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Nvidia Earnings Beat and $12.9B Hugging Face Deal Push Nasdaq Futures Up 1.1%
Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
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Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Beats Claude Fable on Benchmarks, Creators Unknown
A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
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Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.
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Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
Quantinuum's shares opened at $68 on their first day of trading on Nasdaq, a 13% jump from the $60 IPO price, raising $1.68 billion in total proceeds and valuing the quantum computing company at approximately $17.63 billion market capitalization.
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Starkware Cuts Jobs as Starknet Revenue Collapses 98%
StarkWare Cuts Staff as Starknet Fee Revenue Drops 98% From Peak StarkWare, the Israeli company behind the Starknet Ethereum Layer 2 network, has laid off a portion of its workforce as on-chain rev
TechnologyBlockchain Academics NewsroomKraken Refuses Extortion Demand After Insider Data Breach Exposes 2,000 Accounts
Kraken Refuses Extortion Demand After Insider Data Breach Exposes 2,000 Accounts Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has declined to pay an extortion demand following a data breach that exposed personal
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Polkadot Bridge Exploit: Hacker Mints 1B DOT, Seizes Admin Control
Polkadot Bridge Exploit: Hacker Mints 1 Billion DOT, Seizes Admin Control **An attacker exploited a critical vulnerability in a Polkadot cross-chain bridge on Tuesday, minting approximately 1 billi
TechnologyBlockchain Academics NewsroomCoW Swap Frontend Flagged as Malicious: Users Told to Revoke Approvals
CoW Swap Frontend Flagged as Malicious: Users Told to Revoke Approvals CoW Swap's web frontend was flagged as malicious Wednesday, prompting security researchers and the protocol's own team to warn
TechnologyBlockchain Academics NewsroomTether Launches Self-Custodial Wallet for USDT Bitcoin and Gold
Tether Launches Self-Custodial Wallet Supporting USDT, Bitcoin, and Gold **The stablecoin giant enters the hardware wallet space with a product designed to give users direct control over multiple a
TechnologyBlockchain Academics NewsroomXRP Ledger Integrates Zero-Knowledge Proofs via Boundless
XRP Ledger Moves Toward Private Transactions With Boundless ZK Integration The XRP Ledger is expanding its technical capabilities after Boundless, a zero-knowledge proof infrastructure provider, an
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A Costly Lesson in Trust as Drift Protocol Breach Redefines Risk in Solana DeFi
Drift Protocol hack highlights rising social engineering risks in Solana DeFi after $285M exploit.
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Google Research Slashes the Quantum Threshold and Shortens the Security Timeline for Bitcoin
Google research reveals Bitcoin is vulnerable to quantum attacks with 80 percent fewer qubits than expected, potentially threatening one-third of supply.
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Pi Network Pushes Toward a Critical Turning Point as Upgrade Deadline Tests Its Ecosystem
Pi Network sets April 6 deadline for Protocol 21.2 upgrade as it prepares for smart contracts and DeFi expansion.
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XRP Ledger Sees Payments Dominate Network Activity as Ripple Expands Global Settlement Ambitions
XRP Ledger data shows over half of transactions are payments, highlighting real-world adoption and Ripple’s growing global settlement network.
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Pi Network Defies Crypto Downturn With Mainnet Upgrade Momentum While Price Signals Remain Fragile
Pi Network rises amid market slump after mainnet upgrade, but technical indicators warn of potential downside risks.
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Unichain Strengthens Institutional DeFi Ambitions Through Chainlink Integration and Data Infrastructure Upgrade
Unichain integrates Chainlink data standard to enhance security and scalability for institutional DeFi markets.
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The Definitive Ranking of Hardware Wallets in 2026 as Security Features Price and Real Trust Shape the Final Choice
Best hardware wallets 2026 ranked with full comparison of Ledger, Trezor, SafePal and NGRAVE features, prices and security.
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Crypto Platform Bitrefill Hit by Lazarus-Linked Hack as Funds Drained and 18,500 Records Exposed
Bitrefill suffers Lazarus-linked hack exposing 18,500 records and draining funds, prompting major security upgrades.
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Venus Protocol Moves to Reinforce Lending Safeguards After $3.7 Million Token Manipulation Exploit
Venus Protocol freezes several markets after a $3.7M exploit involving THENA’s THE token and tightens collateral rules to prevent further manipulation.
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AppsFlyer Web SDK Breach Sparks Alarm After Hackers Inject Crypto-Stealing Code Across Thousands of Websites
Hackers hijacked the AppsFlyer Web SDK to inject crypto-stealing code, exposing a major supply chain risk across thousands of apps.
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BONK.fun Breach Exposes Crypto Users to Phishing Attack After Domain Takeover
BONK.fun warns users after a domain breach enabled a phishing attack that drained crypto wallets.
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Bitwise Channels Bitcoin ETF Gains Into Open Source Development as Industry Matures
Bitwise donates $233K from its Bitcoin ETF profits to support open-source BTC developers and strengthen network infrastructure.
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Mutuum Finance Surpasses 150 Million Dollars in Testnet Liquidity as It Prepares for Mainnet Ambitions
Mutuum Finance surpasses $150M in testnet TVL as it refines lending features ahead of mainnet launch.
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A Radical Proposal Rekindles Bitcoin’s Governance Debate as Mt Gox’s Former Chief Seeks Recovery of Lost Billions
Mark Karpelès proposes a Bitcoin hard fork to recover $5.2B in Mt Gox hack funds, reigniting debate over immutability.
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