‘Star Wars vibes:’ Chainlink’s McCormick sees AI agents, robots driving blockchain transactions
McCormick expects a multi-chain future as AI lowers the cost of creating new blockchain networks, increasing the need for interoperability.
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OpenLedger’s Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as crypto’s first AI ‘killer app’
OpenLedger core contributor Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as a major crypto use case as AI agents lack traditional banking access.
Evernorth eyes DeFi opportunities as XRP Ledger weighs native lending
The XRP-focused digital asset treasury firm plans to put its holdings to work as it also moves through the process of going public.
GSR’s Baehr says tokenized fixed income could play key role in institutional collateral
The idea of mass tokenization of equities is "exciting," said Andy Baehr, managing director of asset management at GSR.
Securitize’s Redfearn says SEC held back crypto innovation exemption over Clarity Act politics
Securitize says the SEC delayed its crypto trading exemption to avoid complicating Senate votes on the Clarity Act.
Spot bitcoin ETFs report $517 million in net inflows, largest in 3.5 months
Analysts attributed the inflows to the surprise crypto market rally driven by US Treasury Department's buyback expansion announcement.
AI agents could make today’s billion-dollar crypto hacks look like ‘pennies,’ industry leaders warn
Crypto leaders see trust, hallucinations and unclear legal liability as the biggest hurdles to agentic adoption.
Congress can still ‘land this plane’ on crypto bill as ethics talks stall, says Democratic Sen. Gallego
Sen. Ruben Gallego says Congress can still "land this plane," referring to the Clarity Act crypto bill, as concerns grow over an unfinished ethics deal.
HYPE token surges after Trump says CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to US in ‘fully compliant fashion’
President Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. in a “fully compliant and legal fashion."
Bitcoin hits $69,000, ether jumps 10% as Treasury buybacks, SEC crypto proposal fuel market rally
The move triggered nearly $2 billion in crypto liquidations and lifted crypto-linked stocks, with Strategy and Bitmine gaining around 10%.
OCC races to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by November
The OCC is stepping on the gas to finalize rules by November to implement a stablecoin law signed by President Trump.
Grayscale’s latest Zcash ETF amendment shows DCG in talks to contribute 200,000 ZEC to fund
While DCG is in discussions to contribute ~200,000 ZEC to the Grayscale fund, the potential transaction is nonbinding.