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Coinbase Opens the Door to an AI Economy as Autonomous Agents Gain the Ability to Pay Businesses
Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from a tool that answers questions into software capable of performing meaningful work on behalf of people. The next logical step is giving those AI systems the ability to participate in the economy. Coinbase believes that moment has arrived. The cryptocur
Sui Brings Bitcoin Into DeFi with Hashi Testnet, Without Traditional Bridges
Bitcoin has long been described as the world’s largest untapped source of decentralized finance liquidity. More than $1 trillion in value sits on the Bitcoin blockchain, yet only a small fraction is actively used in lending, borrowing or other on-chain financial applications. The primary obsta
S&P’s First Revenue-Based Crypto Index Leaves Bitcoin Behind
For more than a decade, Bitcoin has been the undisputed face of the cryptocurrency market. It remains the largest digital asset by market capitalization, dominates institutional inflows through spot ETFs and is increasingly viewed as digital gold. Yet when S&P Dow Jones Indices unveiled its first re
AI Is Becoming Every Hacker’s Force Multiplier: What DeFi and Crypto Must Prepare for Next
For years, the cryptocurrency industry has been locked in an arms race with increasingly sophisticated hackers. Smart contract exploits evolved from simple coding mistakes into carefully orchestrated, multi-stage attacks involving cross-chain bridges, flash loans and social engineering. Now, a new p
CLARITY Act Nears a Defining Vote as Crypto Regulation Gains Momentum in Washington
The long-running debate over cryptocurrency regulation in the United States may finally be approaching a turning point. After years of uncertainty over which federal agency should oversee digital assets, lawmakers are once again pushing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act—better known as the CLARIT
Wanchain’s 515 Million NIGHT Exploit: The Signature Was Valid—The Message Was Not
The most dangerous weakness in a cross-chain bridge is not always a stolen private key, a compromised validator or a broken cryptographic algorithm. Sometimes it is something more mundane: two pieces of software disagreeing about what a signed message actually says. That appears to be the central fa
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Rebellion Is Running Out of Road, but the Fight Over Bitcoin’s Purpose Is Far From Over
Bitcoin’s most important disputes rarely begin with price. They begin with a deceptively simple question about what the network is allowed to become. BIP-110, a proposal to temporarily restrict the amount and type of non-financial data stored in Bitcoin transactions, has turned that question into th
Allbridge Core Drained in $1.65 Million Exploit as Stolen Funds Move to Ethereum
Allbridge Core has become the latest cross-chain protocol to discover how quickly a liquidity imbalance can turn into a seven-figure loss. An attacker exploited the bridge’s Solana deployment for an estimated $1.65 million, moved the stolen assets from Solana to Ethereum and began routing the funds
The Hacker Who Came Through HR: MetaMask’s North Korean Developer Scare
The most dangerous person inside a cryptocurrency company may not arrive through a phishing email, a zero-day exploit or a compromised server. They may arrive through a calendar invitation, pass a technical interview and receive access credentials from human resources. That is the unsettling lesson
Visa’s OUSD Platform Turns Stablecoins Into Institutional Payment Infrastructure
Visa is no longer treating stablecoins as an experimental feature attached to the edges of its payment network. With the launch of the Visa Stablecoin Platform, the company is building a dedicated operating layer through which banks, fintechs and payment providers can mint, hold, transfer and redeem
Coinbase’s Existential Bet: Why Brian Armstrong Chose to Fight Washington
Brian Armstrong did not enter the cryptocurrency industry expecting to become a political operator. He was an engineer building financial infrastructure, not a lobbyist studying congressional committees or an executive preparing to challenge a federal regulator. His original assumption was straightf
Trump Steps Into the CLARITY Act Standoff as Crypto Ethics Threaten the Bill’s Future
The final obstacle confronting America’s most consequential cryptocurrency legislation is no longer a technical dispute over tokens, exchanges or regulatory jurisdiction. It is a much more politically explosive question: should the officials writing the country’s crypto rules be allowed to profit pe