Zuxin Liu, an AI researcher at OpenAI, was one of the employees called in to respond on September 20 when a model being tested in what was supposed to be a super-secured environment found its way to the internet. “It was pretty surreal to watch the model unexpectedly find a way to access the internet…
The stablecoin wars have shifted from the issuers—Circle, Ripple, and Ondo—to the infrastructure of global finance. Rather than fighting for dominance within crypto-native exchanges, the industry is now focused on the plumbing required to move assets into the mainstream. Coinbase is betting that the true battleground for stablecoin adoption is not the digital wallet, but…
The Wallet That Wants to Become a Bank On September 8, 2026, Block, Inc. filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter under the name Builders Bank & Trust, N.A. The filing positions Block to custody Bitcoin and stablecoins under federal preemption, bypassing the state-by-state…
Circle Arc is an open Layer-1 blockchain—the foundational base layer of a network that processes and settles transactions without needing another chain—purpose-built by Circle to support stablecoin-native finance. It is designed to bridge the gap between traditional institutional finance and the efficiency of digital assets, providing a secure, high-performance environment for moving value. How Arc…
What is the CLARITY Act? The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, commonly referred to as the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), is a piece of federal legislation designed to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States. Its primary goal is to provide legal certainty by clearly dividing oversight responsibilities…
Real-World Assets (RWA) are tangible or traditional financial assets whose ownership rights have been converted into digital tokens on a blockchain, bridging traditional finance and DeFi.
Mirae Asset Financial Group is attempting to bypass the retail-dominated South Korean crypto market by acquiring a proprietary pipeline for real-world assets and stablecoins. By securing a 97.15% stake in the exchange formerly known as Korbit, the country’s largest asset manager is moving to establish a vertically integrated infrastructure for digital assets, aiming for a…
First reported by Politico on August 13 and confirmed by CoinDesk on August 14, the August 19, 2026, White House crypto summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building was not a photo opportunity; it was an operational agenda. By shifting the focus from the broad, aspirational rhetoric of the March 2025 summit to the granular…
Visa is currently shopping for a new stablecoin settlement and over-the-counter (OTC) partner. While the move appears to be a routine vendor swap, it functions as a strategic decoupling. According to CoinDesk, which reviewed the request for proposal (RFP) issued on August 18, 2026, the payment giant is looking to fill a void left by…
Virtuals Protocol is an agentic economy platform on Base that lets users create, co-own, and monetize autonomous AI agents using the VIRTUAL token with bonding curve mechanics and EconomyOS infrastructure.