Meta's New Muse Wonder Finally Puts Zuckerberg in the Frontier AI Race
Meta's new flagship beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on memory, legal and marathon coding tests, but independent rankings still put Anthropic's Opus 5.5 on top.
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Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
DeFi Development Corp, the Nasdaq-listed Solana piggy bank, added about 22,070 SOL—worth about $2,373,211—and “SOL equivalents” to its treasury last week, according to a press release published Monday.
From GTA V on iPhone to Free Photoshop: This AI Tool Is Upending Software
REA, a free toolkit that hands AI agents the keys to reverse engineering, crossed 100,000 GitHub stars in a week as AI-decompiled game mods, console ports, and Adobe clones flood the internet.
Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
Standard Chartered will now hold Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin for institutional clients in Dubai, and it wants to let them trade with those tokens without ever handing them over to an exchange.
Bitcoin miners face widening AI financing costs as lenders scrutinize deals
The Bitcoin mining industry needs roughly $50 billion to complete planned AI infrastructure projects, with IREN, Riot Platforms and HIVE Digital facing major funding gaps.
FTX’s crypto mining venture is now used to advance AI
The defunct exchange acquired a 20% stake in Genesis Digital Assets before FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022.
US accounting overhaul could make stablecoins more attractive to corporations: Tempo
A Tempo report examines how proposed US accounting rules could change corporate stablecoin holdings, with direct redemption rights determining which tokens qualify as cash.
Crypto PACs report $2.7M spending blitz on House races as midterms loom
With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.
Ripple-Backed Evernorth Hits Nasdaq Holding 473 Million XRP Worth Far Less Than It Paid
Evernorth, the Ripple-backed company built to stockpile XRP, started trading on the Nasdaq on Monday under the ticker XRPN, giving anyone with a regular brokerage account a way to bet on the cryptocurrency without ever …
PYTH Price Jumps 20% as Breakout Targets $0.13021 Resistance
PYTH surged nearly 20% intraday after breaking above the $0.08148 resistance level.
Bitcoin’s Fixed Supply Could Slow Growth, Willy Woo Warns
Bitcoin's fixed supply could increase real debt burdens and discourage lending when its purchasing power rises.
No GPU Required: A New Form of “Crypto Mining” Is Quietly Emerging in AI
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Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis
The wallet manufacturer said its own systems and direct sales are unaffected, and that the reseller has stopped selling hardware wallets.
XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015
An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply.
US Midterm Elections Could Trigger AI Stock Correction, Bull Theory Warns
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Bitcoin Spooked? Crypto Fear and Greed Index Drops to Pre-Rally August Lows
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 56 from an August peak of 82, as oil, bond yields, and ETF outflows hit Bitcoin in October.
Tom Lee sees $2 trillion wealth transfer fueling crypto demand as Bitmine buys more ether
Lee, a Wall Street veteran who also co-founded financial research and asset management firm Fundstrat in 2014 and serves as its chief investment officer, pointed to estimates from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…
Injective Price Prediction: Can INJ Price Rally as SEC Registration Boosts RWA Growth?
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Standard Chartered offers RLUSD custody in Dubai and plans LMAX collateral link
Global bank giant Standard Chartered now offers institutional custody of Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin RLUSD on the XRP Ledger through its Dubai branch, giving eligible clients a regulated bank to hold the dollar-pegge…
Bitcoin drops 2.2% as Ukraine, Iran strikes send oil toward one-month high
Bitcoin price action stayed rangebound after failing to sustain above $84,000 into the Wall Street open on rising oil prices.
Palantir's Europe head warns the region is 'missing the boat' on AI just as it did with the internet
Palantir (PLTR) head of U.K. and Europe Louis Mosley warned that the region is making the same mistake with artificial intelligence (AI) that it made with the internet.
Bitcoin Uptober 2026 at Risk? Price Fights ETF Drain as Fed Odds Re-Price Ahead of Oct 28
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Strategy adds 250 Bitcoin as holdings reach 848,250 BTC
Michael Saylor’s Strategy said Bitcoin holdings reached 848,250 BTC after its latest purchase, while maintaining a $4.88 billion cash reserve.
NEAR Price Prediction: Can the Token Reach $10 This Cycle?
NEAR gained 140% in 30 days as traders focused on cross-chain infrastructure and AI-agent development.