General category for all types of news related to the cryptocurrency world.
@Anthropic reports that operators in Russia and China used Claude for cyberattacks, completing breaches in hours. A consultant in Mali deployed it for surveillance on 25 million SIM cards. #Update #Crypto
Crypto groups and community banks are lobbying against activity-based stablecoin rewards ahead of the Senate’s Sept. 15 cloture vote, needing 60 votes to proceed. #Update #Crypto $USDC
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has appealed to the US Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction and an $11 billion forfeiture, claiming trial evidence was improperly excluded. #Update #Legal
Danmarks Nationalbank warns global stablecoins like $USDT and $USDC pose risks to Danish liquidity despite low local use, partnering with ECB to maintain central bank money in tokenized systems. #Update #Crypto $USDT
Najidi Storm loses at 1-33 odds, becoming the shortest-priced loser in British racing history. Major sportsbooks report net losses due to unexpected winner Wreck It Ronnie. #Update #Sports
Sapienza University and GSI Helmholtz propose a 1,500-magnet panel to shield astronauts from solar protons without power, costing $35,000. Lab tests planned. #Update #SpaceTech
Mastercard launches Wallet Pay, connecting digital wallets to its network for contactless, QR, online, and cross-border payments in 200+ countries. #Update #Fintech
Elon Musk predicts AI and robots could more than double the global economy in less than 10 years, impacting employment and production. #Update #Tech
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges Senate to advance the CLARITY Act, H.R. 3633, emphasizing regulatory and national security priorities ahead of Tuesday’s procedural vote. #Update #Legal
DeepSeek’s V4.1 Flash nearly matches GPT-6 Astra’s design score at just 1.4% of the cost, activating only a fraction of its parameters for efficiency. #Update #AI
Senate Republicans release revised Clarity Act requiring non-decentralized crypto protocols to register with CFTC; procedural vote set for September 15. #Update #Legal
The UK House of Lords approved a digital asset strategy amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill with a 194–138 vote, despite Labour’s opposition. The bill will now return to the House of Commons. #Update #Crypto $BTC
ESMA warns that event contracts from @Polymarket and @Kalshi may violate EU binary-options bans or national gambling laws, raising concerns over regulatory gaps in their EU operations. #Update #Legal $BTC $ETH
@OKX introduces up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations, launching trading for 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs in Europe as pre-IPO interest rises. #Update #Crypto $BTC $ETH
