Crypto
Bitcoin Firms Demand AI Labs Grant Security Researchers Early Access
More than thirty Bitcoin companies, including Coinbase, Block and BitGo, have signed an open letter asking major AI labs to grant open source security...
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Blockchain Association backs Custodia’s Supreme Court bid over Fed master account
The Blockchain Association filed an amicus brief on August 13, 2026, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank's petition challenging the...
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Twitch opts streamers into Amazon AI training by default
Twitch, the livestreaming platform owned by Amazon since 2014, announced on August 12, 2026 that channel content will be used by default to train...
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Solana nearly froze: 29% of staking offline after Teraswitch outage
Solana narrowly avoided a complete halt on Wednesday when a faulty BGP route (Border Gateway Protocol, the internet's routing protocol) at Teraswitch in Miami...
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Anchorpoint Launches HKDAP: Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin Enters Beta Phase
On August 12, 2026, Anchorpoint — the joint venture led by Standard Chartered — launched beta access to its Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoin, HKDAP...
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Bitwise cuts 14% of staff as crypto industry layoffs accelerate
Bitwise Asset Management announced on August 12, 2026 a 14% reduction of its global workforce, cutting headcount from 180 to 155 employees. The move,...
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Harmony: 4 Billion ONE Tokens Illegally Minted, Price Crashes 34%
On August 12, 2026, the Harmony blockchain confirmed a major exploit that enabled the unauthorized minting of approximately 4 billion ONE tokens — roughly...
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RBI urges banks to use AI for loans human assessors would reject
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wants Indian banks to use artificial intelligence to approve loans that human assessors would traditionally reject. Speaking at...