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In brief Investment bank Benchmark on Thursday raised the price target for Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer Canaan. The company’s stock is up this week. Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer says the firm’s stock now is a good buy. Investment bank Benchmark raised Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan’s price target to $4, citing the firm’s recent…
Every bull market attracts a new wave of scammers, and their attempts at fraud take many forms. We cover 11 different scams and how to identify them in our Support Center. Lately, scammers have found a new angle: impersonating Kraken recruiters and support staff. Their goal? To steal your trust first and your assets second.…
The MegaETH interview (w/ Bread)Crypto bounces as BTC dominance rises to 60%. The SEC and CFTC aim for crypto regulation by the end of 2025. Democrats and crypto executives meet to discuss a crypto bill. Over 150 crypto ETF filings await review. HYPE leads altcoins after its co-founder appeared on TBPN. Hyperliquid Strategies plans to…
In brief Proof-of-work layer-1 network Tari has developed a mining infrastructure that, it claims, can have users up and running within 45 seconds. Tari Universe is billed as “the world’s easiest to use mining app,” and can be installed on nearly any Mac or PC. Tari is designed around “pragmatic” privacy controls. Crypto mining is…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors rebound 1-2%; BTC at $109,500 a16z releases ‘State of Crypto 2025’ highlighting newest trends BlackRock says it will stay focused…
In brief Ledger released its latest crypto hardware wallet (or “signer”), the Nano Gen5. The product comes with an icon set developed by former Apple designer Susan Kare. Ledger is now referring to its hardware wallets to “signers” in an attempt to simplify and better characterize the role its devices play. Crypto hardware wallet maker…
In brief Social media platform Reddit has sued Perplexity AI, accusing the firm of an “industrial-scale” scheme to scrape its user-generated content. Reddit alleges billions of search pages were scraped through tools that bypassed its and Google’s protections. The lawsuit names Perplexity, SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWM Proxy as defendants. Social media platform Reddit has sued…
In brief Coinbase’s new MCP tool lets AI agents hold wallets and send stablecoin payments. Payments MCP builds on Coinbase’s x402 protocol for machine-to-machine crypto transfers. Built-in wallet limits and compliance checks aim to keep AI spending safe and traceable. Coinbase is linking artificial intelligence directly to crypto payments with a new system built on…
In brief Stanford’s PRIMA chip restores sight to patients once considered incurable. The wireless implant converts light into signals the brain can read. Human trials show restored reading and face recognition ability. After decades of trial and error, scientists at Stanford Medicine have given blind patients something rare in medicine—a second chance at sight.Their wireless…
In brief Developer activity is rising again after a post-FTX slump, led by Ethereum, Solana, and zero-knowledge projects. Stablecoin transactions now top $9 trillion annually, showing steady real-world use. Andreessen Horowitz says U.S. regulation is “finally normalizing,” but warns volatility and fraud still threaten progress. The cryptocurrency industry is no longer a niche experiment, but…
