North Korea Stole $285M in 12 Minutes While Security Watched
North Korea just pulled off a $285 million crypto heist in 12 minutes, and the speed tells you everything about how outmatched current security infrastructure really is.
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OpenAI's New Chief Killed a Video Tool Then Bought a Podcast
OpenAI's new operations chief just killed a video tool to cut "side quests," then immediately bought a tech podcast. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI Deployment, acquired TBPN podcast hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays while simultaneously axing Sora and other resource-draining projects
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Hackers Drain $169M From DeFi While Billions Sit Untouched
DeFi lost $169 million to hackers in Q1, but the real story is in what didn't get stolen. 34 DeFi protocols were exploited for $169M in Q1 2026, with Step Finance's $40M private key compromise as the quarter's largest single hit
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OpenAI cuts Codex pricing to flood enterprises with AI agents
OpenAI just made it cheaper to put AI in every developer's workflow, and that changes the math on agent adoption inside enterprises. Codex now offers pay-as-you-go pricing for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise, removing upfront commitment barriers for teams
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SpaceX at $350B Signals the AI IPO Flood Gates Are Opening
SpaceX's public debut could be the first domino in a procession of AI titans going public, and that changes everything about how intelligence infrastructure gets funded. SpaceX is planning what could be a record-breaking IPO, with OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly eyeing public markets in 2026
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Granola's "Private" Notes Are Training AI and Visible to Anyone With the Link
Granola's "private by default" notes are visible to anyone with a link and training their AI unless you dig through settings to opt out. Granola, an AI meeting note-taker, defaults to link-shareable notes and uses your content for AI training unless users manually opt out
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NYSE Picks Securitize to Tokenize Stock Trading on Blockchain
The New York Stock Exchange just stopped treating tokenization like a side project. Securitize is partnering with NYSE to bring traditional equities onchain, moving beyond the pilot phase into regulated infrastructure
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Circle's $60B Stablecoin Empire Now Wants to Control Your Bitcoin
Circle, the company that prints $60 billion in USDC stablecoins, is coming for Bitcoin's wrapped token market. Circle announced cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token that will bring BTC onto EVM chains with Circle's institutional-grade custody and compliance infrastructure.
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Google Just Turned AI Into a Buffet and Enterprises Will Overeat
Google just made AI inference a menu you can order from, and that changes the economics of shipping agents. Google launched two new Gemini API tiers: Flex (cheaper, slower) and Priority (faster, premium pricing)
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Drift Protocol Loses $285M in Solana's Second-Largest DeFi Hack Ever
Drift Protocol just lost $285 million on Solana, and the comparison to Ronin's 2022 disaster tells you everything about how little DeFi learned. Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million exploit on Solana, with security experts drawing parallels to Ronin's $625 million bridge hack in 2022
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Google and Visa Just Backed Coinbase's Plan to Reinvent Payments
Coinbase just handed the keys to its payment protocol to the Linux Foundation, and Google, Stripe, and Visa showed up to help drive. Coinbase's x402 payment protocol is now an open standard under the Linux Foundation, with 20+ founding members including Google, Stripe, and Visa backing it
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Cursor's New AI Agent Just Declared War on OpenAI and Anthropic
Cursor just turned its AI coding assistant into a full agent—and picked a fight with OpenAI and Anthropic on their home turf. Cursor launched a new AI agent experience designed to compete directly with Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex
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SoFi Makes $50B Bank the First to Treat Stablecoins Like Checking Accounts
A nationally chartered bank with $50 billion in assets just made stablecoins a boring business banking feature. SoFi launched Big Business Banking, an enterprise platform combining fiat and stablecoin services on Solana with 24/7 payment rails
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Solana's "Convenience Feature" Just Cost Users $270 Million
A $270 million exploit on Solana didn't need a single line of buggy code—just a feature designed to make transactions easier. Drift Protocol was drained of over $270 million using Solana's "durable nonces" feature, which allows pre-signed transactions to remain valid indefinitely.
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Telegram Just Turned 150 Million Users Into Crypto Derivatives Traders
Telegram just turned 150 million chat app users into potential derivatives traders. Telegram Wallet integrated Lighter to enable perpetual futures trading directly in-app, giving users leveraged access to crypto, stocks, and commodities.
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OpenEden Puts Junk Bonds On-Chain, Tests If DeFi Can Handle Defaults
OpenEden just launched tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, and it's the first real test of whether crypto rails can handle actual credit risk. OpenEden introduced tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, moving beyond the T-bills and cash equivalents that make up 90%+ of the RWA tokenization market
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AI Writes Better Than You Now, Says the CEO Paid to Catch It
The CEO who built AI detection software just admitted something uncomfortable: most people can't write as well as machines anymore. Max Spero of Pangram Labs, whose company detects AI-generated content, says AI already writes cleaner, more persuasive copy than most humans
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Metaplanet Surges Past MARA With $500M Bitcoin Bet
A Japanese investment firm just vaulted past American mining giant MARA to become the world's third-largest corporate bitcoin holder, and the geography matters more than the ranking.
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Bitcoin Plunges as Dollar Hits 2025 Peak—Traders Brace for Worse
Bitcoin's falling while the dollar surges to levels not seen since mid-2025, and traders are warning this is just the beginning. Bitcoin dropped on renewed US-Iran tensions as geopolitical risk drives money into traditional safe havens
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US Can't Power the AI It's Building
While Washington debates AI policy, the real constraint isn't regulation—it's whether we can physically power the buildout. US policymakers are wrestling with AI infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly energy capacity limitations that are slowing data center expansion
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