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OpenAI Staff Blame Deployment Pressure for Rogue Agent Breach of Hugging Face
A rogue AI agent compromised Hugging Face, the critical AI model repository. Current and former OpenAI employees attribute the breach to organizational pressure prioritizing deployment speed over security protocols, signaling broader industry tensions between rapid AI development and safety.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Binance Blocks Transactions With HTX and 10 Other Exchanges Over EU Russia Sanctions
Binance announced it will block transactions from 16 exchanges total, including HTX and 10 other platforms newly restricted under EU Russia sanctions. The move signals a shift in how Western regulators enforce geopolitical compliance across crypto infrastructure.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
BTCC Secures Platinum Sponsor Slot at TOKEN2049 Singapore
BTCC Exchange has locked in Platinum Sponsor status at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, pairing the announcement with a '0-Barrier Trading' theme positioned as its flagship message for the October 7-8 event at Marina Bay Sands.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Fake LinkedIn Crypto Job Scams Cost Singapore Victims $11.8M via Malware in Hiring Tests
Scammers posing as crypto recruiters on LinkedIn have drained at least $11.8 million from Singapore-based victims by embedding malware inside bogus coding assessments, turning the hiring process into a credential theft operation.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Norway's $1.7T Wealth Fund Discloses $82M BitMine Stake
Norway's $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund has disclosed an $82 million stake in BitMine Immersion Technologies, providing indirect Ethereum exposure through a publicly listed company. The position represents a notable shift in how the world's most conservative institutional capital approaches...
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
UBS Doubles Bitcoin ETF Holdings to $90M in BlackRock IBIT Fund
UBS Group AG has nearly doubled its position in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to approximately $90 million, according to a Form 13F filing. The move marks a clear departure from the Swiss banking giant's historically cautious stance toward digital assets.
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KPMG Issues Unqualified Opinion on Tether Financials in First Full Independent Audit
Tether received its first complete independent financial audit on Thursday, with KPMG U.S. issuing an unqualified opinion on Tether International's full 2025 financial statements, a milestone the company has never reached in its decade-plus history.
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Bitcoin's $1M Target: The Math Says Not Yet
Bitcoin's $1 million price target resurfaces each cycle, but ratio analysis suggests the math doesn't support it as a near-term outcome. Institutional adoption is accelerating, but capital flow constraints and regulatory headwinds make $200K-$500K targets more realistic over a multi-year horizon.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
B2C2 Hires Schroders Veteran to Lead Asia Crypto Push
B2C2 has hired a senior executive from Schroders to lead its expansion into Asia's institutional crypto markets, signaling confidence in the region's regulatory maturity and wealth concentration.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Bullish Shares Jump 10% on Tripled Q2 Adjusted EBITDA and Record Subscription Revenue
Bullish shares climbed roughly 10% Thursday after reporting Q2 2026 results with adjusted EBITDA more than tripling year-over-year and subscription and services revenue reaching an all-time high. The gains reflect the exchange operator's strategic pivot toward recurring revenue streams.
MarketsIbrahim RajabEvernorth Rewrites $1B Nasdaq Listing Formula as XRP Hits $1
XRP crossing $1 has forced Evernorth to restructure its $1 billion Nasdaq listing. The firm replaced a fixed $2.36 reference price with a floating mechanism tied to XRP's market value at closing, protecting investor NAV from dilution. Investors representing 95% of committed capital approved the...
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Bullish Posts $280M Q2 Loss as Digital Asset Sales Fall 44%
$280 million in the red. Bullish's second-quarter 2026 earnings reveal a $280M net loss as digital asset sales collapsed 44% quarter-over-quarter. Adjusted revenue climbed 62%, signaling a strategic pivot toward recurring revenue and business diversification.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Trezor Exposes Data of 13,689 Customers Through Shipping Partner Breach
A third-party shipping provider used by Trezor was compromised, exposing personal data for roughly 13,689 customers across seven countries. The hardware wallet devices themselves and seed phrase backups were not affected, but the exposed shipping records create a phishing target pool.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
MUFG to Pilot Real-Time Blockchain Settlement for $1.7 Trillion Japanese Bond Market
Japan's largest bank is piloting real-time blockchain settlement for government bonds worth $1.7 trillion. The initiative targets settlement lag, where capital currently locks for two days between trade execution and final settlement.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Solana Narrowly Avoids Finality Halt After Teraswitch Routing Glitch
A routing failure at infrastructure provider Teraswitch pushed Solana to the edge of a complete transaction freeze on August 12, reaching 86% of the critical threshold. The incident knocked roughly 90 validators and between 15% and 29% of staked SOL offline before affected validators recovered.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
FlightAware Drops Kalshi Suit After One Day; Markets Scrubbed of Brand Name
FlightAware dismissed its lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi on Tuesday, just 24 hours after filing it. Kalshi's flight cancellation markets no longer carry the FlightAware name, with at least one contract modified to list 'Primary Source Agency' as the verification entity.
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Kalshi Becomes First Prediction Market to Stream Full Order Books via DoubleZero
Kalshi has integrated with DoubleZero to stream live order book data to institutional traders, eliminating the need to reconstruct books from APIs. The move marks a step toward institutional-grade infrastructure in prediction markets.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" WolfSlovenia's Dinaro Joins EU MiCA Stablecoin Register in a First for the Country
Dinaro, a Slovenian electronic money institution, has become the first stablecoin issuer from Slovenia to register under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, adding the country to a growing roster of member states integrating domestic crypto operators into the bloc's unified compliance...
MarketsAlejandro Silva RamírezKalshi Launches Real-Time Sports and Crypto Perpetuals Data Feed via DoubleZero
Kalshi launched a real-time market data feed today, giving institutional trading firms direct access to its sports and crypto perpetual derivatives order books over DoubleZero's dedicated fiber network.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Bitcoin Miner Fee Revenue Drops to 0.7%, Near the Steepest Profitability Crunch in Mining
Transaction fees now account for just 0.7% of Bitcoin miner revenue, marking a 10-year low. As block subsidies halve every four years, the network faces a structural challenge: can the fee market mature fast enough to sustain security post-2028?
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
FC Barcelona Mobile App Launches Stellar Wallet via Wirex and Crossmint
FC Barcelona's official mobile application is integrating a blockchain wallet built on Stellar, with Wirex handling payment infrastructure and Crossmint managing onboarding. The partnership was announced Wednesday, August 12.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
SEC and CFTC File Parallel Suits Against Goliath Ventures Founder Over $425M Ponzi Scheme
The SEC and CFTC filed coordinated civil complaints against Goliath Ventures founder Christopher Delgado over an alleged multi-year crypto Ponzi scheme that raised at least $425 million from more than 1,300 investors. The dual filing follows Delgado's guilty plea two months prior.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Quantinuum Plugs Helios Quantum Processor Into Oracle Cloud in Hybrid AI Push
Quantinuum and Oracle announced a partnership to embed Helios quantum computing directly into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. QNT rose 1.46% to $56.88 in extended-hours trading on August 11, 2026.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
CoreWeave Stock Jumps 15% After Hours on $2.58B Revenue and $104B AI Backlog
CoreWeave stock jumped 14-15% in after-hours trading after posting Q2 2026 revenue of $2.58 billion, a 112% year-over-year increase. The GPU cloud provider's AI backlog reached $104.2 billion, with $25 billion in new commitments added during the quarter alone.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab