DeFi
Aave Labs, the company behind one of the world’s leading decentralized lending protocols, has acquired the engineering team from San Francisco-based startup Stable Finance, marking another major move in the growing wave of consolidation across the stablecoin and DeFi sectors. Aave Labs Acquires Stable FinanceAave Labs expands its consumer-focused
AI
Meta’s latest move to cut roughly 600 positions from its artificial intelligence division has left the tech world puzzled. The layoffs come only months after the company’s high-profile hiring spree and billion-dollar investments in AI talent and infrastructure—raising questions about what’s really going on inside Mark
What Is USDG? USDG, short for Global Dollar, is a U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin developed by Paxos Digital Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Its mission is simple: combine the reliability of the U.S. dollar with the speed and flexibility of
Innovation
At its Op3n event in Paris on Thursday, Ledger announced a new generation of security tools built for the digital age — unveiling the Ledger Nano Gen5, the redesigned Ledger Wallet app, and an upgraded Enterprise Multisig platform for institutions. The updates mark a major step forward for the French tech
AI
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in business operations, a new kind of cybersecurity risk is emerging—one that targets the connections around AI, not the models themselves. Researchers at JFrog have uncovered a serious vulnerability known as “prompt hijacking” in the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a system designed
Security
Indian crypto exchange WazirX is set to restart trading this Friday, marking the end of a 16-month suspension that began after a major security breach drained $230 million from the platform. The company confirmed that trading will resume on October 24, with listings being restored in phases over four days
Markets
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest has once again doubled down on the fintech and crypto markets, purchasing roughly $21.3 million worth of Robinhood Markets (HOOD) shares this week, according to a Wednesday filing. The move came through two of Ark’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs): the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK)
Finance
Legacy asset manager T. Rowe Price has taken a major step into the digital asset market, filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch its first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). According to the S-1 filing submitted on Wednesday, the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF will
Finance
Hyperliquid Strategies, a soon-to-launch crypto-focused firm, has filed an S-1 registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to raise up to $1 billion through a public stock offering. According to the filing submitted on Wednesday, the company plans to issue up to 160 million shares of
What Is ChainGPT? ChainGPT is an AI-powered platform built to make blockchain and cryptocurrency more accessible to everyone—from total beginners to seasoned developers. It combines artificial intelligence with blockchain data to power a suite of tools for trading, development, and security. At its core, ChainGPT helps users interact with
AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how businesses approach link building, one of the most critical pillars of search engine optimization (SEO). Once driven largely by manual outreach and intuition, link strategies are now becoming more data-driven, automated, and precise—thanks to advances in AI and machine learning. The Rise of
Markets
Robinhood has officially added support for BNB, the native token of Binance, expanding access to one of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies for its 27 million funded users. The move comes as BNB enjoys a remarkable price rally, rising from around $500 in February to a record high above