American banks and asset managers have begun considering local resident protests when assessing credit risks for data center projects. This was reported by Reuters, citing top executives from several Wall Street financial institutions. According to them, when evaluating project financing, lenders examine local community objections and prefer states more favorable to such constructions. Interest in […]
Major Russian banks have begun asking corporate clients to explain transactions with USDT and other cryptocurrencies โ including companies outside the experimental legal regime (EPR). About the increased checks, RBC was told by two sources in the banking market, a source in the crypto exchange segment, and Sovcombank. In addition to standard checks under 115-ะคะ, […]
For the first time, China’s AgiBot has become the leader in the global humanoid robot market for the first half of 2026, according to a report by Smart Analytics Global (SAG). The company shipped approximately 8,400 robots, capturing a 44% market share. Unitree, with around 5,900 units, fell to second place with a 31% share. […]
Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms) has decommissioned all its mining facilities in the US, preparing them to be converted into data centers for AI workloads and HPC. This was reported in the firm’s second-quarter report. Simultaneously, the organization continued to liquidate its bitcoin reserves. From April 1 to August 7, it sold 1085 BTC for $75 […]
Analysts at Standard Chartered have raised their forecast for Chainlink (LINK) to $200 by the end of 2030, according to a report by The Block citing the bank’s report. The company estimates the token’s potential growth at approximately 25 times its current level of around $8. The forecast is linked to Chainlink’s role as a […]
The North Korean-linked hacker group Kimsuky is employing local AI systems to target cryptocurrency and financial companies, according to South Korean cybersecurity analysts Genians. Researchers discovered that Kimsuky utilizes local LLM environments based on Ollama, GPT4All, and Msty. These tools operate offline and support the Retrieval-Augmented Generation method, allowing queries without sending data to cloud […]
Crypto platform Coinsbuy lost $8.07 million in a coordinated attack on the TRON and Ethereum networks on August 9, according to blockchain researchers from BlockWatchdog. ๐ด COINSBUY โ $8.07M drained Coinsbuy refilled the wallets it was robbed from. 12 hours later $3.93M went back into the same ten addresses โ seven matched to within 0.05% […]
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in a column for the Financial Times, urged the Senate to urgently pass the Clarity Act, describing the digital asset market structure bill as a national security issue. Esper connected his call to how the US has maintained global influence over the past 80 years: not only through military […]
An international team of scientists has demonstrated that concentrated sunlight can generate pairs of quantum-entangled photons. The study was published in the journal Optica. The authors of the paper include experts from the University of Ottawa and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany. In their experiment, researchers used sunlight as […]
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is in discussions with market participants regarding the regulation of tokenized gold, according to a report by the Financial Times, citing sources. Sources indicate that the regulator has been consulting with industry representatives, including major banks, on establishing rules for tokenized gold and supporting the growth of this segment. […]
