, with Strategy and Bitmine gaining around 10%.
OCC races to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by November
The OCC is stepping on the gas to finalize rules by November to implement a stablecoin law signed by President Trump.
Grayscale’s latest Zcash ETF amendment shows DCG in talks to contribute 200,000 ZEC to fund
While DCG is in discussions to contribute ~200,000 ZEC to the Grayscale fund, the potential transaction is nonbinding.
Injective becomes SEC-registered transfer agent as it expands tokenization push
Injective says the registration gives it a regulated way to keep track of who owns tokenized securities and how those assets change hands.
Ethereum engineering firm Nethermind leaves LayerZero verifier role for Chainlink
Nethermind said it is joining Chainlink as a node operator, where it will help secure CCIP and Data Feeds.
Ex-Signature Bank chair warns big banks could use blockchain to take market share from smaller rivals as N3XT goes global
Scott Shay said big banks could use blockchain payments to take market share from smaller rivals as N3XT expands globally.
Bitwise CIO sees potential for 10-100x blockchain transaction growth as AI agents meet tokenized markets
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said investors may be underestimating blockchain transaction activity by 10 to 100 times as tokenized markets expand.
Scaramucci points to $100,000 bitcoin as ‘magic number’ for OG sellers, eyes AI-blockchain convergence
John Darsie, CEO of SALT and partner at SkyBridge, said bitcoin's changing holder base is part of a broader maturation process.
Rain CEO says stablecoin payments reach more than 100,000 merchants without them knowing it
Rain CEO Farooq Malik said more than 100,000 merchants accept stablecoins unknowingly, with transactions settling through Visa in three days.