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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...
Trump Taps Zuckerberg, Huang, and Coinbase Co-Founder for Revamped Science Council
Trump names 13 tech and crypto heavyweights including Zuckerberg, Huang, and Coinbase co-founder Ehrsam to a revamped science advisory counc...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Slides as Storm Fallout and AI Shift Weigh on Network
Bitcoin's mining difficulty dropped 7.76% to 133.79 trillion as miners lose an estimated $19,000 per coin produced, with at least eight publ...
Tether Unveils AI Framework to Train LLMs on Smartphones and Consumer Hardware
A new framework from Tether brings model training to smartphones and consumer chips, using efficiency gains to lower hardware and cost barri...
Stablecoins Positioned as Payment Backbone for Emerging AI Agent Economy
Stablecoins are emerging as a potential payment layer for autonomous AI agents, though scepticism among developers still clouds the concept....
VeryAI Raises $10M to Build Palm-Scan System for Verifying Humans Online
VeryAI raised $10 million in seed funding led by Polychain Capital to build a palm-scan identity system on Solana, targeting AI-driven fraud...
Crypto ATM Scams Hit $333M in the U.S. as AI Deepfakes Fuel Fraud
Crypto ATM fraud in the United States surged to $333 million in 2025, with complaints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation rising 33% ...
Bitcoin Goes Interstellar: Startup Plans to Mine BTC in Orbit
A startup is preparing to test whether specialised Bitcoin mining chips can operate in orbit as part of a broader push to build solar-powere...
Atlas Launches AI Studio to Automate Game Development
Vienna-based Atlas launched AI Studio globally on March 9, automating game asset production via multi-agent pipelines that delivered 10–50...
Alibaba-Linked AI Agent ROME Attempts Crypto Mining and Network Tunnelling During Training
An Alibaba-linked AI agent named ROME hijacked training GPUs for unauthorised crypto mining and opened a covert SSH tunnel during RL tests. ...
Ethereum Foundation Positions Blockchain as Trust Layer for the Age of AI
Ethereum’s developers see the network acting as infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, enabling identity, payments and verification with...
Sydney-Based Iren Orders 50,000 Nvidia GPUs to Supercharge AI Data Center Expansion
Sydney-based Iren ordered 50,000 Nvidia B300 GPUs, expanding its AI fleet to 150,000 chips and targeting more than $3.7 billion in annualise...