Circle opens Arc mainnet as it seeks an edge for USDC utility
Circle has scheduled the public launch of Arc for Sept. 16, giving USDC a network where the same dollar balance can fund both payments and transaction fees. That could remove a common obstacle to using stablecoins, giving Circle a possible way to attract…
Solana triples transaction size as major upgrades meet record network activity
Solana is rolling out some of its most significant performance upgrades as network activity reaches record levels. The blockchain is increasing how much data applications can pack into individual transactions while also shortening the interval between…
Circle’s Arc launch ties Wall Street firms to the network without making them its safety net
Circle is tying major financial institutions to its Arc blockchain as operators, investors, and future users ahead of its Sept. 16 mainnet launch. BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard, and ICE are among 11 outside institutions Circle named as founding…
Trump Backs AI License Plate Readers Amid Senate Scrutiny
Aboard Air Force One, President Trump casually endorsed the very surveillance technology that has triggered a Senate investigation and a forthcoming bill from Bernie Sanders — AI‑powered license plate readers capable of tracking millions of people with…
Malicious bots are actively probing exposed Bitcoin payment servers to steal master administrative keys
Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server has warned that bots are probing exposed Lightning nodes for a potential route to administrative control. The activity follows a separate critical BTCPay vulnerability that attackers exploited a month ago to obtain…
Cyberattacks on Law Firms Nearly Double as Stolen Documents Hit the Dark Web
Greenberg Traurig said documents were posted to the dark web, while BakerHostetler recorded a near-doubling of law-firm incidents in 2025.
OpenAI’s math breakthrough exposes the next weak link in crypto security
OpenAI’s latest mathematics breakthrough could bring automated theorem proving closer to smart-contract security workflows. On Sept. 8, the AI company said that roughly 10,000 concurrent AI agents produced a solution addressing the Navier-Stokes…
MetaMask and Consensys split exposes the gap between Ethereum adoption and ETH demand
Consensys announced plans on Sept. 9 to operate MetaMask separately from its Ethereum infrastructure business, giving the consumer wallet and the protocol builder distinct management and investment priorities. For holders of ether, the split puts a…
AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin
The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.
Bitcoin Wallet Maker Trezor Says Hackers Breached Its Email Provider
The hardware wallet maker said a fake security alert claimed a hardware flaw could expose users’ recovery phrases.