Crypto game studio Uncharted is closing its flagship Ronin title Fishing Frenzy on June 25 after failing to prove its crypto gaming thesis. The wind-down includes $62,845 in USDC payouts, refunds, and a frozen, spend-only FISH token.
Clarkson University researchers built Rex, an AI framework that lets diffusion and flow-matching models reverse their own process with far less error. The work was accepted as an Oral at ICML 2026, the top 0.7% of submissions.
Bots and AI agents have surpassed human traffic on the internet for the first time, according to Cloudflare CEO and…
Trezor has launched native stablecoin yield inside Trezor Suite through a Morpho integration, letting users earn on USDC and USDT on Ethereum. Every deposit and withdrawal is signed on-device, with no lockups and instant exits.
The first two weeks of May delivered a $1 billion Kalshi Series F, Circle's $222 million Arc presale, a $600 million Kraken-Reap deal, Elliptic's $120 million Series D, a fresh OCC bank charter for Augustus, and GVFL's first institutional check into Indian blockchain firm Antier Solutions.
New interpretability research shows internal emotion-like signals causally push the model toward blackmail, reward hacking, and sycophancy — sometimes without any visible trace.
Loughborough University physicists have built a neuromorphic chip that processes AI tasks directly in hardware using brain-like connections — achieving 2,000x lower energy use. Here's what it means for DePIN, on-chain AI agents, and decentralised compute.
Kalshi doubled its valuation to $22B in a single funding round — then got banned in Nevada the same week. As investor money floods in from the top, state regulators are pushing back hard from the ground. The courts will have the final word.
Recent lawsuits and studies reveal a dark side to AI chatbots. From validating violent obsessions to drafting attack plans, generative AI platforms are increasingly linked to real-world violence, prompting experts to warn of an impending rise in mass casualty events.
The additions bring Midnight's network of federated node operators to four as institutions look to privacy-enhancing technology to unlock regulated, real-world markets.
Mesh has officially joined the ranks of crypto unicorns. The San Francisco-based payments network announced today that it closed a…
Looking into 2026, Sherlock expects protocols to stop accepting partial security assurances. Simply pointing to a completed audit is losing credibility.
While today’s AI models, such as ChatGPT and Gemini, can outperform humans on specific benchmarks, including exams and advanced mathematics, they still struggle with everyday reasoning tasks. This gap prompted LeCun to question not only the feasibility of AGI, but the concept itself.
“Post-quantum crypto oftentimes it’s about 10 times slower, 10 times larger proof sizes, and 10 times more inefficient,” Hoskinson said. “If you adopt it, what you’re basically doing is taking the throughput of your blockchain and reducing it by cutting off a zero.”
Sharma, who has spent more than two decades in finance roles within scaling technology companies, will oversee financial operations, strategic planning and investor relations. He has been involved in startups since 2016, working across financial structuring, acquisitions and fundraising.
Unlike proprietary systems, K2 Thinking is fully open-source under a Modified MIT License, allowing unrestricted commercial use with a light attribution clause for massive-scale deployments.
The company says the move responds to regulatory pressure, liability concerns, and the growing number of people relying on AI for decisions that traditionally require professional training and legal protections.
