Ethereum News: Vitalik Buterin Tests Private AI Agents as ETH Holds $2,400
TLDR: Vitalik Buterin combines Tor, zkAPI and local AI models to improve privacy when using AI agents. Separate Tor circuits...
Year: 2026
Bitget to discontinue services for some users in one-off exercise
Bitget says user funds are safe and exchange will continue to operate during the change.Bitget said it will discontinue services...
A North Carolina Woman Won $100,000 on a Scratch-Off. Then She Won It Again on the Exact Same Game
LuAnn Chico of Lexington, North Carolina, has won a $100,000 prize twice on the same $20 scratch-off game, Ruby Red...
Nine Blockchain Groups Unite as Quantum Threat Hangs Over Bitcoin
A new coalition of nine blockchain organizations is tackling a problem that could eventually put roughly 6.4 million bitcoin at...
Judge Refuses to Erase Gemini’s $5M Settlement Despite CFTC Reversal
In a rare courtroom reversal, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) joined cryptocurrency exchange Gemini in asking a federal judge...
Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30 Days Amid Real-World Assets Surge
Solana generated $193.1 million in application revenue over the past 30 days, nearly twice Hyperliquid’s total, according to Castle Labs...
Wall Street Veterans Unveil DeFi Platform for 77 TradFi Markets
Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Deepsigma has launched a live paper-trading platform across 77 traditional financial markets, including U.S. equities, indexes,...
Solana Abruptly Postpones Shanghai Event as Registrations Quadruple
The Solana Foundation stated that the Accelerate event was canceled due to a surge in registrations, with people overwhelming the...
Visa Moves Massive Stablecoin Payments Pilot Into Production Phase
The company has moved its initiative from pilot to commercial deployment in partnership with Inyo Global, a payments infrastructure firm,...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps 5.92% in Third-Largest Hike of 2026
On Friday, at block height 971712, bitcoin mining grew considerably more demanding as the network’s latest difficulty adjustment climbed 5.92%...
Crypto PACs escalate spending against Sherrod Brown in Ohio Senate race
At least two industry-aligned PACs have poured more than $52 million into opposing Sherrod Brown’s return to the Senate.Affiliates of...
Bitcoin Price Hovers Near $81K as Analysts See Potential Market Bottom
Bitcoin slipped below $81,000 on Oct. 16 amid heightened market volatility, but analysts remained cautiously optimistic, suggesting a potential local...
Bitcoin Giant Strategy Plans STRC Daily Dividends Starting in November
Michael Saylor’s bitcoin treasury company Strategy has announced plans to begin paying daily cash dividends on its STRC preferred shares...
Deutsche Bank Nears Launch of Institutional Bitcoin, Ether Custody
The banking giant stressed that this move is part of a strategy to achieve an 8% compound annual growth rate...
Ledger Thieves Might Have a New Big Problem—Stealing From Criminals
The Ledger wallet crisis just took another twist that could, in theory, lead to movie-like battles between criminal groups, as...
