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During his appearance at the SALT Wyoming conference, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has stated that Ripple is fully embracing artificial intelligence (AI). “I have a somewhat contrarian view on some of this,” Garlinghouse stated. “Ripple has adopted AI aggressively. I think if you are in a growing business, a growing category, and taking share, AI is an enabler and an accelerant.” Garlinghouse does not believe that AI is the reason behind some high-profile corporate downsizings. “When I see companies announce big layoffs and they say, ‘Oh, well, AI X, Y, and Z,’ that to me says, ‘Well, they were bloated…

The $BNB Chain ecosystem has remained one of the busiest networks in crypto despite the broader market slowdown. While many large-cap cryptocurrencies continue struggling to regain momentum, Binance Coin ($BNB) has shown relative stability compared with several competing assets. At the same time, investors are increasingly looking beyond established tokens toward projects launching directly on the network. One of the names benefiting from that trend is MemeToro ($MT). Built on $BNB Chain, the AI-powered presale has continued attracting attention through its expanding ecosystem rather than short-term market speculation. As capital searches for new opportunities during the current market cycle, both…

When Russian investigators detained IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy in September 2025, Binance had been formally out of Russia for almost two years. Its customer records, however, were still available. Law enforcement documents reviewed by Reuters show that Binance supplied personal and transaction data later incorporated into a Russian terrorism-financing case against Belenkiy. The 49-year-old Russian passport holder, who also has a Bulgarian residence permit, is accused of sending more than $700 in crypto to Ukrainian recipients between January 2023 and March 2024. Russian authorities say the payments supported a group linked to the Azov military unit, which Moscow designates as…

Since 1 July 2026, crypto service providers in the European Union may only operate if they hold an authorisation under the MiCA regulation. Anyone who failed to obtain one by that date has to wind down their EU business and ask customers to withdraw their balances. A wave of fraud has grown out of exactly that: tens of thousands of investors across Europe are right now receiving a perfectly legitimate message telling them to move their money elsewhere. For criminals this is the most convenient starting position in years, because their own demand no longer has to sound plausible. It…

The U.S. spot crypto ETF market has ended a three-week streak of net capital inflows and faced broad-based withdrawals. The epicenter of the sell-off was BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). As the absolute market leader with total net assets of $46.18 billion, the fund took the brunt of worsening market sentiment. Investors who entered the asset near its peak are now seeing the fund’s one-year return at -45.62% and are locking in losses en masse. ETF selling pressure pushes Bitcoin toward a $52,000 bottom formation The fund’s scale has turned the actions of its clients into a market-wide trigger. According…

Zhu Su, co-founder of the bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and founder of the OPNX exchange, has sparked fresh debate with a bold prediction: a U.S. debt crisis could accelerate the migration of corporate bonds onto blockchain networks, while simultaneously reducing the appeal of stablecoins. In a recent post on X, Zhu argued that if the dollar begins losing value rapidly, investors would have little reason to hold stablecoins yielding 0%, preferring assets like Apple corporate bonds offering around 6% yield. He further suggested that companies would move bond issuance on-chain to raise funds more cheaply from dollar-holding…

Crypto investors are paying closer attention to product development than ever before. Instead of backing projects based purely on marketing or community size, many are asking what utility already exists and what still remains on the roadmap. That distinction has become increasingly important as competition between crypto presales continues to intensify throughout 2026. Two projects frequently appearing on investor watchlists are MemeToro ($MT) and Pepeto. Both have attracted strong fundraising momentum, but they represent very different approaches to blockchain development. Pepeto is focused on cross-chain infrastructure, while MemeToro is building an AI-powered ecosystem where users can interact with live products…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a public warning against two digital token-related investment products: Diamond Coin and Diamond Fund. The regulator said these products were presented as digital tokens representing rights in Diamond Fund, which claims to invest in ancient artworks and historical artifacts, while advertising target annual returns of more than 30%. The SFC noted that the products had been promoted to investors in Hong Kong and urged caution over related social media accounts and posts. Regulatory Action and Details The SFC identified Vajra Issuance Limited as the entity responsible for operating and promoting these…

Most people who trade on decentralized exchanges do not realize they are acting as their own market makers. Intent-based DEXs flip this model. Instead of interacting with a liquidity pool directly, you sign a message describing what you want, and a network of solvers competes to give it to you at the best price. The shift from execution to intention is the most significant change in DEX architecture since the automated market maker was introduced. The standard explanation of intent-based DEXs starts by contrasting them with AMMs, which is the right framework but the wrong emphasis. The interesting question is…

Veteran trader Peter Brandt says he sees no compelling technical evidence that Bitcoin is ready to enter a new bull market, aligning himself with a bearish chart shared by Northstar Charts. “As a classical chartist, I see nothing right now to suggest a bull market is urgent,” Brandt wrote on X while reposting a weekly Bitcoin analysis from Northstar. The chart argues that Bitcoin remains below key technical resistance after breaking beneath the 50-week moving average and the Ichimoku Cloud earlier this year. As a classical chartist I see nothing right now to suggest a bull market is urgent https://t.co/ICgz4Uk9ZH…