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Coinbase Business Launches AI Payment Tools for the Agent Economy
Coinbase Business marked its first year by launching tools that let companies accept payments from autonomous AI agents in USDC, using the x...
Hackers Hijack Robinhood CEO’s X Account to Promote Fake Meme Coin
Robinhood said hackers briefly seized CEO Vlad Tenev's X account on Thursday to push a fake meme coin, VLAD, which on-chain trackers estimat...
Crypto Trail Exposes Chinese Fentanyl Network Using Japan as a Smuggling Hub
New findings show how a Japanese-based operation allegedly used cryptocurrency channels to move funds connected to fentanyl precursor sales ...
Crypto Derivatives Pioneer BitMEX to Shut Down After Strategic Review
BitMEX will wind down in stages before ending trading on 23 September, with users urged to withdraw funds as decentralised rivals keep gaini...
Bitcoin Climbs to One-Month High Above $65,800 as ETF Inflows Extend Six-Day Streak
Bitcoin pushed above $65,800 to a one-month high as spot ETFs logged a sixth straight session of net inflows, leaving five months of underwa...
Franklin Templeton Names Agentic AI Blockchain’s ‘Killer’ Use Case in $3T Payments Shift
Franklin Templeton says autonomous AI agents locked out of bank rails will settle on public blockchains, calling agentic AI the killer use c...
Suspicious Blaze Tears Through Ed Craven Family’s $16m Beachside Mansion Weeks After $30m Rebuild Approved
A luxury beachfront mansion approved for redevelopment has been badly damaged by fire, with investigators examining a suspected suspicious i...
South Korea’s Crypto Trading Slumps as Investors Pile Into Booming Stock Market
Retail investors are shifting towards South Korean shares, leaving crypto exchanges with weaker volumes as banks explore stablecoins and tok...
Bitcoin Rallies as US Crypto Bill Nears Finish Line, AI Trade Cools
Bitcoin rose about 2% above $66,800 on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US crypto market-structure bill sat at the "1...
Morpho Launches Fixed-Rate Crypto Lending on Base With Midnight Protocol
Morpho launched Midnight on Coinbase's Base network, adding fixed-rate, fixed-term loans to a lending protocol that holds more than $7.5 bil...
Telegram to Launch Built-In Crypto Wallet for 1 Billion Users by Summer’s End
A native Telegram wallet will bring self-custody to over one billion users as the company expands its blockchain plans after reviving the Gr...
Trump Backs Ethics Provision, Clearing Key Obstacle for Landmark Crypto Bill
Senators are racing to finalise the Clarity Act before recess, with bipartisan backing hinging on agreement over ethics enforcement powers n...