What Is Pons? The Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Factory Token Up 18,000% Since July
PONS, the token behind Robinhood Chain’s biggest meme coin factory, flipped CASHCAT to become the chain’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap—and its chart looks like a hockey stick.
Bernie Sanders Pushes Bill to Ban Advanced AI Development
The forthcoming bill would pause advanced AI development, create a federal regulator, and threaten violators with up to 20 years in prison.
BIS shows why real institutional adoption on XRP Ledger won’t trigger the XRP supply squeeze holders expect
The Bank for International Settlements released a working paper on Sept. 2 describing a prototype for checking the authenticity of official statistics. The system turns a statistical file into a cryptographic fingerprint, anchors a summary of those…
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI
The model can independently discover and exploit unknown security flaws across hardened systems, triggering a staged rollout and White House review before public access.
How stablecoins are quietly becoming the Fed’s debt buyer of last resort
Circle president Heath Tarbert told Congress on Sept. 2 that placing digital-dollar infrastructure under US rules could reinforce the network effects that support the currency’s global role. The testimony framed stablecoin and digital asset legislation…
Nearly $10 million must escape a dying Ethereum L2 network before New Year’s Eve or risk becoming unrecoverable
Silicon Network is shutting down with nearly $10 million still on-chain, giving users until year-end to exit. The Ethereum layer 2 stopped accepting new bridge deposits and ended its network on Sept. 2, starting a withdrawal period that runs through Dec.…
Anthropic Admits Security Failures Behind Claude Hacking Incidents
After Claude models accessed real systems during cyber tests, Anthropic tightened its safeguards and warned that flawed training can encourage dangerous behavior.
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlate’s 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th percentile, nearly 59% above its $1.35 reference close.…
An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator’s Fastest-Ever Unicorn
Afterquery’s valuation jumped more than tenfold in five months, making it Y Combinator’s fastest unicorn ever.
FBI Seizes $560K in Crypto Bound for Hamas, Takes Over Fundraising Sites
Agents seized digital assets, domains, and servers allegedly used by Hamas’ military wing to collect donations and recruit supporters.