BNY to bring transfer agency records onchain in blockchain push
BNY is launching a blockchain-based transfer agency platform as the bank expands its digital asset infrastructure and moves core financial records onchain.
Morning Minute: Claude Mythos Breaks Post-Quantum Cryptography
Plus markets are mixed ahead of FOMC; new Wall St. giants are backing the Clarity Act; and Zcash officially launched its Ironwood upgrade
The real reason DeFi projects that survived 2022 crash are shutting down now
DeFi projects that survived the fallout from the Terra and FTX collapses in 2022 are dying out in 2026. But analysts say it’s not a case of industry consolidation — but the opposite.
Morning Minute: Strategy Chooses Cash, STRC Over BTC
Plus crypto broadly falls following memory stock slide, Coinbase leans into memes with new feature, and the Fomo app sets a new ATH.
Bitcoin price eyes $66K as US stocks rise on Iran-strike pause
Bitcoin copied US stocks as relief over end of US-Iran strikes spread to risk assets at the start of the US trading session.
Strategy Adds $525M to Cash Reserve, Skips Bitcoin Buy for Fifth Week
The Bitcoin treasury firm also tapped its $1 billion preferred buyback for the first time, spending $25 million on STRC.
Mira Murati’s Inkling AI Model Review: Best Open-Source Model in the West
After two years of silence from Thinking Machines Lab, Murati’s debut model is out and on OpenRouter. The MCP score is genuinely impressive. The price-to-performance math is more complicated.
Bitcoin OG selling eases as dormant BTC movement hits 4-year low: Galaxy
Dormant BTC activity fell to its lowest level since Q3 2022, suggesting long-term holders have slowed distribution after heavy profit-taking.
North Korea arrests bank hacking ring tied to crypto laundering: Report
Daily NK reported that North Korea arrested former state cyber operators accused of hacking two state banks and laundering funds through crypto.
What Is an AI Kill Switch and Why Do US Lawmakers Want One?
The AI Kill Switch Act would let Homeland Security order frontier AI throttled or shut down, with fines up to $20 million a day for defying it.