IoTeX offers cross-bridge hackers 10% bounty if they return $4.4 million within 48 hours
Raullen Chai, IoTeX co-founder and CEO, told CoinDesk he would not press charges if the stolen assets or its equivalent is returned within 48 hours.
Kalshi Clears ‘Backlog’ of Suspicious Activity, Plans to Disclose Actions Against Insider Trading
Prediction market Kalshi is trying to dissuade insider trading and market manipulation.
NEAR Launches Near.com super app, touting AI capabilities and confidential transactions
The company is betting that the next big wave in crypto will come from its convergence with AI.
Kraken’s co-CEO could trust AI with 100% of his crypto — Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi isn’t convinced
At NEARCON 2026, Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi delivered a sharp debate over how soon those agents can be trusted with real money.
PayPal draws takeover interest following 46% stock slide: Report
After a yearlong share slump, PayPal is fielding buyout approaches as rivals weigh asset sales and a possible full acquisition, according to Bloomberg.
Negative Bitcoin funding rate may signal pending short-squeeze above $70K
Bitcoin holds its range trend even as the funding rate turns negative and BTC open interest flatlines. Is the data leaning toward a short-squeeze back to $70,000?
Trump‘s Board of Peace said mulling stablecoin for Gaza efforts: FT
A person familiar with the project reportedly said the stablecoin under preliminary discussion by the board would be established as “a means to allow Gazans to transact digitally.”
Will Trump’s DOJ actually take on Ticketmaster?
In mid-February, the Department of Justice lost its head antitrust enforcer – just weeks before it was scheduled to argue one of the year’s biggest anti-monopoly cases in court. Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater announced her departure suddenly, via a post on her personal X account. But to those who follow the agency closely, it … Read more
Ex-Apple team launches Acme Weather, a new take on weather forecasting
The team that sold their last app Dark Sky to Apple are back with Acme Weather, which offers alternative forecasts, rainbow and sunset alerts, and more.
Billions of dollars later and still nobody knows what an Xbox is
The last few years of Xbox have been expensive. Under Phil Spencer’s leadership, Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in an attempt to build an ambitious future for gaming that looks a lot like Netflix. And while its subscription service Game Pass started out as a good deal for gamers (although now not so much), … Read more
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI
Anthropic claims DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model in an attempt to improve their own products. In an announcement on Monday, Anthropic says the “industrial-scale campaigns” involved the creation of around 24,000 fraudulent accounts and more than 16 million exchanges with Claude, as reported earlier by The Wall Street … Read more
Crypto suffers deeper declines as AI fears send IBM plunging 11%
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that its Claude platform can streamline COBOL code, a key profit center for IBM.
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Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude’s AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China’s AI progress.
Uber’s new autonomous vehicle division is about survival and opportunity
Uber Autonomous Solutions will see the company taking on all the tasks associated with operating a robotaxi, self-driving truck, or sidewalk delivery robot business.
Critical Bitcoin weekly trend breaks for first time in 2+ years: Is BTC done?
Bitcoin’s weekly candle closed before a key moving average, breaking a 30-month trend and possibly signalling that new price lows are pending.
Google’s Cloud AI lead on the three frontiers of model capability
AI models are pushing against three frontiers at once: raw intelligence, response time, and a third quality you might call “extensibility.”
OpenClaw Creator Bans Bitcoin, Crypto Chatter After Joining OpenAI
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger is enforcing a zero-crypto rule on the project’s Discord as he joins OpenAI. Here’s why.