Aethir said it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, limiting losses to under $90,000 after PeckShield estimated $400,000 in damages. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/aethir-bridge-exploit-halt-user-compensation-90k-loss?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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Covenant AI exits Bittensor over ‘decentralization theatre,’ TAO drops 18%
Covenant AI said it was leaving Bittensor due to its overreaching control on subnets and their large-scale TAO token sales, but Bittensor’s founder denied all allegations. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/covenant-ai-leaves-bittensor-decentralization-tao-drops-18?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
The fake website that led to an arrest: Inside the CoinDCX impersonation case
Inside the CoinDCX impersonation case: How a spoofed site triggered fraud claims, legal action and a court ruling that cleared the real platform. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/learn/articles/fake-coindcx-website-fraud-case-explained?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Hong Kong grants first stablecoin licenses to Anchorpoint and HSBC
Hong Kong has issued its first stablecoin licenses, approving Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC’s Hong Kong banking arm under the HKMA’s new regime. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-first-stablecoin-licenses-issued?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
CZ hopes in 5 years people stop talking about crypto and just use it
Some industry insiders speculate the crypto sector may be just one market cycle away from full-scale mainstream adoption. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cz-crypto-invisible-mainstream-adoption-ai-blockchain?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Japan approves bill to classify crypto as financial instruments
The Japanese Cabinet reclassified crypto as a financial instrument and will enforce insider trading bans and annual disclosure mandates for issuers. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-approves-bill-classify-cryptocurrencies-financial-instruments?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF inflows $269M, marking a 5-week high
Fidelity and Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETFs also saw a combined $68.2 million in inflows, while four other Bitcoin ETFs also tallied inflows on Thursday. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-biggest-btc-etf-inflow-in-month?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado arguing its AI rules restrict speech
The AI company argued that such rules would force it to feed its AI chatbot Grok with data aligned with Colorado’s political views rather than striving to be “maximally truth seeking.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/xai-sues-colorado-over-ai-law-restricting-free-speech?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests
The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-x402-rolls-out-usage-based-pricing-agentic-ai?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin can be made quantum-safe without a protocol upgrade: Researcher
However, it could cost users between $75 and $150 per transaction in GPU computing power, limiting its practical use. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/researchers-say-bitcoin-can-be-made-quantum-safe-without-protocol-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound