OCC drops proposed affiliate rewards presumption, but stablecoin yield ban stays
The final GENIUS Act rule leaves linked issuer and third-party rewards subject to review and gives existing programs no grandfathering. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst…
ChatGPT Teaches Messi Chess—On a Board It Set Up Wrong, With an Opening That Loses in Four Moves
Lionel Messi’s ChatGPT ad has the AI teaching him chess on a board with kings and queens swapped, then suggesting an opening that loses in four moves on that board.
Railway urges credential resets as investigator alleges $371,000 crypto theft
The platform urged all users to replace stored credentials, while @tayvano_ separately alleged roughly $371,000 in cryptocurrency theft. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst…
Blockchain Association Presses Congress on Crypto Taxes as Clarity Act Stalls
Bitcoin Magazine Blockchain Association Presses Congress on Crypto Taxes as Clarity Act Stalls The Blockchain Association sent a letter to Senate and House leadership on Thursday asking Congress to pass bipartisan digital asset tax legislation, the…
Earn 1.5% Daily on USDT – Fully Audited, Zero Admin Keys – Binance Smart Chain
How a Verified Smart Contract is Changing DeFi Yield Generation A revolutionary smart contract called NOX FUND has just launched on BNB Smart Chain, and it’s already paying users guaranteed 1.5% daily returns on USDT deposits with complete transparency…
a16z Drops Crypto From Its Name, Widens Bets to AI and Frontier Tech
Andreessen Horowitz is renaming its crypto fund a16z Frontier and widening its scope to AI, autonomous machines and biology, saying the line between crypto and everyday tech has blurred.
Meta Creates Non-Voting Stock to Fund AI Buildout, Keeping Zuckerberg in Control
Meta will hand shareholders a free non-voting share for every share they own in January, giving it a way to raise equity for AI spending without diluting Zuckerberg’s 60.6% vote.
Coinbase Fined Again in Ireland, This Time $3.6M Over Fund Safeguarding
The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3,252,618 for leaning too heavily on its U.S. parent and leaving its safeguarding account underfunded—its second hit to the exchange’s European arm in the last year.
China Moves to Confiscate $5 Billion in Bitcoin From Fraudster Who Fled to UK: Report
Bitcoin Magazine China Moves to Confiscate $5 Billion in Bitcoin From Fraudster Who Fled to UK: Report Chinese authorities are working to seize nearly 62,000 bitcoins — worth around $5 billion at today’s prices — linked to one of the country’s…
Tesla’s $TSLA Stock Token Lands on Solana Across 10+ Apps via Backpack Securities
Key Takeaways: Tesla’s $TSLA tokenized stock has debuted on the Solana network via Sunrise, while the issuer is listed as Backpack Securities. The token can be accessed via +10 Solana applications: Phantom, Jupiter, Raydium, Kamino. The launch opens the…