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AVAX One signs a no‑upfront‑capex 10MW AI/HPC microgrid deal in Alberta and buys 220 S21 Pro miners, lifting hash rate 33% and formalizing a dual AI infra plus Bitcoin mining strategy. AVAX One Technology has committed to a 10 megawatt…
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Cysic open‑sources its Venus zkVM engine, recasting proof generation as a global computation graph and positioning ZisK inside Ethereum’s emerging EIP‑8025 proof market. Cysic has released Venus, a new open‑source zkVM compute engine that restructures proof generation around a global…
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Eightco packs nearly 9% of Worldcoin’s float, 11,068 ETH and a $90m OpenAI stake into a $321m balance sheet, turning ORBS into a listed bet on AI and digital identity. Eightco Holdings has disclosed a $321 million balance sheet dominated…
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CME will launch AVAX and SUI futures, including micro contracts, giving institutions regulated tools to hedge and trade altcoin risk as crypto derivatives volumes climb. CME Group will expand its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives complex with the launch of Avalanche and…
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FSC orders five‑minute balance checks, auto kill switches, and monthly audits at Korean crypto exchanges after Bithumb’s $40b payout error. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has ordered all domestic centralized exchanges to implement automated five‑minute reconciliation between internal ledgers…
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A new security framework has been unveiled by the Solana Foundation to audit Solana-based protocols and strengthen risk monitoring. According to the official announcement, the initiative was developed with Asymmetric Research and is called STRIDE. It is designed to assess…
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An open-source AI job hunter built on Claude Code just auto-applied to hundreds of roles and actually landed a job, exposing why the real bottleneck is on-chain compute, not résumés. A viral clip shared by 0xMarioNawfal claims that “SOMEONE BUILT…
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U.S. stocks inched higher on Monday, but beneath the smooth index closes, meme names, bitcoin proxies and Chinese ADRs traded like a late‑cycle minefield. U.S. equities finished Monday’s session slightly higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.36%, the…
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Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi now clear nearly $24b a month as AI bots, Wall Street capital and new CFTC rules drag the sector into mainstream finance. Prediction markets are moving from the fringes of crypto into the core…
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Canton Network’s rise as a permissioned, institution-first blockchain is forcing crypto to decide whether the future of tokenized finance belongs to open rails like Ethereum or fenced-off, privacy-gated stacks for banks and asset managers. Canton Network, the enterprise blockchain built…
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Coinglass data shows Ethereum trapped in a tight “liquidation corridor,” with $1.414b in longs at risk below $2,040 and $889m in shorts exposed above $2,253. If Ethereum (ETH) slides below $2,040, around $1.414 billion worth of long positions on major…
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Chaos Labs is ending its three‑year Aave mandate after a $27m oracle fiasco, deep governance infighting, and mounting fears over who is legally liable when DeFi risk breaks. Chaos Labs, the risk firm that has “priced every loan initiated on…
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Polymarket will rebuild its core engine, introduce a hybrid CLOB, and launch Polymarket USD, a USDC‑backed stablecoin on Polygon aimed at cheaper, more institution‑friendly trading. On‑chain prediction market Polymarket will roll out what it calls “the largest infrastructure upgrade since…
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Tom Lee says Ethereum has become the No. 2 “wartime” asset, outpacing Bitcoin and stocks as war spending surges and crypto gains appeal as a liquidity and risk trade. Since the latest Middle East conflict escalated, Ethereum has become the…
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A US appeals court sided with Kalshi, ruling that CFTC‑regulated event contracts fall under federal law, not New Jersey gambling rules, reshaping prediction market oversight. A federal appeals court has ruled that New Jersey cannot bar Kalshi from offering sports‑related…
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Korean super app Toss is weighing a custom Layer 1 or Layer 2 blockchain and native token to power its “Money 3.0” stablecoin push as Seoul finalizes a strict digital asset law. South Korean payment and banking giant Toss is…

