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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...
Aussie Startup Trains Living Human Brain Cells to Play Doom
Human neurons grown in a lab have been wired into a system that converts Doom into electrical signals, enabling real-time gameplay responses...
Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI: Core Scientific and MARA Signal Bigger BTC Sales Ahead
Leading Bitcoin mining firms Core Scientific and MARA Holdings will offload more of their BTC as they look to capitalise on opportunities in...
Bloomberg Report: Block’s AI-Driven Layoffs Spark Debate Over ‘AI-Washing’
A report from Bloomberg has questioned whether the massive job cuts at Jack Dorsey-led tech firm, Block, are truly down to AI or if they’r...
Ripple and Franklin Templeton Back t54 Labs’ $5M Bet on Agentic Finance
t54 Labs raised $5 million in seed funding with backing from major players including Ripple and Franklin Templeton. ...