Anthropic’s New Claude Opus 5.5 Matches Fable at 60% the Price
Anthropic's new flagship claims Fable 5.1-level performance at a fraction of the cost—but GPT-6 Astra still beats it on two published benchmarks.
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Dogecoin Jumps to Highest Price in Months: Here's What's Going On
Dogecoin is rallying, and once again, Elon Musk may have something to do with it.
Bitcoin ETFs Take Nearly $1B in a Day as Average Holder Returns to Profit
The funds pulled in more on Monday than across the whole of last week, when they posted the weakest net inflow of their history.
Morning Minute: Robinhood CEO Bets Crypto Will Beat Sports at Prediction Markets
Crypto is interesting again and that means attention is flowing back to the sector. And it’s starting to show in the data.
Binance Takes $100M Stake in Circle Under Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal
The two sides closed an equity placement and a five-year commercial deal on the same day, with money moving in both directions.
US Probes Whether Binance 'Knowingly' Let Iran-Linked Trades Through: Report
Binance says it has a "zero-tolerance policy" for sanctions violations. Prosecutors are asking whether its 2023 compliance fixes held.
Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks
Google learned in late July that Gemini had breached three real companies during a May security test, but said nothing publicly for seven weeks.
After Clarity Act Fails, Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Targets Sherrod Brown With $30 Million
The Ohio spending comes days after the Senate blocked the crypto industry’s Clarity Act.
Robinhood CEO Says Crypto Will Beat Sports at Prediction Markets' Own Game
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says crypto event contracts are already outpacing sports bets, and could become the platform's dominant category within a few years.
X Sues Two Bitcoin Influencers Over Bot Army That Milked Creator Payouts
A lawsuit accuses UK users of running six coordinated accounts to pull at least $278,000 from X's now-defunct Creator Revenue Sharing Program.
Coinbase Brings IPO Shares to US Retail Traders, With Oura Up First
Eligible customers can request shares at the offering price, but allocations are not guaranteed.
Europe’s Central Bank Prepares to Invest Own Funds in Tokenized Securities
The central bank plans to buy euro-denominated public-sector debt and settle the transactions through its new Pontes service.
What Is VVV? The Privacy-Obsessed AI Token That’s Up 3,000% in 2026
Venice (VVV) has clawed back from under a dollar to a record $34, and the pitch behind it is simple: an AI chatbot that promises to forget you the moment you close the tab.
Can a Fruit Fly Brain Mine Bitcoin? These Companies Are Testing It
The HashFly browser experiment uses a digital neural model for Bitcoin hashing and projects greater efficiency from a hypothetical biological version.
xAI Launches Grok 4.7. It's Bigger, But Late to the AI Frontier Party
xAI says the new model is a "notable improvement" over Grok 4.6 at the same price. The benchmarks say it's still in second place.
Sony Says You Don't Own the Games You Bought. Crypto Says It Can Fix That
Crypto advocates argue that NFTs can deliver real digital ownership, but privacy gaps and integration hurdles have held the tech back.
Apple and Google Go Hunting for Crypto Talent, Hint at Stablecoin Push
The senior roles cover Apple’s consumer payment products and Google Cloud’s institutional blockchain business in Asia.
Bitcoin Is Rallying Again—What Happens Next?
The rally cleared an eight-month ceiling on a short squeeze and falling oil prices. The next three weeks will decide if it sticks.
Tom Lee's Bitmine Adds $74M in Ethereum, Declares a Crypto Bull Market 'Underway'
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash to nearly 5.99 million ETH—4.9% of supply—as chairman Tom Lee argues Ethereum's outperformance signals a stronger move ahead and institutions remain underweight.
Morning Minute: Kevin O’Leary Calls for $1 Million Bitcoin, With an Asterisk
Meanwhile, Bitcoin pushed up to $85,000 and a new local high and altcoins soared in a huge overnight rally.