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In brief Guido Reichstadter is maintaining his hunger strike at Anthropic’s San Francisco offices. Michael Trazzi and Denys Sheremet staged similar fasts at DeepMind’s London HQ, but ended them this week. AI doomers are raising the alarm about the potential dangers of AI superintelligence. Guido Reichstadter is 24 days into a hunger strike outside the…
In brief Nansen launched a Claude-based AI assistant trained on 500 million labeled blockchain addresses. The bot currently surfaces insights; trade execution is planned, with users retaining final approval. There’s no white paper yet, and experts warn AI agents in finance are vulnerable to adversarial attacks. Blockchain analytics firm Nansen pushed deeper into the AI…
Publicly traded cloud infrastructure firm Cloudflare—which powers a significant chunk of internet traffic—is launching a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, the NET Dollar, to help propel the future of AI-driven finance on the internet, the firm announced on Thursday. Like other stablecoins, Cloudflare’s version will offer near-instant transactions globally. The firm also highlighted its use in rewarding creators…
In brief AIQuant launched a crypto trading platform with customizable AI agents. The AI agents trade on Base, Solana, and BNB Chain, removing human emotion from trading. A native AIQ token will support staking, governance, and future platform features. AI Quant Labs, an Atlanta-based startup specializing in automated crypto trading, launched its AIQuant platform on…
In brief Google is backstopping a deal between AI compute company Fluidstack and Bitcoin miner Cipher. The deal will give Google the right to buy a 5.4% stake in Cipher. This isn’t the first time Google has invested in the Bitcoin mining space. Google is diving deeper into the Bitcoin mining world after backing a…
In brief A new Web3 streaming protocol has launched based on the AIOZ Network. AIOZ Stream aims to combine high-quality, low-latency streaming with fair remuneration for creators. Content is distributed to users in a peer-to-peer environment through AIOZ Network’s global DePIN. A new Web3 streaming protocol promises to give creators full ownership of their content—and…
In brief DualMint, peaq, and KanayaAI are building a tokenized vertical robo-farm in Hong Kong. Vertical farming grows food in stacked layers indoors, using less land and water than traditional farms. The project links farm cash flow to NFTs, giving holders returns based on food sales. Peaq, a blockchain network focused on the so-called Machine…
In brief Google’s DORA survey showed nearly all developers coded with AI in 2025—but only a quarter trusted what it spit out. Five thousand engineers told Google the same thing: AI is fast, useful, and totally unreliable. Developers embraced AI like candy, but treated its output like a scam email. Software developers have embraced artificial…
In brief DeFi Development Corp. is boosting its share repurchase program from $1 million to $100 million. The firm will consider buying back shares from the open market when its mNAV trades below 1. DFDV is up about 4% on the day, but down 12% in the last week of trading. Shares in Solana treasury…
Catching Criminals On-chain (Interview w/ Matt Price)Matt Price, Elliptic’s director of investigations and strategic advisory, delves into the world of on-chain analytics, outlining the role of AI in crypto analytics, an evolving game of cat and mouse on-chain, and the challenges faced by law enforcement in tackling sophisticated financial crimes.
