Crypto news
Aggregated from CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, Decrypt and The Block. Headlines link straight to the publisher — we do not republish their articles.
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Stories mentioning hashrate, difficulty, ASICs or mining economics — topped up with general crypto news on quiet days.
- CoinDesk
Bitcoin loans are paying for tuition and working capital, not just trades, lenders say
Bitcoin-backed lending is evolving into a mainstream source of credit, with borrowers using BTC to access liquidity without selling.
- Cointelegraph
Crypto’s heavy backing of Republicans alienated Democrats: Cuomo
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the crypto industry to balance its support for Democrats and Republicans if they want federal crypto legislation passed.
- The Block
‘Don’t rush anything’: Vitalik Buterin warns against hasty wallet migrations amid growing AI threats
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that the crypto industry should take risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously.
- Cointelegraph
Crypto must cement adoption to withstand US policy shifts: Canton CEO
Canton CEO Yuval Rooz compared blockchain adoption to Uber and Airbnb, arguing that widespread adoption could help insulate it from potential policy reversals.
- CoinDesk
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test runs near 200 million gas per block after upgrade
The Sepolia rehearsal has raised its processing budget more than threefold, but sampled blocks used less than half that allowance.
- CoinDesk
Bitcoin breaks below $83,000 as oil jumps on Iran strike-plan report
Bitcoin has slipped under a level FxPro says opens a "quick path to $80,000." Brent crude climbed above $102 and pushed Treasury yields back toward their highest since 2002.
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- CoinDesk
Bitcoin loans are paying for tuition and working capital, not just trades, lenders say
Bitcoin-backed lending is evolving into a mainstream source of credit, with borrowers using BTC to access liquidity without selling.
- Cointelegraph
Crypto’s heavy backing of Republicans alienated Democrats: Cuomo
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the crypto industry to balance its support for Democrats and Republicans if they want federal crypto legislation passed.
- The Block
‘Don’t rush anything’: Vitalik Buterin warns against hasty wallet migrations amid growing AI threats
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that the crypto industry should take risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously.
- Cointelegraph
Crypto must cement adoption to withstand US policy shifts: Canton CEO
Canton CEO Yuval Rooz compared blockchain adoption to Uber and Airbnb, arguing that widespread adoption could help insulate it from potential policy reversals.
- CoinDesk
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test runs near 200 million gas per block after upgrade
The Sepolia rehearsal has raised its processing budget more than threefold, but sampled blocks used less than half that allowance.
- CoinDesk
Bitcoin breaks below $83,000 as oil jumps on Iran strike-plan report
Bitcoin has slipped under a level FxPro says opens a "quick path to $80,000." Brent crude climbed above $102 and pushed Treasury yields back toward their highest since 2002.
- The Block
Samsung to launch USDC transfers on Solana for US Galaxy users
The South Korean tech giant said the feature is built into Samsung Wallet, with fiat on- and off-ramps, rather than a separate crypto app.
- CoinDesk
Crypto news site Cointelegraph seeks buyer after web traffic plunges
The amount of money the crypto media firm has been shopping itself for was not revealed.
- Cointelegraph
Vitalik Buterin backs crypto ‘bunker mode’ amid rapid AI math advances
Ethereum researchers say crypto users should consider an orderly migration of funds to fresh addresses, warning AI could threaten private-key security before quantum computers do.
- The Block
Solana’s Orca merges with Loopscale in push to finance AI, robotics and defense
Orca and Loopscale unite as Formation, targeting financing for AI, energy, robotics and defense.
- Decrypt
OpenAI Says a Secret AI Model Cracked Hundreds of Open Math Problems in One Prompt—Mathematicians Want Receipts
OpenAI posted 722 AI-written math manuscripts from an unreleased model, saying most came from a single prompt. Some mathematicians call the claims unverified.
- Decrypt
Ethereum Researcher Says AI May Break Encryption Before Quantum Does
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to calmly move funds to unused addresses, warning that AI-driven math could break crypto signatures before quantum computers do.
- Cointelegraph
Circle brings USDC, EURC payments to SAP customers through Tereina
The partnership with SAP-backed Tereina will let businesses send and receive Circle’s stablecoins from within the financial software they already use.
- Decrypt
Anthropic Launches Haiku 5.5: Its Cheapest and Fastest Claude Model Yet
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less to run than its predecessor and targets high-volume jobs like summaries and live customer support. It arrives 15 days after Opus 5.5.
- Bitcoin Magazine
CFTC Chair Says New Crypto Rulemaking Will Prevent Another FTX-Style Collapse
Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Chair Says New Crypto Rulemaking Will Prevent Another FTX-Style Collapse CFTC Chair Mike Selig has said that the regulator wants to bring stringent regulations to the crypto…
- Decrypt
SEC and CFTC Crypto Rules 'Fall Short' of Clarity, Says Rep. French Hill
The House Financial Services chairman credited the SEC and CFTC for stepping in after the Clarity Act's collapse but said only "permanent law change" can secure U.S. leadership.
- Decrypt
Tether Signs Deal With Kazakhstan's Central Bank to Explore a Stablecoin and Tokenized Assets
Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, will help Kazakhstan's central bank study a tenge-pegged token and put real-world assets on a blockchain.
- Bitcoin Magazine
US Investors Want to up Their Crypto Holdings: Charles Schwab
Bitcoin Magazine US Investors Want to up Their Crypto Holdings: Charles Schwab American investors who hold crypto want to keep adding over the next year, new research shows. This post US Investors…
- Decrypt
Hackers Used AI Agents to Raid a Megachurch's Database, Exposing 850,000 Members
Seoul's Yoido Full Gospel Church says data on 850,000 members may be compromised, and a security firm found signs AI helped run the attack.
- CoinDesk
Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent Payward for crypto trading liquidity
The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets.
- The Block
Grayscale says crypto ETF market is entering new phase as Zcash ETF tops $1 billion
Grayscale's Krista Lynch says SEC listing standards cover about 15 tokens, letting crypto ETF issuers get selective beyond bitcoin and ether.
- Decrypt
Google Lets You Build a Video Game by Typing a Description
Google's Playground turns a typed description into a playable, shareable game, no coding required. It's live for U.S. adults, with creation access tiered by Google AI subscription.
- Cointelegraph
Hunter Biden confirms LAPTOP token ‘not a rug pull,’ just trolling Trumps
“Trump’s coin was max extraction, and I wanted to troll every grift like it,“ said Hunter Biden in a breakdown of the memecoin launch and fallout.
- Cointelegraph
Sui tunnels hit 40.6M TPS in live AI agent test
The layer-1 blockchain said its programmable offchain tunnels reached the milestone during a live stress test designed to simulate high-frequency activity between AI agents.