Lightning bug could mark canceled Bitcoin invoices as paid
Lightning Labs disclosed a high-severity invoice bug that could make canceled Bitcoin payments appear settled to merchants.
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CFTC clarifies tokenized investments and blockchain records
CFTC staff updated crypto FAQs for regulated firms, covering tokenized permitted investments and blockchain-based recordkeeping.
Elliptic launches AI wallet triage tool for frontline police
Elliptic says Pulse turns wallet addresses and transaction hashes into plain-language leads for officers while leaving decisions with people.
SoFi moves $25 billion card program to stablecoin settlement
SoFi says settlement is live for its debit and credit card program using SoFiUSD on Mastercard's network, moving bank-issued stablecoins into production payments.
ARK tokenizes venture fund access through Securitize
ARK is placing interests in its venture fund on blockchain rails through Securitize, beginning on Ethereum while retaining strict liquidity limits.
PBOC adviser says AI could deepen China’s demand imbalance
Huang Yiping warned that AI-driven productivity could strengthen supply faster than household demand, complicating China’s economic rebalancing.
Robinhood Chain fees plunge while transactions stay high
Robinhood Chain's fee revenue has fallen sharply from its early-September peak even as transaction activity remains close to record levels.
Anthropic and Accenture commit $2bn to embedded AI evaluation
Anthropic and Accenture plan to invest at least $1 billion each over five years in an embedded team that will test frontier AI models from inside the lab.
Apple starts iPhone 18 Pro sales as premium launch tests demand
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro lineup reached stores worldwide, putting its premium-first launch strategy in front of consumers and investors.
Mantic raises $25M after AI forecasting breakthrough
The London startup secured a seed round led by Radical Ventures after its system outperformed every human entrant in a major forecasting tournament.
Nscale files for NYSE IPO after $140.6M first-half revenue
The Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure provider reported a $1.02 billion first-half loss and has not yet set the offering size or price range.
Anthropic and Accenture commit $2B to AI safety reviews
The companies plan to invest at least $1 billion each over five years in embedded evaluation, red-teaming and model-safeguard testing.
Zcash targets November NU7 upgrade with 25-second blocks
Zcash developers have set an NU7 timeline that targets 25-second blocks and a November 5 mainnet activation, pending an October decision.
XRPL 3.4.0 adds closed-ended lending vaults
The XRP Ledger reference-server release introduces lending and protocol-fix amendments, but neither becomes active without validator approval.
dtcpay closes $25M Series A with strategic backing from SBI Group
The Singapore payment firm says the funding will support enterprise tools, app upgrades and merchant expansion across its regulated stablecoin network.
Solana cuts target slot time to 250ms without raising throughput
The network now targets four slots a second, shortening validator control windows while scaling per-slot work limits to keep capacity broadly unchanged.
Ethereum Glamsterdam devnet clears high-capacity rehearsal
Ethereum's Glamsterdam test network kept producing blocks under new rules while client benchmarks tested a path toward much higher capacity.
Crusoe raises $3.9B at $30.9B valuation to expand AI infrastructure
Crusoe has announced the initial close of a $3.9 billion Series F to expand its data centers, modular AI factories and cloud platform.