Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week’s Fed meeting.
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Digital asset and AI infrastructure company Galaxy Digital has signed a 15-year naming rights agreement with Texas Tech, renaming the university’s football stadium Galaxy Stadium beginning with the 2026 season. The partnership also makes …
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Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins And Streamex Host Founders Table VIP Dinner During ETHConf 2026 And NYC Tech Week
by adminby adminNew York, United States, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex hosted a private Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week, bringing together leaders …
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley wants AI-displaced tech workers to consider crypto. He argues that the industry’s messy problems create the kind of opportunity ambitious engineers should chase. The pitch arrived inside a broader Silicon …
Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are among the Big Tech firms named as founding members of the newly launched x402 Foundation, established to govern and standardize the x402 protocol for agentic AI payments …
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Coinbase Co-founder and Tech Leaders to Join Trump‘s Advisory Council
by adminby adminUS President Donald Trump announced the appointment of 13 members from the crypto, blockchain, AI, and technology industries to his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, re-established by executive order in January 2025. …
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Bitcoin set for best week since September 2025 as correlation with tech stocks weakens
by adminby adminBitcoin is on track to close its strongest week since September 2025, rising about 8.5% and trading above $71,000. The move stands out relative to other major assets. Over the past week, bitcoin has …
AI Is Helping Discover Tech Vulnerabilities—And Zcash Is Just the Latest Example
In brief Frontier AI models are increasingly being used to identify software vulnerabilities. Claude Mythos, Claude Opus, GPT-5.5, and other systems have been deployed in vulnerability research across browsers, operating systems, and open-source software. …
Wall Street wants the tech but not the transparency. DRW’s Don Wilson says open ledgers are a dealbreaker for banks
Wall Street firms may embrace blockchain technology, just not in its current form. The open, distributed ledger visible to all comers runs counter to the way traditional finance works, said Don Wilson, the founder …
Coinbase Tells US Treasury Old AML Rules Are ‘Broken,’ Pushes Tech Fixes for Crypto Crime
In brief Coinbase says U.S. AML laws are “broken” and wants Treasury to adopt AI, APIs, and zero-knowledge proofs to modernize compliance. The exchange proposes safe harbors for AI use and recognition of decentralized …