Botanix Will Shut Down Bitcoin Layer-2 Network in July, Citing Lack of DeFi Demand
Botanix asked users to withdraw funds, disclosing plans to wind down its Bitcoin-based layer-2 network in July.
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BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market
BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry’s largest players.
Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions
Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.
Bitcoin Is Getting Closer to the Bottom, But Demand Is Falling: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin’s bear market might be nearing an end, analysts said, but individuals and institutions aren’t lining up to buy the top crypto asset.
Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like everyone to talk it out. In a blog post running more than 3,100 words, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith addressed the recent spate of viral clips from graduation ceremonies, like former Google CEO … Read more
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, Pamela Brown, Chris Malachowsky, Kevin O’Leary, Gabriele Caccia, Tammy Haddad, Michele L. Jawando, Sen. Mark Warner, Michael Kelly and Major General Patrick Ellis attend the Second Annual AI Honors. | Getty Images for Washington AI N Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, … Read more
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
A group of independent musicians is suing Google claiming it trained Lyria on their uploads. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge If you’ve uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won’t admit it right now. A group of independent musicians … Read more
Anchorage backs Treasury’s GENIUS AML rules, seeks secondary-market sanctions clarity
A public comment letter argues that regulated stablecoin issuers need clearer compliance standards to avoid sanctions risks tied to secondary-market activity.
Netflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids’ gaming
The media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business.
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That’s not more than an engineer’s salary — yet.
You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, “you can now see the topics we think you’re interested in, and change them, across all the major parts of Instagram,” according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. Right now, the feature will only surface … Read more
7 Factors That Actually Matter When Choosing a Crypto Swap Platform
With crypto swaps growing in popularity, the best crypto swap platforms are embracing speed, security, and asset availability.
Amazon’s Echo speakers can now help kids wind down and fall asleep
With Sleep Studio the Echo Glow can light up to let kids know when they should be sleeping or can get out of bed. | Image: Amazon Amazon has launched a new feature for its Echo and Echo Kids smart speakers called Sleep Studio that’s designed to make the daily transition to bedtime more enticing … Read more
Mastercard Enables AI Agent Payments With Help From Crypto Giants Like Coinbase, Ripple
Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines is designed to let AI buy services and settle transactions using cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins.
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it’s already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5 for employees because of Anthropic’s new data retention requirements. While Microsoft quickly rolled out Claude Fable 5 to its GitHub Copilot and Foundry customers, I’m … Read more
The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO
Problems with Starlink’s India expansion could challenge SpaceX’s IPO growth story.
Crypto Long & Short: Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Ben Nadareski writes that to win over big investors, DeFi builders must act like accountable money managers, not just software developers. Then, Stephen Stonberg says that bitcoin holders can survive crashes and protect their assets by earning income through reinsurance.
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new “Search Services History” setting. That includes the images you search for with Google Lens, recordings from its real-time … Read more
Netomi CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost stablecoin demand
Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion of AI enterprise software will increase demand for stablecoins and blockchain.
How memory tools can make AI models worse
New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.
The quantum clock is ticking: it’s Bitcoin’s problem, not Ethereum’s
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every institutional bitcoin holder pause, Tabar explains.
New CFTC Rules on Prediction Markets Would Ban Wagers on Ouster of US Enemies
Proposed CFTC rules would forbid markets where an outcome could be impacted by war or assassination, even when conflict isn’t mentioned.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Missing Layer in Fei-Fei Lis World Model Taxonomy (6/10/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 10, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple Released the Apple II in 1977, Microsoft Acquired GeCAD’s Antivirus Technology in 2003, Apple Introduced macOSX 10.9 in 2013, Croatia Was Approved to Join the EU in … Read more
Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments
The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems for AI-driven commerce.