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Tokenized Commodities Look Beyond Gold as Oil and Lending Open New Markets
Oct 10, 2026 · Shailaja Pathak
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XRP Ledger Activates Permission Delegation for Institutions
Oct 9, 2026 · Shailaja Pathak
Vitalik Buterin Warns AI Could Weaken Crypto Security in Two Years
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns AI-accelerated math research has a "good chance" of seriously weakening lattice-based cryptography within two years. He also flagged added ECDSA risk and said Ethereum's Lean roadmap is shifting toward hash-based signatures.
BitMine Stakes $13.8 Billion in ETH as Its Treasury Tops 6 Million Tokens
BitMine's ether treasury has crossed 6 million tokens, about 4.9% of all ETH, and it has staked 5.07 million of them, worth roughly $13.8 billion. With treasury stocks no longer trading at a premium, the real story is why staking yield has become the center of the strategy.
A $2 Billion Ethereum Layer 2, Blast Is Shutting Down as Its Assets Fall 98%
Blast, an Ethereum layer 2 that once held more than $2 billion, is winding down after its value locked fell about 98% and costs outran revenue. Users have until October 26 to withdraw. It is the latest in a wave of 2026 layer 2 closures as the market thins.
Crypto.com’s AI Agent Is Still in Stealth Mode, Eight Months After Its Super Bowl Debut
Eight months after a Super Bowl ad and a record $70 million domain, Crypto.com's ai.com personal AI agent is still in stealth mode. We look at why it is taking so long, and test the theory that the AI industry's new safety slowdown is behind the delay. It is not.
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Can You Trust AI With Your Crypto? Francesco Andreoli Thinks You Can, With Limits
MetaMask opened Agent Wallet to all users on August 6, 2026, giving AI agents a scoped wallet across 22 EVM chains and Hyperliquid. Francesco Andreoli, Head of Developer Relations at Consensys, walks through the policy engine, the $10,000 Transaction Protection, and where users get it wrong.
Interview with Charlie Hu, Co-Founder of COCO AI: AI Agents, Enterprise Adoption, and Future of Work
COCO AI co-founder Charlie Hu runs a 15-person team alongside about 60 AI agents, serving 500-plus businesses in e-commerce, gaming, and digital marketing. He breaks down the shift from Copilot to Autopilot, why physical AI is the next frontier, and how to stay valuable.
Interview with Adam Budínský: Trezor’s Head of Hardware on the Safe 7, Open Security, and Self-Custody
The Trezor Safe 7 just won a 2026 Red Dot Award for Product Design. Head of Hardware Adam Budínský talks to CIM about the device's open, auditable, secure element, the push to end blind signing on Ethereum, the touchscreen threat model, and why self-custody adoption still lags in India.
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What Is the CLARITY Act? Inside the Crypto Bill the US Senate Refused to Advance
Sep 16, 2026 · Harshajit Sarmah
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How Invoice Financing Can Help Investors Become Partners in India’s Growth Story
Sep 4, 2026 · Vinod Varma
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Tom Lee Sees $2 Trillion Wealth Transfer Fueling Crypto Demand as BitMine Buys More Ether
BitMine chairman Tom Lee says a $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion generational wealth transfer between 2026 and 2028 could drive crypto demand, as the firm buys another 12,532 ether and moves within about 76,000 tokens of owning 5% of the ether supply.
BitMine Stakes $13.8 Billion in ETH as Its Treasury Tops 6 Million Tokens
BitMine's ether treasury has crossed 6 million tokens, about 4.9% of all ETH, and it has staked 5.07 million of them, worth roughly $13.8 billion. With treasury stocks no longer trading at a premium, the real story is why staking yield has become the center of the strategy.
What Is the CLARITY Act? Inside the Crypto Bill the US Senate Refused to Advance
The US Senate blocked the CLARITY Act in a 49-50 procedural vote on September 15, 2026. This explainer covers what the crypto market structure bill would do, who introduced it, how it passed the House, and why ethics, banks, and Democrats stalled it in the Senate.
MENA Crypto Volume Hits $350 Billion as Gulf Adoption Accelerates
MENA crypto volume climbed to an estimated $350 billion by 2025-2026 from about $100 billion in 2022, according to the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Turkey leads by transaction value, the UAE by institutional flows, and Saudi Arabia by growth, as conflict and regulation reshape demand.