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AI Agents Are Fueling a New Era of Crypto Payments, Says Pollak
Jesse Pollak says AI agents need software-native money, with Coinbase-backed x402 emerging as an early payment rail for machine-to-machine t...
AI-Built Web3 Games Take Off as BuidlHack Seoul Crowns ‘Bank or Plank’ Champion
YGG Play and Verse8 crowned Bank or Plank after 120 teams built AI-assisted Web3 games in Seoul, testing whether faster onchain prototypes c...
Core Scientific Bets Big on AI With US$3.3B Debt Raise
As AI demand surges, Core Scientific is scaling data centre capacity and reallocating capital, even as mining still contributes to earnings....
Playdate Draws a Hard Line: No AI Art Allowed, Code Assistants Still Welcome
Game developer and creator of the Playdate console, Panic Inc., has banned games developed using generative AI tools from its storefront. ...
Vercel Breach Linked to AI Tool Compromise Raises Risk for Crypto Frontends
Popular web3 cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a breach of its systems, exposing customer data and its own internal data and e...
Hive Plans US$75M Raise With Zero-Interest Notes as Shares Slide
HIVE plans a US$75m raise via zero-interest notes to back GPU and data centre growth, with an option to expand the offering. ...
Ledger Targets AI Agent Risks With Hardware-Based Security and Human Controls
Crypto security firm Ledger has announced it will be entering the AI security market with plans to launch AI agent hardware security devices...
Japanese Giants Unite to Build the Brain Behind the World’s Machines
SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony established a joint venture to build a trillion-parameter physical AI model for robots and industrial systems...
Anthropic Launches “AnthroPAC,” Escalating Its Role in US AI Politics
Anthropic registered a new employee-funded PAC with the FEC on April 3 to back AI policy candidates. ...
Chainalysis Unveils AI Agents to Supercharge Crypto Crime Investigations
New AI agents from Chainalysis aim to simplify blockchain investigations, helping users analyse transactions without deep technical expertis...
AI Agent Boom Turns Risky: OpenClaw Exposes Millions to Hacks and Crypto Theft
OpenClaw’s rapid growth has introduced widespread security vulnerabilities across its architecture and deployments. ...
US Crypto Czar Steps Down, Transitions to Broader Advisory Role
It’s ta-ta to the crypto czar as venture capitalist David Sacks transitions from Trump’s crypto and AI advisor to co-chair a new White H...