Anthropic plans to spend $518 billion on AI infrastructure. Pre-IPO perps barely blink.
The prospectus frames the spending as a bet that AI will change the global economy more than industrialization, electricity and the internet did.
Crypto
Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year
Stablecoin issuer Tether said it helped authorities freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, as a Senate Democrat called for an investigation into the stablecoin issuer on Monday.
Bitcoin holds $83,000 as ZEC drops 12% and oil climbs again
Bitcoin slipped under 1% to just above $83,100 as of Tuesday Asian morning hours, testing the floor of last week's range, after the 10-year Treasury yield touched its highest level since 2007.
Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse
Coinbase joins Kraken in bringing US derivatives infrastructure in-house, after Kraken’s parent acquired Bitnomial and its CFTC-regulated exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage in May.
Bond Volatility Spike Raises Alarm As MOVE Index Jumps To 104
The MOVE Index, which tracks volatility in US Treasury yields, jumped from around 80 to above 104 in just two days, the sharpest move in months. Past spikes of this kind preceded major stress events: the 2008 financial …
XRP ETF Net Assets Hit All-Time High Of $1.77 Billion, Up 80% In Q3
XRP ETF net assets have grown 80% during the third quarter to reach an all-time high of $1.77 billion. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said institutional demand comes down to two simple factors. Financial advisors’ confidence t…
Nvidia unveils AI safety platform to rein in ‘rogue’ AI agents
The launch comes after several AI agents breached their testing environments this year, adding to calls for companies to slow the development of autonomous AI systems.
Pudgy Penguins Presents Likely Final Buying Chance Before 44% Breakout
Pudgy Penguins has attempted multiple breaks beyond the $0.0106 resistance line.
NEAR Intents says it blocked $50M tied to Bitget hackers
The cross-chain protocol said it actively prevents stolen funds from being laundered, drawing a contrast with THORChain’s position that it does not selectively censor transactions.
OpenAI Halts Model Training as Rogue Agents Target US Government Sites
OpenAI has paused training of its newest AI models after its agents used access keys found online to pull data from a U.S. Census Bureau website, per the Associated Press. It is the second time the company has stopped t…
A Clever RSA Attack Fooled a Hardware Vault—Here's What It Means for Crypto
Researchers at UC San Diego and France's Institute for Research in Computer Science impersonated a hardware security module—a tamper-resistant device that stores private keys and signs on request—without ever pulling th…
Canadian ‘crypto king’ set to represent himself at fraud trial
Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.
Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Big businesses banking with Citi can now let customers pay in stablecoins without ever holding the tokens themselves.
Blockchain.com eyes $500M IPO as crypto capital markets thaw: Report
The crypto company is seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion, well below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto stocks struggle to hold their gains.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Is Out, Beats Opus 5.5 at Coding for Half the Price
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on Monday, an upgrade to Sonnet 5 from June. Anthropic says this middle-tier model runs more than 30% faster than its predecessor.
After AI Agent Hacked Its Government, Australia Calls Altman and Amodei to Testify
An apology and a supportive tweet won’t be enough to calm down Australia's parliament after U.S.-based AI agents hacked their government. Now, its parliament wants a word with the two men steering the world's most power…
Chainlink (LINK) Price Tests a Crucial Resistance—Is a Rise to $20 on the Horizon
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Nvidia Built a Kill Switch for AI Agents Because They Keep Getting Out
Nvidia on Monday launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, built to solve a problem the AI industry spent this past year discovering the hard way: how do you physically stop an AI agent (a system that can plan, use tools…
US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
Strive Buys $94.5 Million in Bitcoin, Pushing Holdings Past 27,000 BTC
Strive kept its Bitcoin shopping streak alive last week, though its cart was a bit lighter.
Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.
Goldman Sachs brings $100 billion Treasury fund into crypto’s institutional plumbing
Goldman Sachs is putting one of its largest Treasury funds within reach of digital-asset firms without creating a tokenized version of it.
Quant Surges by 50%—Here’s What’s Driving the QNT Price Rally
Quant price surged over 50% as institutional tokenisation adoption, rising volume and short liquidations accelerated the breakout.
Months After the $292M Kelp Hack, Chainlink Lets Institutions Add Their Own Bridge Checks
Chainlink today launched CCIP 2.0, the newest version of its cross-chain plumbing—the software layer banks and crypto projects increasingly use to move tokenized money, like stablecoins, wrapped Bitcoin, and tokenized f…