Humanity Protocol’s $36M hack tied to suspected North Korean hackers: Quantstamp
A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat actors, according to Quantstamp.
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Bitcoin nears $65K as Trump says Hormuz will ‘open to all’ in Sunday Iran peace deal
Bitcoin stayed near local highs on a new US-Iran peace deal pledge as analysis saw conditions favoring a sustained BTC price rebound.
Trump says Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday, contradicting Tehran
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said a peace deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, would likely send liquidity back to risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies.
Amazon warning triggered US crackdown on Anthropic AI models: Reports
Calls from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other tech firms prompted the Trump administration to suspend foreign access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on Friday.
US Government Orders Anthropic to Pull Claude Fable, Mythos AI Models
Anthropic pushed back against what it described as an overreach, saying the vulnerability cited is already widespread across the industry.
Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840 million in hacks this year, is one of the industries with the most to lose if the filters fail.
Here’s what SpaceX’s IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserve
The largest company on public markets now holds bitcoin as a treasury reserve, not as a business model. Its first earnings cycles will test which version of corporate crypto survives a bear market.
Stablecoins Were Meant to Disrupt Finance. Instead, They Became Idle Cash.
O’Connor argues that crypto’s clearest success story has scaled as money but not as capital.
Bitcoin rises above $64,000 after Pakistan prime minister says Iran peace deal is near
Bitcoin traded above $64,000 on Saturday, supported by its strongest ETF inflows in a month and growing optimism around geopolitical developments.
Google Sues Chinese Crime Group for Allegedly Using Gemini AI for Mass Phishing Scams
Google alleges a Chinese network weaponized its Gemini AI to create phishing sites that stole millions of credit card numbers and targeted crypto investors.
Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder
In an interview with CoinDesk, Etherealize cofounder Vivek Raman said Ethereum is currently in a transitional phase where the infrastructure has largely been built, but the scale of adoption has yet to be fully reflected in ETH itself.
Tokenization mirrors the $20 trillion ETF boom as blockchain and AI converge, Ondo exec says
Tokenization is laying the groundwork for autonomous investing and real-time portfolio management, Ondo’s new head of portfolio products John Hoffman said.
Anthropic’s Mythos AI finds no more ‘serious’ bugs in Zcash: Wilcox
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said Anthropic’s Mythos AI model found no further “serious bugs” in the privacy protocol following the patching of a previously discovered forgery bug.
Perpetual futures could become crypto’s next ETF moment
John Palmer, head of derivatives at Kraken, said he expects sophisticated traders to lead adoption of newly approved U.S. perpetual futures, with broader institutional participation likely to follow over time.
Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy’s digital credit business, Saylor says
Strategy’s recent Bitcoin sale appeared to clash with Saylor’s “never sell” mantra, but he says the move reflects how the company’s digital credit business works.
Saylor to Musk: Thanks to you, 25% of ‘Mag8’ firms now hold bitcoin
“Thanks to you, 25% of the Mag8 now holds bitcoin on the balance sheet,” Saylor wrote on X, congratulating Musk on SpaceX’s historic IPO debut.
AI Agent Rekts Dev on Bogus Scan, Leaves Them Begging for Crypto Donations
A hobbyist network handed an autonomous agent a masterclass in why you don’t give AI a credit card and a deadline.
Crypto should adopt the best of centralization, says LMAX CEO
As digital assets mature the industry should borrow more from traditional market infrastructure, especially credit, clearing and collateral systems, David Mercer argues.
Morpho’s $175M raise shows where crypto VC money is flowing
Morpho’s recent $175 million raise reflects growing investor bets on onchain credit infrastructure as stablecoin adoption expands.
Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC
The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that XRPL’s speed, low fees and RLUSD can win a piece of that flow.
Top cryptographers can’t agree on Bitcoin’s biggest quantum question
A Coinbase-convened panel says Bitcoin should start preparing for quantum attacks now, but declines to take a position on whether millions of vulnerable coins, including many linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, should eventually be frozen.
Anthropic’s pre-IPO shares fall as US government shuts down its most powerful AI model
A jailbreak report prompted Washington to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 from all users. Anthropic complied but pushed back hard, saying the finding sets a standard that would halt the entire AI industry.
Bitcoin steadies above $63,000 as its worst week in months got a late macro rescue
A tiny Strategy sale raised a bigger question about Saylor’s never-sell stance, while easing Iran fears and a strong SpaceX debut helped risk assets recover.
SpaceX IPO scramble reveals difference between tokenizing a stock and getting one
Crypto platforms promised early access to the blockbuster SpaceX IPO through tokenized shares. The problem wasn’t technology, but getting the actual stock.
ETH futures flash bearish signal, but stakers’ resilience points to underlying strength
Demand for ETH leverage remains low, but corporate accumulation and stakers’ dedication may prevent an Ether price crash to $1,500.
Anthropic suspends access to Fable 5, Mythos 5, citing US directive
Anthropic has abruptly disabled its flagship AI models after a US government directive citing national security concerns.
Major crypto exchanges cancel SpaceX IPO allocations, promising refunds
Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed its landmark IPO on the Nasdaq on Friday, but crypto users seeking tokenized exposure to the IPO were left empty-handed after allocations fell through.
Bitcoin’s ‘calm top’ challenges most market bottom estimates: Research
New data from Galaxy Research suggests that Bitcoin’s floor price may not drop as low as previous bear markets, but the bottom-finding process is still playing out.
Bitcoin rally to $70K builds as orderbook structure highlights traders’ confidence
A positive bid-ask readings and a bullish RSI divergence support Bitcoin’s recovery, with $70,000 emerging as a key target.
How Crypto Firms Will Own the Octagon at Trump’s White House UFC Event
President Trump’s upcoming UFC fight will provide several crypto firms with an unprecedented opportunity for corporate branding.