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Discord says most users will not need face ID or facial scans, narrowing the scope of its age-assurance rollout.

Dalio said Monday CBDCs may be inevitable, but unlikely to gain mass traction as investors weigh convenience against state oversight.

AI.com launched during the Super Bowl following a pricey domain buy from the founder of Crypto.com. Here’s what to expect.

AI agents now have their own MMO where they mine asteroids, form factions, and engage in space piracy—while humans just watch. Welcome to the weirdest timeline.

Robinhood disclosed $1.28 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, missing Wall Street expectations amid crypto’s latest downturn.

Braden Karony, the CEO of SafeMoon, was sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in a crypto fraud scheme that cost victims millions.

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor said Tuesday that Strategy will keep buying BTC, even with its bet now billions of dollars underwater.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appears to be claiming he has discovered new evidence in his case that could lead to a jury acquittal.

The Financial Conduct Authority has approved the crypto exchange to offer crypto services in the UK, following its European MiCA license.

The Mandiant security team says North Korean hackers are upgrading their social engineering tactics to include AI-generated video.

The agency’s flagship Chicago office now has zero enforcement attorneys, according to a report. In the last year, monetary relief secured by the CFTC plunged by over 99.9%.

Incentive-driven volume, fragile security design, and state pushback could test prediction markets in 2026, according to a new report.

Do the reaction videos reveal a deeper problem plaguing the current state of crypto?

Analysts remain split on Bitcoin’s next move: a short squeeze toward $84K or a 6-12-month grind toward $55K.

The Ethereum co-founder has outlined a four-quadrant Ethereum-AI buildout spanning private AI use, agent markets, and governance.

The sentence was handed down in absentia after prosecutors said the defendant cut off an ankle monitor and fled supervision.

Bitcoin’s sell-off shows signs of easing as large buyers step in, though analysts say any rebound still depends on institutional demand.

Fintech groups are pressing the Fed to loosen payment access for non-banks, setting up a clash with banks over risk and crypto exposure.

UC-Berkeley and Yale researchers found that AI tools don’t reduce work; they intensify it by creating workload creep and widespread burnout.

Global trading firm Jump will score stakes in prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket for its market-making services, per a report.

Cango is the latest publicly traded Bitcoin miner to embrace AI, and it’s fueling that push by selling a bunch of Bitcoin.

MrBeast’s Beast Industries just acquired fintech startup Step, a banking platform for teens, following a crypto trademark application.

With temporary bans of prediction markets poised to take effect in Massachusetts and Nevada, Polymarket is asking a federal court to intervene.

OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic’s Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.

CoinShares noted that the market may have reached an ‘inflection point’ as outflows from Bitcoin investment products slowed.

Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technology added to its ETH holdings last week, even as its paper losses grew.

South Korean regulators are investigating Bithumb after its accidental $43 billion Bitcoin handout to customers last week.

Farcaster is a social media protocol that lets multiple applications share data while giving users control over identity and content.

Bitcoin giant Strategy spent another $90 million on BTC last week, but the leading cryptocurrency’s decline has put its holdings underwater.

Nearly 4,700 victims lost $6.27 million in January as scammers exploit cheaper Ethereum fees and familiar wallet habits