The legislation “embraces innovation, protects participants and empowers internet-native communities to compete with big tech incumbents,” said a16z’s Miles Jennings.
Martin Young
Martin is a staff writer at Cointelegraph. He is a technology and finance journalist with over two decades of experience covering cybersecurity and information technology. Based in Southeast Asia for more than 25 years, he previously worked as a correspondent and systems analyst for the Hong Kong–based Asia Times. Since 2017, Martin has focused on digital assets and blockchain reporting for multiple crypto publications, bringing expertise in forex trading, technical analysis, core blockchain technologies and cryptographic concepts to his financial coverage.
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Researchers say quantum computers could, in theory, be ready by 2030 New research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup, says quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality.
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AI agents like OpenClaw could drain crypto wallets via ‘malicious skills’: CertiK CertiK has advised ordinary users “who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks” against installing and using OpenClaw.
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Base joins Ethereum, Tron, others in betting big on AI agent future Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.
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Quantum computers need fewer qubits to crack crypto than thought: Google Google has updated its estimates of the quantum computing resources needed to break elliptic curve cryptography.
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US federal judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's Anthropic ban Judge Rita Lin said it was not until Anthropic raised concerns about how its technology could be used that the US government announced a plan to "cripple Anthropic."
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Bitcoin’s quantum-resistance lag may become Ethereum’s bull case: Nic Carter Crypto entrepreneur Nic Carter claims that Bitcoin developers still have their "head in the sand" when it comes to making Bitcoin quantum-resistant, compared to Ethereum.
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Australia's central bank backs tokenization as pilot finds $16.7B upside Tokenized finance and related infrastructure upgrades could be “revolutionary,” according to industry advocates cited by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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Bitcoin exchange outflows show ‘genuine accumulation by investors’: Analyst Ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin is likely one of the factors behind why the cryptocurrency is trading in a tight range, say crypto analysts.
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Robinhood announces $1.5B share buyback as stock struggles in 2026 Shares in Robinhood fell to their lowest level this year on Tuesday as crypto and tech stocks are battered by geopolitical headwinds.
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Solana lands Mastercard, Western Union on new dev platform Solana is aiming to attract enterprises and financial institutions to its ecosystem through a new unified developer platform, which is focused on tokenization and stablecoins.
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Tron DAO expands AI fund to $1B as agentic economy race heats up The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems.
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Agentic AI commerce may spell the end of internet ads: a16z Crypto “The internet is civilization’s town square, and the economic contract is now obsolete,” wrote Sam Ragsdale on an a16z Crypto blog on Sunday.
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Gemini sued over post-IPO strategy shift, declining stock price Crypto exchange Gemini is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over what a complaint alleges is an “abrupt corporate pivot to a prediction-market-centric business model” after its IPO.
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Major gold trade group releases framework for tokenized gold The World Gold Council says it will develop a platform to connect physical gold to the systems used to issue and manage tokenized gold products.
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Retail tripled gold buying in last 6 months as Wall Street sells “Retail-driven exuberance” in gold and silver ETFs and leveraged positions led to the end of the precious metals rally, reported the BIS.
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Polymarket buys DeFi startup Brahma in latest acquisition wave “Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard,” said Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan.
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Bitcoin inflows to exchanges spike as BTC hits resistance at $75K Spikes in large deposits to exchanges have been associated with increased selling pressure, according to analysts at CryptoQuant.
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Meta to shutter Horizon Worlds metaverse on VR in favor of mobile Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is dropping VR support for its flagship metaverse world, which it launched in 2021 as part of the company's big gamble on virtual worlds.
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AI data center gold rush sparks debate over impact on Bitcoin mining Crypto trader Ran Neuner said Bitcoin could be at risk if AI continues to pull miners away from the network, but others disagree.
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Crypto miners must put their Bitcoin to work to survive: Wintermute Miners who treat their Bitcoin holdings as a working asset rather than a passive reserve “will carry a structural edge into the next halving,” says Wintermute.
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MEV bot makes $10M in $50M crypto swap gone wrong Aave founder Stani Kulechov says a user confirmed a warning to proceed with the swap, despite “extraordinary slippage,” while a MEV bot also attacked the large transaction.
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