Market maker Wintermute plans to invest approximately $1 billion in high-frequency trading and AI infrastructure over the next five years, CEO Evgeny Gaevoy told Bloomberg in an interview. The firm will fund these expenses from retained earnings. According to the CEO, entering traditional markets requires significant investment, as Wintermute will compete with players who have […]
On August 12, a routing failure at infrastructure provider TeraSwitch led to the simultaneous disconnection of validators responsible for 28.83% of SOL in staking. This figure approached the 33.34% threshold, at which the network would have stopped finalizing transactions, according to Marinade Finance. 1/ Solana got 86% of the way to a halt this morning […]
On August 11, transaction fees accounted for 0.69% of Bitcoin miners’ revenue, remaining near a 10-year low. This was highlighted by Glassnode co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft. A mere 0.7% of $BTC miner revenue comes from transaction fees, and has been sub 1% for almost a year. Bitcoin was below $400 the last time fee share was […]
Advancements in artificial intelligence will create new use cases for public blockchains, ranging from transactions by AI agents to verifiable digital records, according to Zach Pandl, head of research at Grayscale. He shared his insights on the topic. Source: Grayscale. Pandl identifies payments as the most apparent source of new demand. Digital assistants executing tasks […]
Oracle Corporation and Quantinuum have announced a strategic partnership to integrate the Helios quantum computer into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Helios is a third-generation system based on 98 physical qubits. It utilizes trapped ion technology and achieves operational accuracy exceeding 99.9%. The installation consumes less than 1% of the energy required by modern supercomputers. The […]
CeDeFi exchange Grvt, with international reach, has announced a partnership with RWA issuer Ondo Finance. Over the next year, the exchange plans to build a $100 million position in the tokenized product USDY. 100M. That’s the target. We’re scaling our USDY position to $100M within a year, backing Grvt Earn with institutional-grade US Treasuries through […]
Experts from the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) found that North Korea increasingly launders stolen cryptocurrency through existing criminal financial networks rather than isolated infrastructure. The movement of funds involves OTC services, P2P traders, illegal exchanges, mixers, cross-chain bridges, and scam-related platforms. According to the authors, from January 2024 to September 2025, North Korea […]
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 — 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-ФЗ, […]
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. […]