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OpenAI said its new automated red-teaming model, GPT-Red, uncovered vulnerabilities that were used to make GPT-5.6 more resistant to prompt injection attacks.

US authorities froze over $130 million, while renewed strikes and a naval blockade intensified regional tensions.

Pollak said that Jordan Fish, also known on X as 'Cobie,' will lead the Base app team.

Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix. Researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives for traders to manipulate spot prices around settlement, allowing sophisticated participants to profit at the expense of retail traders. The study examined contracts in which traders bet on whether Bitcoin’s price would end above or below a predetermined level after five minutes. Because the contracts settle using Chainlink price feeds based on Bitcoin’s price at the end of each trading window, traders have an incentive to influence the spot market immediately before settlement. Analyzing trading activity before and after Polymarket introduced the contracts in July 2024, the researchers found sharp increases in Bitcoin spot-market order flow just before settlem...

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The transfer highlights unresolved custody rules, while the public evidence identifies a deposit rather than a government sale. The post US government sends $288M to Coinbase putting Bitcoin reserve rules into question appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A proposal to restrict non-financial data on Bitcoin has split prominent developers, miners, and industry leaders ahead of a key activation deadline, reopening one of the network's biggest governance debates since the Blocksize Wars.

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority approved the London-headquartered fintech company for broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE. UK-based financial company Revolut has received approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai to offer crypto-related services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a Wednesday notice, Revolut said that, following a green light from the Central Bank of the UAE for payment activities, VARA gave in-principle approval for the company to offer broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE. The company said its services via the app and the Revolut X exchange would allow UAE-based users to buy, sell and hold digital assets. “This approval lays the foundation for Revolut to introduce its trusted virtual asset services within a regulated environment,” said Revolut’s head of digital assets in the UAE free zone establishment, Joseph Khair. Read more

Preliminary OCC approval outlines a bank that could consolidate key crypto functions, while outside venues and infrastructure remain essential. The post How Morgan Stanley plans to bring crypto custody, staking and lending support in-house appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Pollak said he is handing the Base App back to Coinbase to focus on building Base into "the blockchain for global finance" after conceding the network's push into on-chain social missed the mark.

Claude AI predicts an explosive Solana price rally that could drive notable price increases by the end of 2026. The post The Most Powerful Claude AI Model Predicts Explosive Solana Price Rally appeared first on Cryptonews.

Martinez warned that the bullish outlook would be invalidated if the price slips under $60.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is working with nearly 40 financial firms in a pilot to test tokenized stocks and U.S. treasuries.

President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche faced backlash Wednesday over the Justice Department’s (DoJ) enforcement of crypto-related crimes and other actions as President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney appeared before a Senate hearing considering his nomination to lead the agency. The ranking Democrat, Senator Dick Durbin, used part of his opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to criticize Trump’s AG pick for what he described as “dismantling DoJ’s enforcement team and shutting down ongoing criminal investigations of the crypto industry.” Blanche was reportedly behind the disbanding of the Justice Department’s crypto enforcement unit in April 2025 as deputy attorney general. Read more

New York has become the first US state to impose a statewide moratorium on large new data centers, creating an early regulatory test for Bitcoin miners that are rebuilding their businesses around artificial intelligence. On July 14, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order directing state regulators to pause incomplete permit applications for new or […] The post Bitcoin miner AI pivot hits roadblock with New York 50 MW permit freeze appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Binance's XRP reserve just hit its lowest level since February as its price prediction turns slightly bullish. The post XRP Price Prediction: Binance Reserve Hits 6 Months Low appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses ranging from $18 million to $22 million. Decentralized trading protocol Ostium paused trading Wednesday after blockchain security firms Blockaid and CertiK reported an apparent exploit of its OLP liquidity vault. Blockaid estimated the exploit resulted in roughly $18 million in losses, while CertiK placed the figure at about $22 million. Both firms attributed the incident to an apparent compromise of Ostium’s oracle system, which supplies external price data to the protocol. Source: Ostium Read more

DTCC's first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street.

Hackers manipulated Ostium's price feed by compromising an oracle signer key, allowing them to drain roughly $18 million from the Arbitrum-based perpetuals exchange.

The 175 MW contract creates a long revenue path while funding terms remain undisclosed and missed milestones may reduce rent or end the lease. The post Bitcoin miner CleanSpark signed a $6.6B AI lease before securing the $2.1B required to build it appeared first on CryptoSlate.