Startup Utexo secured $7.5 million in a seed funding round led by Tether, Big Brain Holdings, and Portal Ventures. Utexo has raised $7.5M from @tether, @BigBrainVC, and @PortalVentures to bring USDT natively on Bitcoin. After more than a decade, USDT is finally coming home. pic.twitter.com/Y8vIh0zU4P — Utexo (@utexocom) March 6, 2026 Participants include Franklin Templeton, […]
Ethereum developers must rethink their approach to application creation, experimenting with new DeFi models and AI integration without compromising fundamental principles, according to project co-founder Vitalik Buterin. I think it’s healthy for us in the Ethereum world to have a more bold and open mindset to many things, particularly on the application layer and on […]
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro, just two days after the release of version 5.3 Instant. GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro are rolling out now in ChatGPT. GPT-5.4 is also now available in the API and Codex. GPT-5.4 brings our advances in reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows into one frontier model. pic.twitter.com/1hy6xXLAmJ — OpenAI […]
The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched the on-chain platform xChange for trading tokenized assets xStocks from the Backed project. The service operates on the Ethereum and Solana networks, available 24/5. Users have access to over 70 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, including securities from Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and an S&P 500 index fund. xChange consolidates […]
Consistently purchasing the leading cryptocurrency for a fixed amount, regardless of market conditions, yields double-digit returns over a five-year horizon, according to simulation data of the DCA strategy. With weekly investments of $250 starting in 2021, the total investment would amount to $65,500. During this period, the accumulated holdings could reach 1.59 BTC at an […]
FBI has arrested John Daghita, suspected of stealing $46 million in digital assets from a U.S. Marshals Service crypto wallet. At the end of January, his identity was revealed by on-chain investigator ZachXBT. Last night, John Daghita – a U.S. government contractor who allegedly stole more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S Marshals […]
Mining companies have been offloading coins over the past several months, and recent disclosures by major players suggest the trend may tighten, TheEnergyMag reports. Source: TheEnergyMag. Recently, the following sold holdings: Riot — in December sold four times as many coins as it mined over 30 days; Cango — in February sold 4,451 BTC (60% […]
Nvidia’s recent $30 billion investment in OpenAI “may be the last” before the AI startup goes public, according to Jensen Huang, the CEO of the tech giant, speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference. He stated that the $100 billion deal both companies discussed in September 2025 “does not seem feasible.” “The reason is that they […]
Ethereum will shift away from on-chain computations for neural networks, opting instead to create a trust environment for autonomous programs. This was stated by Davide Crapis, head of AI at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), in an interview with CoinDesk at NEARCON 2026. According to him, the widespread use of artificial intelligence systems threatens the core […]
Western Union is set to release a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDPT, on the Solana blockchain. The project will be executed in collaboration with the Web3 platform Crossmint. A huge moment for stablecoins. Crossmint is partnering with @WesternUnion to help bring their USDPT stablecoin on @solana to millions of users. Together, we’ll help connect stablecoin payments […]
