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Inside the Quest at Colossus to Replace Visa and Mastercard With KYC-Less Crypto Cards With a “box of goodies” and a team of four, the firm is trying to replace payment incumbents with an Ethereum layer-2

Inside the Quest at Colossus to Replace Visa and Mastercard With KYC-Less Crypto Cards

Inside the Growing ‘Digisexual’ Subculture of People in Relationships With AI As chatbots grow more conversational, some users are forming emotional bonds with AI, raising questions about the future of human–machine intimacy.

Inside the Growing ‘Digisexual’ Subculture of People in Relationships With AI

Kalshi Sued Over Refusing to Pay Out Prediction Market After Iran Leader's Death Kalshi is facing a class action lawsuit based on its handling of a recent market related to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Kalshi Sued Over Refusing to Pay Out Prediction Market After Iran Leader's Death

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Eyes State Stablecoin Framework Following Senate Passage The bill establishes Florida-centric consumer protections and safeguards against money laundering

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Eyes State Stablecoin Framework Following Senate Passage

'Obscene': Grammarly's New AI Tool Offers Writing Feedback From Dead Scholars Grammarly's “Expert Review” feature uses AI to give feedback through the lens of noted writers and scholars—some of whom are no longer living.

'Obscene': Grammarly's New AI Tool Offers Writing Feedback From Dead Scholars

Binance Denies $1.7 Billion in Iran Sanctions Violations Amid US Senate Probe Binance denied $1.7 billion in Iran sanctions violations and stood behind its compliance operations, in a new letter to Senator Richard Blumenthal.

Binance Denies $1.7 Billion in Iran Sanctions Violations Amid US Senate Probe

CFO Gets Prison Time After Losing $35 Million of Company Money in Crypto Side Hustle Nevin Shetty secretly moved $35 million in company funds to his own DeFi platform, before losing nearly all of it in the Terra collapse.

CFO Gets Prison Time After Losing $35 Million of Company Money in Crypto Side Hustle

Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.

Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters

Nigel Farage Confidant Linked to $550K Loss On Iran Strike Polymarket Bet: Report A Polymarket account bearing George Cottrell’s name made multiple geopolitical bets, amid growing scrutiny over prediction markets.

Nigel Farage Confidant Linked to $550K Loss On Iran Strike Polymarket Bet: Report

Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

Bitcoin Dives Below $69K as US Loses 92K Jobs in February Bitcoin has fallen 5% in the last day as the U.S. shed 92,000 jobs in February, rattling crypto markets amid growing economic uncertainty.

Bitcoin Dives Below $69K as US Loses 92K Jobs in February

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $228M, But Longer-Term Flows Stabilize Bitcoin ETFs saw their worst outflows in three weeks, with experts highlighting early re-accumulation as flows stabilize.

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $228M, But Longer-Term Flows Stabilize

Could BTC go to 74K and if so... what happens next? #btc #bitcoin

Vancouver Moves to Close Bitcoin Reserve Proposal After Legal Review Over a year after Vancouver explored becoming a “Bitcoin-friendly city,” staff say municipal law bars holding Bitcoin in city reserves.

Vancouver Moves to Close Bitcoin Reserve Proposal After Legal Review

Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades Orbit allows traders to disclose portfolio data and earn rewards tied to follower engagement in what OKX is touting as a transparency play.

Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades

Kraken Secures Access to Fed’s Core Payment Systems: WSJ - Decrypt Kraken’s banking unit has won approval for a Federal Reserve “master account,” enabling it to move money on existing financial rails.

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Kraken Secures Access to Fed’s Core Payment Systems: WSJ. Kraken’s banking unit has won approval for a Federal Reserve “master account,” enabling it to move money on existing financial rails #news #money #finance

Ive never seen a market more off from reality!

Nvidia Is Probably Done Investing in OpenAI and Anthropic, Says CEO—Why? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang blamed potential IPOs for ending the chip giant's investment run—right as both AI labs are immersed in controversy.

Nvidia Is Probably Done Investing in OpenAI and Anthropic, Says CEO—Why?

SEC Moves to Settle Justin Sun Case With $10M Penalty for BitTorrent Owner The judgment would resolve one of the agency’s highest-profile crypto enforcement actions and dismiss the remaining claims against Sun.

SEC Moves to Settle Justin Sun Case With $10M Penalty for BitTorrent Owner

Roblox Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Chat Swears and Slurs in Real Time Roblox's new AI feature replaces blocked messages with rewritten text to keep conversations readable while enforcing platform rules.

Roblox Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Chat Swears and Slurs in Real Time

Dogecoin Down Bad as Bitcoin Gives Up Latest Gains After a strong bounce on Wednesday, Dogecoin is leading the top 100 tokens in losses on Thursday as Bitcoin falls.

Dogecoin Down Bad as Bitcoin Gives Up Latest Gains

Iran Regime's Crypto Activity Topped $3 Billion as Illicit Transactions Surged in 2025: Report Iran, Russia, North Korea, and other sanctioned countries boosted their use of cryptocurrency last year, according to Chainalysis.

Iran Regime's Crypto Activity Topped $3 Billion as Illicit Transactions Surged in 2025: Report

Penguin Apparel Brand Targets Crypto IP Pudgy Penguins in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit The firm behind the Original Penguin brand is suing Pudgy Penguins in a lawsuit that alleges the crypto brand infringes on its trademarks.

Penguin Apparel Brand Targets Crypto IP Pudgy Penguins in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Days Just After Last Version as 'QuitGPT' Exodus Gains Steam OpenAI debuted its most capable model yet under pressure from a mass user exodus tied to the company's controversial Pentagon contract.

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Days Just After Last Version as 'QuitGPT' Exodus Gains Steam

ZeroHash Applies for National Trust Bank Charter as OCC Crypto Pipeline Grows ZeroHash wants OCC trust bank status for crypto custody—and Revolut is gunning for a full U.S. banking license.

ZeroHash Applies for National Trust Bank Charter as OCC Crypto Pipeline Grows

Cardano's ADA Token Now Accepted at Spar Supermarkets in Switzerland Brick-and-mortar retail payments in Swiss Spar stores are enabled through the Cardano blockchain’s integration with DFX.swiss.

Cardano's ADA Token Now Accepted at Spar Supermarkets in Switzerland

Bitcoin Price Predictions Flip Bullish, But Ethereum Is Still Stuck Prediction market traders are becoming more bullish on Bitcoin's near-term price, but they're not as confident on Ethereum.

Bitcoin Price Predictions Flip Bullish, But Ethereum Is Still Stuck

Federal Contractor’s Son Arrested, Charged With Stealing $46 Million From US Crypto Stockpile John Daghita was publicly accused of the crime by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT in January.

Federal Contractor’s Son Arrested, Charged With Stealing $46 Million From US Crypto Stockpile

Core Scientific Secures Up to $1 Billion From Morgan Stanley for Pivot From Bitcoin Mining to AI The firm continues to pivot away from Bitcoin mining.

Core Scientific Secures Up to $1 Billion From Morgan Stanley for Pivot From Bitcoin Mining to AI