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Trump plays roulette with Iran as oil and Bitcoin hold their breath
Trump’s ‘whole civilization will die’ threat to Iran sends oil, Bitcoin and stocks on knife edge. President Donald…
Circle mints $1 billion USDC in 24 hours as institutional flows surge
Circle minted $1 billion USDC in 24 hours, extending a $4.5b year‑to‑date supply jump and signaling heavy institutional…
AI agents get a new DeFi rail with ERC-8211 ‘smart batching’
Biconomy has proposed a new Ethereum standard, ERC-8211, that introduces “smart batching” so AI agents and smart accounts…
South Korea orders real-time checks at crypto exchanges after Bithumb’s $40b error
FSC orders five‑minute balance checks, auto kill switches, and monthly audits at Korean crypto exchanges after Bithumb’s $40b…
AI job hunters show why compute needs to be on-chain
An open-source AI job hunter built on Claude Code just auto-applied to hundreds of roles and actually landed…
Chaos Labs exits Aave after risk clash and legal fears
Chaos Labs is ending its three‑year Aave mandate after a $27m oracle fiasco, deep governance infighting, and mounting…
Polymarket to rebuild engine, launch native dollar stablecoin
Polymarket will rebuild its core engine, introduce a hybrid CLOB, and launch Polymarket USD, a USDC‑backed stablecoin on…
As Wall Street moves on-chain, DeFi faces a $330 billion trust test it can’t dodge
Wall Street spent the first quarter of 2026 systematically narrowing DeFi’s claim to the future of finance. In…
Circle Faces Heat From ZachXBT Over Inaction During $285M Drift Hack
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly accused Circle of failing to freeze stolen USDC as it moved through the…
Marex launches Nvidia-linked ‘prediction market bond’ with 7% coupon
Marex’s Nvidia‑linked “prediction market bond” pays 7% if NVDA stays the world’s most valuable company for a year,…