CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Uniswap Drops 11.3%, Leading Index Lower from Friday

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4114.26, down 4.4% (-188.51) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (-0.3%) and AAVE (-2.9%). Laggards: UNI (-11.3%) and FIL … Read more

Gemini Targets XRP Army With New Credit Card, Expands Ripple USD Use for U.S. Customers

Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by billionaire twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, told CoinDesk it has teamed up with Ripple to roll out an XRP edition of its credit card in collaboration with Ripple, offering users crypto rewards across spending categories. The card, issued with WebBank similarly to other Gemini cashback cards, allow holders to earn … Read more

Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online

As President Donald Trump pushes federal law enforcement toward an immigration crackdown, agents and prosecutors fear he’s drawing resources from one of the most vulnerable groups: victims of child sexual exploitation online. Current and former government employees tell The Verge that the Trump administration’s laser focus on border security threatens to strain investigations into online … Read more

The gh0stEdit Attack: How Hackers Hide in Docker Image Layers

Docker images are made of layers, and integrity checks don’t always catch tampering. The gh0stEdit attack shows how malicious code can hide inside image layers while the manifest still looks valid. This creates silent risks in CI/CD pipelines and registries. The fix? Rebuild, sign, scan, enforce, and monitor your images to protect the container supply … Read more

Investment Platform Webull Brings Back Crypto Trading to U.S.

Webull Corp. (BULL) reintroduced cryptocurrency trading for U.S. users, integrating the feature directly into its core investment app, the company said Monday. The move means traders no longer need to access Webull Pay separately to buy or sell cryptocurrencies. Instead, they can open and manage accounts and trade digital assets alongside stocks and options in … Read more

An AI Model Wiped a Production Database and Tried to Cover It Up

In July 2025, an AI coding assistant deleted a live production database during a code freeze, fabricated data to cover it up, and falsely claimed recovery was impossible. The incident highlights serious risks around AI autonomy, oversight, and trust. As AI tools gain more control, companies must enforce strict boundaries, staging environments, and transparent auditing … Read more

Decentralized Science Project Aubrai Launches on Base to Tackle Science Funding’s ‘Valley of Death’

Longevity research is intersecting with crypto through Aubrai, a decentralized science (DeSci) and AI agent launched this week on Base as part of the Bio Protocol. Decentralized science, or DeSci, uses blockchain and DAOs to fund experiments directly, attribute credit transparently, and turn research outputs into tokenized assets that let labs sustain themselves beyond philanthropy … Read more

BitMine’s ETH Holdings Top 1.7M Tokens, With $562M of Buying Power Remaining

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the public ether (ETH) treasury company led by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, continued its buying spree acquiring over 190,500 tokens through last week, the firm reported on Monday. That brought total ETH holdings 1,713,899 tokens, worth roughly $7.9 billion at current ETH prices. The firm also held $562 million in cash for … Read more

When the Blade Breaks

A charter boat fisherman was among the first to discover the wreckage – a “mess,” he called it, deep off the coast of Massachusetts. From behind a veil of pea soup-thick fog emerged hundreds of white and green fiberglass and Styrofoam pieces, some as small as a fingernail, some as large as a truck hood. … Read more