Why the Treasury’s financing plans are sparking anxiety on Wall Street
Yields on 10year and 30year bonds were rising again Monday after falling sharply last week. Source:MarketWatch
Why Elon Musk, Anthropic and other AI titans are giving away shares
Gifts of stock can help with public relations and offer financial advantages to wealthy individuals. Source:MarketWatch
Mastercard launches stablecoin risk screening for banks and payment providers
The new service combines payment data and blockchain analytics to help banks detect suspicious stablecoin transactions before settlement. Source:Cointelegraph
‘I’m naturally skeptical’: I receive 10 calls a day offering me $15,000 loans at 8% interest. Is this a scam?
“They insist that the details will be provided after they have carried out a soft credit check.” Source:MarketWatch
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is building a new programming language for the network
Hoskinson said on X the language will bundle transaction requests with cryptographic proofs. He hasn’t shared a name, specs or a release date. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin tags $83,000 and slips back as chip stocks lead a rebound
Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test…
France advances stablecoin tax, eyes self-custodial wallets and exit tax proposals
France’s National Assembly adopted a crypto tax amendment targeting certain stablecoin swaps, while separate proposals on exit taxes and selfcustodial wallet…
Stocks rebound into key tech earnings: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week
Analysts expect Bitcoin to retest $80,000 support again as stock markets attempt to recover last week’s losses. Source:Cointelegraph
Bitcoin mining offshoot Nscale loses Microsoft AI deal as power delay stretches into 2030s
The Nvidiabacked company planned to deliver 23,000 AI chips in the U.K. next year, but its grid connection may not be ready until the 2030s. Source:CoinDesk
Zoom adds ‘proof of human’ badges to show you’re not a deepfake
Sam Altmanbacked World has rolled out biometric verification badges for Zoom enterprise users, aiming to combat AI deepfake impersonation and fraud.…
XRP Ledger is set to fix its lending code before anyone can use it
Validators have a bugfix patch on course to go live Friday. The lending system it partly repairs is still 10 votes short of approval. Source:CoinDesk
Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds
Qubic says 87.1% of the stolen funds remain onchain and the rest were frozen at crypto exchange MEXC, as network validators prepare to vote on a recovery plan.…