AI Has Machines, Crypto Brings the Network, Says Ben Horowitz
TLDR: Horowitz says AI has compute but lacks a network layer that crypto can supply with identity and value structures. Crypto cre...
Crypto Storage Gets Smarter as Walrus Adds Zark Lab’s AI Search Layer
TLDR: Walrus partners with Zark Lab to make uploaded files AI-enriched and instantly searchable with natural language queries. Zar...
CZ Slams FT Over YZi Labs Report, Says No Fundraising, No Demo, No Pitch Deck
TLDR: CZ says YZi Labs has never prepared a pitch deck or sought external funding since its rebrand. He denied reports of a demo f...
Full-Stack Openness Pushes Crypto Boundaries: Vitalik’s New Call to Action
TLDR: Buterin argues that full-stack openness across hardware, software, biotech is vital to reduce centralized trust risks. He wa...
Big Banks Pour $136M Into Fnality to Push Tokenized Payments Mainstream
TLDR: Fnality raised $136M in Series C funding to grow its tokenized settlement network and expand into new currencies. Lead inves...
Machine Money Is Here: Coinbase, Cloudflare Kick Off x402 Standard for AI Commer...
TLDR: Coinbase and Cloudflare launch x402 Foundation to standardize AI-driven payments using HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status co...
Fold Launches Bitcoin Credit Card with Stripe and Visa Partnership
TLDR Fold partners with Visa and Stripe to launch a Bitcoin Rewards Card. Users can earn up to 3.5% back on purchases with Fold’s...
SEC Approves New Rule for Grayscale’s Ethereum ETFs, Streamlining Listing
TLDR SEC approves generic rule change for Grayscale’s Ethereum ETFs. Grayscale Ethereum ETFs no longer require individual SEC appr...
Cloudburst Raises $7M Series A to Scale Off-Chain Crypto Intelligence Platform
The round was led by Borderless Capital with participation from Strategic Cyber Ventures, CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, Bloccelerat...
Coinbase Legal Chief Defends Base, Warns Against L2 “Exchange” Confusion
TLDR: Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says L2 sequencers only process transactions and don’t match buyers and sellers like an exchange. T...