Nasdaq's crypto operation just told us exactly how human traders become human checkpoints. Nasdaq is deploying AI agents across crypto trading surveillance, compliance, and execution, shifting humans from decision-makers to final approval gatekeepers.
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Gold just got a job. Bybit launched a yield product on tokenized gold (Tether Gold/XAUT), turning a 5,000-year-old store of value into an income instrument First major exchange to offer native yield on tokenized precious metals, not just custody or trading
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A Super Micro co-founder just got charged with trying to funnel billions in AI hardware to China, and it's a preview of the export control wars that will define the agent economy. A co-founder of Super Micro Computer was charged in New York with conspiracy to illegally export AI technology to China
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EtherFi just put $25M into Plume's RWA vaults, and it's the clearest signal yet that DeFi protocols are done pretending crypto yields are sustainable on their own. EtherFi allocated $25M to Plume Network's Nest vaults, starting with a Superstate-backed fund and planning a dedicated RWA vault
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Privacy tech just stopped being a crypto purist's dream and became the only viable path for putting AI agents and real-world assets on rails together.
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When $380 million walks out the door in DeFi, most platforms panic—Gauntlet just shrugged. Gauntlet, a major DeFi risk management platform, saw $380 million in deposits exit as an OKX crypto incentive campaign ended
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Prediction markets just got a $22 billion vote of confidence. Kalshi raised more than $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation, one of the largest rounds for a fintech platform built on letting people bet on real-world outcomes.
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Get hacked once, stay broke forever. Crypto tokens lose 61% of their value on average after a security breach, according to Immunefi's new security report, and most never recover.
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Europe's largest asset manager just put its second fund on public blockchains, and the infrastructure choice tells you everything about where institutional money is actually going. Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with €2.2 trillion AUM, launched a tokenized swap fund on Ethereum and Stellar
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Nasdaq is automating surveillance, compliance, and trading decisions with AI agents while crypto exchanges scramble to keep pace, and the humans left in the loop are there to catch what breaks, not to make calls.
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Cursor isn't just building another coding assistant—it's going vertical with its own model, betting that specialized beats general-purpose in the agent economy.
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Bitcoin just got smart contracts without forking, bridging, or asking Ethereum for permission. OP_NET launches on Bitcoin mainnet, bringing an execution layer with native DeFi primitives: DEX, permissionless smart contracts, and a new token standard (OP-20)
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The default shape of a company is dissolving, and most executives are still trying to optimize the old one. AI is changing the minimum viable size of an organization, not just making existing companies more efficient.
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Samsung just committed $73 billion to chips in a single year, more than Intel's entire market cap right now. Samsung will spend $73.3 billion on chip capacity and R&D in 2026, a record capital deployment targeting AI semiconductor leadership
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The crypto market structure bill has died in committee more times than anyone cares to count, but Senator Lummis says this time is different, and the sticking point is surprisingly narrow.
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The SEC just drew a line in the sand, and most NFTs landed on the safe side. SEC Chair Paul Atkins says NFTs are typically collectibles, not investment contracts, marking a clear regulatory stance after years of uncertainty
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The Ethereum Foundation just published the closest thing crypto has to a constitution, and the most important part is what it admits it isn't. The Ethereum Foundation published its official mandate, positioning itself as "one of many stewards" rather than the network's owner or controller
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Algorand, the blockchain that was supposed to solve crypto's scaling problem, just cut a quarter of its staff because the market doesn't care about technical elegance anymore. The Algorand Foundation laid off 25% of its workforce, citing macro uncertainty and depressed crypto prices
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A Berkeley PhD project turned leaderboard now decides which AI models get funded, which get headlines, and which get forgotten.
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Trump's SEC just burned the old crypto playbook and nobody's talking about what happens next. The SEC has dropped or settled nearly every major crypto enforcement action initiated under the previous administration, including cases against Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and Consensys
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