Crypto news
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Anthropic Launches Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 at Lower Token Prices
The models share an underlying system but use different safeguards, with Mythos access restricted to verified organizations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Can Nvidia fire CEO Jensen Huang over his affair?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair with a Chinese spy who was the founder of the largest buyer of Nvidia’s AI chips in Southeast Asia. As reporting uncovers her role in assisting with smuggling Nvidia’s chips and/or IP into China — raising US national security concerns — some...
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Nvidia Trades 26% Below Record Close Amid Huang Review
Shares had already lost 22% by Friday, while a semiconductor ETF fell 30.5% over the same month-long window.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NHTSA Probes Waymo’s School-Bus Fix After Reports of Continued Violations
The probe covers 2,895 vehicles, and regulators say most incidents identified in an earlier investigation occurred after the November 2025 software update.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Nvidia's $350 Billion Scare: What Happens If Jensen Huang Leaves?
Nvidia shares slid as much as 8% amid spy allegations. The stock was already weakening, and investors now face a bigger question: Who replaces Jensen Huang if he suddenly leaves?
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Ethereum Foundation, Vitalik Buterin sued over firing after ‘suicide pledge’ dispute
Fulton’s complaint cites a recorded Buterin conversation and alleges discrimination and retaliation.
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Mercado Bitcoin begins post-hack reopening without a timeline for withdrawals
Customers can view their pre-hack balances as access returns in phases. The exchange has yet to say when withdrawals will resume.
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Chainalysis Reopens Compliance Tools With Mandatory Credential Resets
Reactor is also back online, while some investigation and account-management services remain unavailable.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Hard Fork vs. Soft Fork: How Blockchain Upgrades Work
Older nodes can accept soft-fork blocks without understanding every new rule. A hard fork requires upgraded software to follow the changed network, but does not automatically create another coin.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Meta Launches Muse Ember With Pricing From $0.10 Per Million Input Tokens
Available through Meta Model API and Muse Code, the lightweight multimodal model handles repeated agent tasks while larger Muse models plan the work.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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North Korea launders Binance funds with Elon Musk memecoin, report
North Korea-linked hackers who stole $6.4 billion from the world's biggest crypto exchange Binance are reportedly laundering the stolen funds using TRON, Solana, and NEAR-based memecoins. Crypto security analysts at Elliptic claim to have linked around $430,000 worth of NEAR to the creation of six...
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PNC Bank tests turning USDC payments into dollar deposits
The pilot lets eligible corporate and institutional clients accept USDC on Ethereum, with each token converted to one US dollar before deposit.
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Solana Set for Another Tokenized Stock Venue as Formation Notifies the SEC
Operating under the SEC’s “Innovation Exemption,” the firm plans to list tokenized shares of Exodus, Forward Industries, and Galaxy Digital in early 2027, with the same voting and dividend rights as real stock.
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Avalanche’s AVAX leads crypto gains following NYSE tokenization deal
Avalanche’s AVAX token rose as much as 10% after the NYSE selected its blockchain to support settlement on a planned tokenized stock trading platform.
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Claude Code Approval Files Expose 1,379 Secrets on GitHub
Saved command approvals can retain passwords and tokens. Anthropic’s Claude Code team is exploring safeguards, including built-in secret scanning.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Skild AI Open-Sources Steel Physics Solver for Robot Training
The Apache-licensed solver runs inside Newton; Skild reports up to 13 times PhysX’s simulation throughput in mixed-task tests.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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North Korea Is Minting Its Own Meme Coins to Launder Binance Hack Loot
Bitcoin Magazine North Korea Is Minting Its Own Meme Coins to Launder Binance Hack Loot North Korean launderers are creating their own worthless meme coins and pushing stolen Binance funds through them so the coins never move directly from one wallet to another, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic...
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Vitalik Buterin Moves On From ‘Ultrasound Money,’ Says ETH’s Value Is Stability
The Ethereum co-founder says ETH's value comes from stability, not fee burns, citing its decentralization, censorship resistance and security.
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Google Adds Confidential and Long-Context Systems to TPU Lineup
TPU 8i Max combines two 8i chips in one package, while Google's product page lists all four eighth-generation systems as 'coming soon.'... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin, tech stocks brush off Nvidia nerves as analyst mulls $68K target
Bitcoin rebounded from an 11-week low near $73,500 as the Nasdaq Composite rallied despite sell-off in Nvidia shares.
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Luke Dashjr Publishes Nine Coldcard RNG Concerns
His thread cites a July code revision; later firmware adds seed-error checks and a startup test for the hardware random-number generator.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $20M in Ethereum, Seizing on Vitalik’s 'ETH Is Money' Declaration
The firm’s stash reached 6.07 million ETH—4.97% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee called Vitalik Buterin’s “ETH is money” comments a “seismic shift.”
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Nvidia Board Opens Huang Investigation as CEO Admits Infidelity
Independent directors will oversee the review with outside counsel's help. The board backed Huang and said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress
Bitcoin Magazine TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress Banks will try again to stop crypto platforms from paying yield on stablecoin balances, but TD Cowen's Washington analyst Jaret Seiberg puts only a 10% chance on Congress enacting such a ban...
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BlackRock: Security Fears Are Driving Bitcoin Whales Into IBIT
Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock: Security Fears Are Driving Bitcoin Whales Into IBIT Large bitcoin holders are swapping coins they guard themselves for shares of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) at a record pace, the firm's head of digital assets said Monday, as kidnappings and hacks push...
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A bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees
The AntPool block came within 984 transactions of Bitcoin’s 2015 record, even as fees made up less than 0.1% of the miner’s payout.
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StoneX sees 97% upside for Bullish as $4.2 billion Equiniti deal opens tokenization market
StoneX initiated coverage of Bullish with a Buy rating and a $42 price target, implying roughly 97% upside from its current levels.
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Coinbase and PNC Bank expand partnership with USDC payments for corporate clients
PNC Bank is piloting USDC payment acceptance for corporate and institutional clients through its expanded partnership with Coinbase.
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Binance hack launderers mint homemade Elon Musk, animal memecoins to move stolen funds: Elliptic
Elliptic says the extra swaps slow investigators down, but the stolen funds remain traceable onchain.
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Binance to Close Accounts in Four EU Countries Dec. 31, Charging Idle Balances From Nov. 29
Bitcoin Magazine Binance to Close Accounts in Four EU Countries Dec. 31, Charging Idle Balances From Nov. 29 Binance will close customer accounts in France, Spain, Italy and Poland on Dec. 31 and begin charging a monthly fee on leftover balances from Nov. 29, as the world's largest crypto exchange...