What Is x402? How AI Agents Pay With Crypto
Coinbase's x402 protocol puts the web's long-unused 402 code to work so AI agents and apps can pay for APIs and data in stablecoins like USDC.
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Tech, AI Stocks Split After Democratic Sweep: Microsoft Jumps, Tesla and Nvidia Tank
Microsoft and Alphabet surged while Nvidia and Tesla fell, highlighting a divided market as investors reassess Washington's approach to AI and Big Tech.
Bitcoin Rebounds After Democratic Midterm Sweep, But Crypto Faces Tougher Fight in Washington
Bitcoin bounced back after Democrats won control of Congress, but a stalled market structure bill and heavy industry campaign spending reveal crypto’s exposure to shifting US political power.
Wall Street’s Plumbing Goes Onchain as Morgan Stanley Tokenizes Securities
Morgan Stanley says it has converted U.S. equities and Treasuries into tokenized form through the newly launched DTCC Tokenization Service, which 20 Wall Street firms have signed up to use.
Morning Minute: CFTC Clears Stock Perps, Gets Sued the Same Day
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Bitcoin Shrugs Off Midterms as Experts Say Democratic Sweep Was 'Priced In'
Experts say the Democratic sweep was largely priced in, but it makes the road ahead harder for crypto policy.
USDC Issuer Circle Quietly Cuts 5% of Staff in Profitable Quarter
The USDC issuer disclosed the cuts in its earnings release, booking $9.1 million in restructuring costs as reserve income fell 8%.
Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K for One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn’t Flip
A Polymarket trader topped the prediction market’s leaderboard after Democrats swept the US midterms, but Alaska could still flip it.
ZachXBT Names French Bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as Alleged Victim of $133M Crypto Theft
The onchain investigator says the theft is being "covered up," and that a lack of disclosure let more than $30 million be laundered.
Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Canadian Killer
A Nova Scotia judge found prosecutors failed to link William Sandeson's Bitcoin to the 2015 murder of fellow student Taylor Samson.
OpenAI Wants to Rebrand AI Data Centers, Use Them to 'Protect the Grid'
The ChatGPT maker says future facilities could ease pressure on power grids by cutting demand during emergencies.
Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin, CEO Says—About 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows
Paolo Ardoino told the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano the company owns “give or take 150,000 Bitcoin,” but its Q3 reserve report implies just 100,060.
Anthropic's AI Is Getting Cheaper to Use. That's Becoming a Problem for Its Business
Claude's prices are falling, but Anthropic's computing expenses grew faster than sales in the latest quarter—a tricky equation ahead of its IPO.
CrowdStrike Launches AI Agent 'Kill Switch,' Plans to Acquire Fiddler AI
CrowdStrike's new kill switch lets security teams cut off unauthorized AI agents through a gateway, while its planned Fiddler acquisition aims to make autonomous software easier to monitor and audit.
Justin Sun Accuses Trump-Backed World Liberty of Using UAE Ties to Escape Federal Court
Tron founder Justin Sun said he has asked a federal court to sanction World Liberty Financial, alleging the Trump family-backed venture delayed disclosing UAE ties that could defeat federal jurisdiction over his lawsuit.
Crypto Docs Host GitBook Hit by AI Agent Security Breach, Urges Users to Rotate Keys
GitBook says attackers accessed infrastructure credentials in an AI-assisted breach, prompting a shutdown and emergency token resets.
CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures
Chairman Michael Selig said “equity perpetual futures” can now trade on CFTC-registered exchanges, extending a crypto-native instrument to traditional stocks.
Brazil's Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Says It Will Refund Users After a $40 Million Hack
Mercado Bitcoin says customers won't pay for a hack that drained tens of millions. Withdrawals on the exchange remain frozen with no restart date.
Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX Block Their Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Venue
Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Netflix, Lam Research, and SoFi objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 56.
Five Ways North Korea Breaks Into Crypto Firms—and How Binance Was Hacked
From AI deepfakes to poisoning code libraries: here's how North Korean hackers get inside crypto companies.