AI
In a setback for China’s push toward technological self-reliance, artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has abandoned plans to train its upcoming R2 model on Huawei’s Ascend chips, reverting instead to Nvidia’s hardware after repeated technical failures. The move follows months of pressure from Beijing for Chinese tech leaders
Blockchain
Bitcoin has reached a new milestone, briefly overtaking Google parent company Alphabet to become the world’s fifth-largest asset by market capitalization. The cryptocurrency surged to an all-time high of $124,457 on Thursday, lifting its market value above $2.45 trillion and edging past Alphabet’s $2.4 trillion
Cryptocurrency
The perpetrator behind the 2024 Radiant Capital hack has resurfaced—this time cashing in on a calculated long-term bet that nearly doubled the value of stolen funds. According to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain, the attacker converted their $53 million haul from last October’s exploit into roughly $102.5 million,
Blockchain
CMB International Asset Management (CMBIAM) and Singapore-based real-world asset (RWA) exchange DigiFT have introduced the CMB International USD Money Market Fund as a tokenized investment product, marking the first publicly offered money market fund on Solana to receive recognition from regulators in both Hong Kong and Singapore. The fund, ranked
Markets
Hedera’s native token, HBAR, is showing signs of a potential breakout as both technical and fundamental factors align in its favor. Recent market action has seen HBAR consolidating in a bullish pennant pattern — a formation that often precedes sharp upward moves — while investor sentiment is buoyed by fresh ETF-related
Security
Coinbase has confirmed it lost roughly $300,000 in token fees after a misstep involving the 0x Project’s “swapper” contract left funds exposed to opportunistic bots. The incident was first flagged on Wednesday by blockchain security researcher “deeberiroz” from Venn Network. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the
What Is Arbitrum? Arbitrum is a Layer 2 scaling network designed to make using Ethereum faster, cheaper, and more efficient — without compromising on security. Built by Offchain Labs, it uses a technology called optimistic rollups to process transactions off Ethereum’s main chain, then post a compressed record back to
Markets
SpaceX’s bitcoin portfolio has soared past the $1 billion mark, coinciding with a fresh all-time high for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Data from Arkham Intelligence shows Elon Musk’s aerospace company currently holds 8,285 BTC, valued at approximately $1.02 billion. This isn’t the first time
Markets
Qubic (QUBIC) is riding a wave of market attention after its mining pool briefly gained majority control over Monero’s (XMR) network hashrate—an event that sparked debate across the cryptocurrency community. On Wednesday, August 13, Qubic’s price surged 25% to reach a daily high of $0.000003121 before
Markets
Thumzup Media Corporation (Nasdaq: TZUP) is making its boldest move yet into the digital asset space. Fresh from closing a $50 million public offering, the Los Angeles-based company is channeling the funds into a dual strategy: building a sizable cryptocurrency treasury and expanding its mining operations. The offering, priced at
Markets
Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund is now indirectly exposed to more than 7,161 bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $862.8 million as of June 30, according to fresh analysis from market research firm K33. The figure marks an 87.7% increase over the past six months and
AI
Anthropic has opened up about how it keeps its AI assistant, Claude, both useful and safe—an increasingly critical challenge as AI tools grow in capability and reach. At the heart of the company’s approach is its Safeguards team, a cross-disciplinary group of policy experts, engineers, data scientists, and