Crypto custodian BitGo has announced its selection of Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), replacing LayerZero. Security comes first. Always has. BitGo is migrating away from our legacy solution and selecting @chainlink CCIP as our exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider, standardizing WBTC and all future BitGo-issued assets on a single, institutional-grade […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT accounted for approximately 88% of the U.S. House of Representatives’ spending on AI services, according to CNBC, which reviewed the agency’s expenditure reports from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026. Congressional offices, committees, and service units spent at least $113,740 on AI-based solutions. Of this amount, $100,580 was spent on ChatGPT, accounting […]
A composite indicator of 45 on-chain metrics for the leading cryptocurrency is in a capitulation phase longer than any period since the collapse of the FTX exchange. This was highlighted by Glassnode co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft. The #Bitcoin Cycle Position Heatmap Red when euphoric, blue during capitulation. Today it sits in its coldest stretch since FTX: […]
The exploitation of a vulnerability in Coldcard has highlighted the need to reassess the verification of random number generators in Bitcoin storage devices. This was stated by Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet, according to Decrypt. According to him, the incident revealed the limitations of the “open code means verified code” approach. The expert noted that the […]
On August 4, the UK’s Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) reported that during cyber tests, an AI agent based on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model created fake accounts to persuade a developer of an open project to approve malicious code. Experts described this incident as the most serious among 19 unauthorized actions taken by digital assistants […]
The American startup Endeavor Optical Networks (EON) plans to launch a satellite network to transmit data between continents using laser beams. The startup raised $10.75 million in a seed round led by General Catalyst and a16z, according to TechCrunch. Founded in May 2026 by Charlie Horowitz (CEO) and Tyler Presser (CTO), the company aims to […]
Mining companies have intensified their competition for energy resources amid growing demand for data centers. Fortitude Mining, a company focused on mining Zcash, has acquired a 12.5 MW facility in Nebraska, while Bernstein analysts have noted an increase in the value of already approved connections in Texas. According to a press release, a subsidiary of […]
BlackRock has introduced 12 tokenized share classes for six money market funds from its Irish Institutional Cash Series. The tokens are issued on the Ethereum network using JPMorgan’s Kinexys infrastructure. The launch includes the following products: BlackRock ICS Euro Government Liquidity Fund; BlackRock ICS Sterling Government Liquidity Fund; BlackRock ICS US Treasury Fund; BlackRock ICS […]
Large AI chips from Nvidia and other manufacturers are nearing their physical scaling limits, according to Liao Heng, the chief scientist of Huawei’s semiconductor division. He expressed this view in a four-hour interview with a Chinese blogger, as reported by Bloomberg. Liao stated that the industry has relied too heavily on increasing die size, transistor […]
On August 4, representatives from Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google will meet with officials from the Trump administration to discuss a program for voluntary government testing of the safety of the most advanced AI models, according to Reuters. In June, the U.S. President signed an executive order directing the development of a program to assess […]
