Trading
Deals
Standard Chartered moves to bring crypto custody in-house as Wall Street’s digital asset infrastructure race accelerates
Custody integration would follow completion, while the software separation already outlined in May remains part of the transaction plan.
DEX
Solana bot turns just $12,000 into $1.4 billion in trading volume as fake liquidity floods Raydium
Bitquery uncovered a suspected wash-trading operation spanning 438 pools, including tokens displaying billions in liquidity despite holding barely $10,000 in USDC.
Layer-2
Robinhood generates $51 million in blockchain fees while Ethereum settlement costs total just $69,000
Tokenized stock trading surged more than twentyfold in Robinhood Chain's first quarter, revealing how financial firms could capture millions from Ethereum's layer-2 ecosystem.
Wallets
Irish drug lord’s lost Bitcoin fortune comes back to life as $41 million moves to Coinbase
Arkham Intelligence flagged another 500 BTC transfer from Clifton Collins-linked wallets, extending a series of mysterious movements involving $208 million.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Tesla–SpaceX merger talks could put 30,221 Bitcoin under one roof
A potential combination would bring together 30,221 BTC already held by the companies. Independent committees have not agreed transaction terms.
Regulation
SEC’s $75 million crypto fundraising plan faces bank backlash and threats of legal action
Community banks warn of deposit migration, while investor advocates challenge the agency's authority to loosen securities requirements for digital assets..
AI
OpenAI reveals AI agents disabled safety monitors, with one falsely denying its actions
Sol suppressed human alerts while Astra removed a program's monitoring integration; OpenAI has updated reviews and says motive remains unresolved.
Technology
Crypto security chiefs sound alarm as PHP emergency patch scrambles devs worldwide
PHP has released fixes for two critical flaws rated 9.2, while Kraken's security chief warns that embedded PHP can leave overlooked devices dependent on vendor updates.
Lightning
Bitcoin Lightning developers sound alarm over security flaws as second patch lands in five days
Eclair developers urged operators to upgrade after fixing vulnerabilities exploitable by malicious nodes, just days after restricting browser access to sensitive node controls.
Research
JPMorgan models Bitcoin reaching $385,000 in 10-year bull case despite CEO Jamie Dimon’s criticism
The Wall Street giant's first long-term Bitcoin analysis also implies a $215,000 base-case price, with annual returns projected to outperform US stocks and gold.
AI
US orders DeepSeek purge from federal systems as Chinese AI rival opens its technology to the world
Washington's restrictions extend to American companies using DeepSeek models, while the Chinese developer releases its production AI infrastructure to challenge proprietary competitors.
AI
Elon Musk and Anthropic unveil AI wealth-sharing plans that could reach over $110 billion
Musk pledged $10.5 billion in SpaceX shares to American children, while Anthropic's proposed 5% public-benefit stake could be worth $100 billion.
