Infrastructure
AI

AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon

Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to build…
AI

SEC chair Atkins signals new rules for onchain markets, AI-driven finance

The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
Infrastructure

ECB's Lagarde: Euro Stablecoins Aren't the Answer, Build Public Infrastructure Instead

The President of the European Central Bank spoke against EUR-pegged stablecoins at the inaugural Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum today. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin Slips Under $80,000 As ETFs Snap Five-Day Inflow Streak

Tron, Cardano and Solana led weekly gains among the Top 10, while Bitcoin and Ether lagged as US spot ETF demand cooled on Thursday. Read…
DeFi

Kelp DAO exploit prompts DeFi protocols to rethink oracle providers

Solv Protocol and other DeFi projects are migrating to Chainlink infrastructure after the $293 million exploit exposed risks in third-party bridge and oracle setups. Read…
Infrastructure

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson says the future of crypto wallets will be inside iPhones and Androids

At Consensus 2026, Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson said that “users should probably never have their private keys,” adding that “something should have the private keys for…
Infrastructure

XRP New Addresses, Active Supply Plunge Amid Shift to ‘Institutional Rails’

New XRP addresses hit multi-year lows, per Glassnode data, as the network shifts from “retail speculation” to institutional usage. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
DeFi

Aave to Overhaul Collateral and Listing Standards After $293 Million KelpDAO Exploit

Aave Labs will add cybersecurity and architecture reviews to its asset listing process following the April KelpDAO bridge exploit, with the goal of setting a…
AI

Bitcoin miners using AI as a bear market escape plan just got a new rival in Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has turned one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence clusters into a commercial compute product, creating a new challenge for Bitcoin miners…
Infrastructure

Solv Protocol Will Dump LayerZero, Migrate $700M Tokenized Bitcoin Tech to Chainlink

Solv Protocol will move its tokenized Bitcoin infrastructure to Chainlink, following Kelp DAO’s lead after it blamed LayerZero for a hack. Read Full Story at…