Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent company Payward at $21 billion valuation
The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, votingenabled equities to crypto exchange users. Source：CoinDesk
Treasury Secretary Bessent urges CLARITY Act passage after Senate returns
Secretary Scott Bessent warned that failing to pass the CLARITY Act would send a “troubling signal” about America’s leadership in the digital asset industry.…
What could happen if the CLARITY Act fails to pass in 2026
The US Senate has a limited window to pass a crypto market structure bill, but if it were to fail, the legislation could be completely remade or scrapped under…
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents solved a $1 million math problem. Now mathematicians are fighting
An internal model more powerful than GPT6 Astra produced a proposed solution to one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, though questions are…
Silvergate ex-CEO blames Biden pressure for bank’s 2023 wind-down
Alan Lane said a “coordinated attack” by the Biden administration made Silvergate’s continued operation untenable and prompted its liquidation.…
Oracle’s stock gets a boost as the OpenAI ecosystem comes back into favor
“It looks like OpenAI is turning things around,” and that’s seen as good news for Oracle, which has a lot riding on the ChatGPT creator’s success.…
Tracking cocoa may be just the beginning for PwC, Merck, Hashgraph provenance system
The firms say their combination of physical authentication, digital traceability and enterprise process design has no precedent in supply chains, and cocoa is…
DBS and Citi complete weekend USD payment via Swift’s Digital Ledger using tokenized deposits
The transaction is the second confirmed live use of Swift's blockchain ledger, coming as the network races to prove it can compete with digital payment rails…
Why the launch of OpenAI’s latest Astra model reignited the memory chip trade
Since troughing on July 29, the semiconductor sector has been recovering steadily with the OpenAI ChatGPT6 Astra release bolstering sentiment further…
Just like for SpaceX, investors may look to ‘make room’ for AI lab IPOs. These stocks could pay the price.
OpenAI and Anthropic’s listings may dovetail with a seasonal tax plan, further hurting some poor performers Source：MarketWatch
OpenAI puts $1 billion behind cyber defense after unveiling AI that can find zero-days
The company is subsidizing access to its Daybreak security platform after saying Astra can independently find previously unknown software flaws and turn them…
Australia is cracking down on crypto businesses as its strict new regulatory deadline nears
Firms that miss the deadline could breach financial services law from Oct. 1 and face civil or criminal penalties. Source：CoinDesk