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OpenDesign put 13 AI models through the same design tasks. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash landed a point and a half behind GPT-6 Astra and roughly 70 times cheaper.

The wallet and infrastructure businesses now operate independently, while Monad products and private networks complicate the link to ETH demand. The post MetaMask and Consensys split exposes the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

ZEC flashed a bearish signal that has previously been a precursor to a 64% price drop.

The EU securities regulator flagged tokenized equities, DeFi exploits and prediction markets as areas where growing crypto ties could pose risks to the broader financial system. Europe’s securities regulator has warned that growing links between crypto and traditional finance could increase the risk of shocks spreading across the broader financial system. In its latest risk monitoring report published Thursday, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) called for closer monitoring of the “growing linkage between increasingly vulnerable crypto-asset markets and the broader financial system.” ESMA pointed to growing adoption of tokenized equities and recent decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits as areas that could deepen links between crypto and traditional markets and increase the potential for financial spillovers. Read more

Private Visa files size the loans, smart contracts collect repayment, and undisclosed terms determine who takes the first loss. The post Visa’s $2.5 billion crypto credit bet puts card settlement financing onchain appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP slips to $1.38 as negative funding rates and a sub-1 long-short ratio raise doubts about its recovery. Key levels and scenarios inside. The post XRP Price Prediction: Bearish Futures Data Casts Doubt on XRP’s Recovery appeared first on Cryptonews.

The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.

Regulated funds can concentrate demand in Ethereum and Solana while broad altcoin leadership remains absent. The post Wall Street’s altcoin ETF rotation is not producing an altseason, and the old playbook may be breaking appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Head of Product Ryan Kass says the return to Coinbase Wallet reflects a broader trading strategy, with the self-custody app serving as a testing ground for new assets and experiences.

Bitcoin couldn't escape today's inflation-driven selloff, but a bearish pattern on its chart is about to flip for the first time since November.

Even without a Senate victory, Armstrong expects SEC and CFTC rulemaking to deliver a regulatory framework for the crypto industry.

The Bank for International Settlements says routine patching schedules are increasingly inadequate and cites guidance urging banks to accept planned downtime for urgent fixes.

The amendment would require the UK Treasury to develop a strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure. The UK House of Lords backed an amendment requiring the government to develop a digital asset strategy, in a 194–138 vote on Wednesday, despite the Labour government’s opposition to the measure. The amendment was added to the Financial Services and Markets Bill during its Report Stage on Wednesday. The bill is progressing through Parliament and would make broader changes to the UK’s financial services regulatory framework. Amendment 88, introduced by Conservative peer Baroness Neville-Rolfe, would require the Treasury to prepare, publish and consult on a digital asset strategy within 12 months of the Financial Services and Markets Bill becoming law. Read more

A malicious Super App bypassed stream liquidations before a Sept. 4 hotfix restored whitelisting and closed detected insolvent accounts. The post A crypto project paying nearly 1 million people a daily income just had its reserves looted appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.

Kun Chen built chatbot versions of four AI CEOs on SpaceXAI's new Grok Bot templates, locked them in one chat, and told them to debate the AI race until they agreed on something.

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

"SOL is a $500 token trading at $100," X user The Black Bull claimed.