Character.AI Introduces Framework to Evaluate Compelling Writing Models
Character.AI has announced the development of an innovative framework aimed at evaluating large language models (LLMs) through the lens of…
Year: 2025
Trump discloses $57M crypto windfall from World Liberty Financial
US President Donald Trump has disclosed $57.4 million in income from his involvement with World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency venture…
Former Blockchain exec joins SEC as director of trading and markets
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced several new hires, including those with experience in the cryptocurrency and…
Blockchain is the missing trust layer in sports analytics
Blockchain can reshape sports analytics as a secure, open and verifiable source of truth for performance data. From elite leagues…
Bitcoin adoption fueled by ‘deglobalization,’ Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Bitcoin’s institutional adoption is seeing a new wave of corporate investments, which stand to benefit from more global uncertainty before…
Hong Kong to develop crypto tracking tool for money laundering
Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to develop a digital tool to…
Chainlink, JPMorgan, Ondo Finance complete crosschain treasury settlement
Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo Finance completed a “first-of-its-kind” crosschain delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned payment network…
Nasdaq-listed Mercurity Fintech to raise $800M for Bitcoin treasury
Mercurity Fintech Holding, a Nasdaq-listed digital fintech group building blockchain-based payment infrastructure, plans to raise $800 million to establish a…
FSB warns crypto nearing ‘tipping point’ as ties to TradFi deepen
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is sounding the alarm on growing risks from the crypto sector, warning that interlinkages with…
Jack Ma’s Ant International eyes stablecoin licenses in Singapore, Hong Kong
Ant International reportedly plans to apply for stablecoin issuer licenses in Singapore and Hong Kong, signaling growing institutional cryptocurrency adoption…
DeFi Development to refile $1B Solana plan after SEC filing snag
DeFi Development Corp has run into a minor setback on its quest to raise $1 billion to buy more Solana…
French police make more arrests in crypto kidnapping case
French police have reportedly made more arrests in the abduction of a crypto entrepreneur’s father whose finger was severed as…
Peaq and UAE bet on tokenized machines to power future economy
The UAE Machine Economy Free Zone envisions a world where tokenholders receive a share of the revenue from machine-economy activities.…
OneBalance lands $20M to simplify crypto for developers
OneBalance raised $20 million to launch a developer toolkit enabling one-click crosschain crypto transactions, aiming to fix fragmented UX and…
Bitcoin nears new high as Trump says US-China trade ‘deal is done’
Bitcoin may see more upside if the world’s two largest trading nations finalize their tariff deal and end global economic…
Nasdaq-listed Interactive Strength launches $500M AI token treasury with Fetch.ai
Interactive Strength aims to launch the world’s largest corporate AI-crypto treasury to boost shareholder value and incorporate AI tools. Interactive…
FTX users fight to unlock $2.2B in still-disputed bankruptcy claims
FTX creditors are awaiting progress on at least $2.2 billion worth of disputed claims, with some users reporting issues with…
Sandeep Nailwal takes charge of Polygon Foundation as first CEO
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal assumed full executive control, marking a move away from decentralized governance. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal has…
PancakeSwap launches one-click crosschain swaps to simplify DeFi UX
PancakeSwap now offers one-click crosschain swaps with Across Protocol, aiming to reduce bridge risk and improve DeFi user experience across…
Librarian Ghouls hacker group targeting Russians to mine crypto
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says the Librarian Ghouls may be hacktivists, based on their reliance on legitimate, third-party utilities, a technique…