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AI agents could end the app era by turning software into verified, user-built systems AI agents may make running code written by strangers one of those behaviors that later generations struggle to process. A society can normalize a risk for decades, then later reclassify it as reckless once a safer default becomes available. Drinking before […] The post App days are numbered: The end state of software will be private, personal, verified, and AI agent-built appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The last time ETH traded so low against the market leader was in the middle of last year.

In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.

In a world-first deal, OpenAI and Malta will give all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for a year after they complete a government-backed AI literacy course. OpenAI and the Maltese government have announced a world-first partnership to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all Maltese citizens, marking the first time a government has struck such a deal with the AI company. Under the programme, citizens who complete a government-backed AI literacy course will receive free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year, OpenAI announced on Saturday. The course, developed by the University of Malta, covers what AI is, what it can and cannot do and how to use it responsibly at home and in the workplace. “Malta is the first country to launch a partnership of this scale because we refuse to let our citizens stay behind in the digital age,” Maltese minister for economy, enterprise and strategic projects Silvio Schembri said, adding that the goal is to turn AI “from an unfamiliar concept into practical assistance for our families, students, and w...

US-listed Bitcoin ETF flows have suffered their most severe weekly capital flight since the end of January, with investors pulling exactly $1 billion from the products. The primary catalyst for the sudden institutional risk aversion appears to be the shifting US economic backdrop. CryptoSlate's data show that rising inflation concerns, alongside steep ETF outflows, led Bitcoin's […] The post Bitcoin ETF flows reverse as US funds shed $1B amid inflation fears appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

XRP tried to escape consolidation once again but a familiar resistance was too strong.

From Cydia to ChatGPT, jailbreaking went from cracking iPhones to liberating LLMs. Here's how it works, who's doing it, and why every AI lab is losing sleep.

For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.

PI is out of the top 50 alts by market cap again.

The token jumped 5% after a Senate committee moved the market-structure bill forward, reviving hopes that legal clarity can pull deeper institutional money into XRP products.

Is today's decline just the start of bitcoin's troubles?

A new global financial crisis is not confirmed, but the path toward one is now visible enough to map. The sequence starts with debt and oil before it reaches credit. Long-end sovereign yields and Brent crude are already close enough to stress levels to make the policy squeeze urgent. To close out the week, the […] The post Markets are moving toward a new global financial crisis. These are the tripwires that would confirm it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

STABLE and VVV have dropped the most from the lower-cap alts, while HYPE has plunged by 10%.

THORChain has launched a recovery portal following a $10 million exploit, allowing affected users across four chains to revoke malicious approvals and claim refunds. THORChain has confirmed a $10 million exploit and launched a recovery portal, giving affected users a self-custodial path to revoke malicious token approvals and submit refund claims backed by a treasury-provisioned refund pool of equal size. In a Saturday post on X, THORChain Foundation introduced the recovery portal, saying that “affected users are now able to check what they will be paid as compensation following the exploit.” The portal, citing a PeckShield post-mortem, claims that the attack was detected at 02:14 UTC on May 11, when node operators flagged anomalous outbound transactions. Trading and outbound signing were paused within eight minutes. In total, attackers drained 36.75 BTC, worth around $3 million, and approximately $7 million in tokens across BNB Chain, Ethereum and Base, hitting 12,847 wallets across four chains. Read more

Strategy agreed on May 15 to repurchase roughly $1.5 billion principal of its 2029 convertible notes for an estimated $1.38 billion in cash. The firm told investors in its Form 8-K that it may fund the repurchase with available cash reserves, ATM sale proceeds, and/or Bitcoin sale proceeds. Strategy expects to cancel the repurchased notes, […] The post Strategy has put Bitcoin sales on the table for repurchases – but will it affect BTC price? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The rest of the world is “really closely” watching the US CLARITY Act as the nation moves further away from the previous “hostile stance,” according to Sharplink’s chief. Ethereum needs three catalysts to fall into place for its price to regain momentum and surge higher, according to SharpLink Gaming CEO Joseph Chalom. “One is the CLARITY Act to pass in the US,” Chalom pointed out in an interview with Robert Baggs on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction show published to YouTube on Thursday. It came on the same day that all 13 Republican members and two Democrats voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) at the US Senate Banking Committee meeting. Chalom said that while many view the legislation, which aims to give the US crypto industry greater clarity, as “a US phenomenon,” it is also being seen as a major signal for other jurisdictions around the world. Read more

Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $1 billion in a single week as capital rotated toward AI stocks and macro uncertainty weighed on sentiment, ending a six-week run that had pulled in $3.4 billion. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $1 billion in weekly net outflows, ending a six-week inflow streak that had drawn a combined $3.4 billion. The week started on a cautiously optimistic note, with Monday posting modest inflows of $27.29 million, according to data from SoSoValue. The tide turned sharply on Tuesday, when investors pulled $233.25 million from the funds. Selling pressure intensified on Wednesday, the worst single day of the week, with outflows reaching $635.23 million. A brief reprieve came on Thursday, as inflows of $131.31 million offered a momentary reversal. However, Friday erased that recovery as well, when a further $290.42 million exited the products, sealing the week in the red at exactly $1 billion in net outflows. Read more

Dogecoin is up 3.32% on the day with $3B in volume but faces key resistance at $0.1190. Analyst targets, technical levels, and what's next for DOGE. The post Dogecoin Is Pressing Against Resistance After a Brutal Week: Does the $3Bn Volume Signal a Real Recovery? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A long-skewed liquidation cascade flushed leverage across the major tokens overnight, with the move tracking a global bond selloff and the worst session for U.S. stocks since March.