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TLDR: Coinbase introduced AI agent tools that connect autonomous software directly to crypto financial services. Agent financial accounts enable AI wallets, payments, and low-cost blockchain
According to this week’s report from crypto market tracker CryptoRank, DeFi platforms suffered 121 hacks so far this year, resulting in approximately $942 million in losses. The second quarte
Polymarket’s latest security incident has grown larger after blockchain intelligence firm AMLBot updated the estimated losses to about $3.1 million. Summary Polymarket’s frontend phishing att
Whether a token is a security or a commodity decides almost everything about how it can be traded, listed, and held in the U.S. In March 2026 regulators called sixteen major tokens “digital c
Bitcoin mining difficulty has climbed to 133.87 trillion following the latest network retarget on June 26, 2026, marking a 7.15% increase that signals intensifying competition among miners ev
By the time you read this, some Binance users in Europe will already be staring at a “service unavailable in your region” banner and scrambling to move funds. It’s not a drill; it’s MiCA enfo
There has been a quiet shift in a once-popular trade. For years, investors grabbed shares of bitcoin-heavy public companies to proxy BTC. Lately, that shortcut has lagged. Direct bitcoin expo
The @SECGov and @CFTC have jointly opened a 60-day public comment period on harmonizing portfolio margin rules across securities, swaps, futures, and related positions, marking one of the mos
@sparkdotfi and @Uniswap have joined forces to build what they call a "Stablecoin FX Layer," a shared liquidity network designed to let banks, fintechs, and payment companies move between dol
The @SECGov and @CFTC have jointly opened a 60-day public comment period on harmonizing portfolio margin rules across securities, swaps, futures, and related positions, marking one of the mos
Polymarket hack losses have climbed to an estimated $3.1 million after blockchain analytics firm AMLBot revised its tally upward, intensifying questions about the prediction market platform's
Binance has reportedly seen more than $400 million in weekly net outflows as the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory deadline approaches, raising questions about wheth
