Strategy offers $250 yearly for employee Trump Accounts
Strategy will contribute $250 annually to Trump Accounts for eligible children of its U.S. employees, expanding its benefits beyond its core Bitcoin treasury operations. Summary Strategy will provide $250 annually for every eligible employee’s child under 18. Eligible children born from 2025 will also receive a one-time $1,000 company contribution. The benefit will begin after…
Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Jeff Dean, one of the longest-serving and most influential executives at Google, is stepping down from the search giant to launch his own AI startup. Coming with him as co-founders are several other top researchers at the company, including Sanjay Ghemawat, a top engineer and senior fellow at Google, Quoc Le, a key AI researcher…
Circle Posts $701 Million Q2 Revenue as USDC Activity Accelerates
Key Takeaways Circle posted $48M in Q2 profit as USDC transaction volume jumped 151% to $14.8T. USDC reached $73.3B in circulation, strengthening Circle’s institutional payments reach. Circle will launch Arc on Sept. 16 with Blackrock and BNY among 100+ participants. USDC Volume Jumps 151% to $14.8T as Circle Returns to Profit Circle Internet Group returned…
Italy’s Largest Bank Dumps BTC ETF for Staked Ethereum ETF
In Bitcoin ETF news today, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, filed its Q2 2026 Form 13F, the SEC’s mandatory quarterly disclosure of institutional long positions in US-listed securities, on August 4, and the numbers tell a sharp story. The bank slashed its BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) position by roughly 94% while tripling its stake…
Apple Could Launch Camera-Equipped AirPods Before the End of 2026
Apple could launch camera-equipped AirPods before the end of 2026, using visual sensors to give Siri greater awareness of a user’s surroundings. The post Apple Could Launch Camera-Equipped AirPods Before the End of 2026 appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link
Ethereum Proposal Seeks to Cap ETH Staking at 50% of Supply
Some builders fear lower staking rewards could weaken DeFi activity by making staking-based strategies less attractive. A group of Ethereum contributors has proposed EIP-8361 as a way to reduce staking incentives to ensure that no more than 50% of the supply is locked up by validators. That proposal has triggered a heated debate over…
EcoFlow portable power station deal: Up to 32% off
TL;DR: Now through Aug. 16, you can get up to 32% off DELTA power stations and solar bundles. If your local grid is unreliable at best (living on the East Coast, I’ve learned to never trust the grid), or if you’re just trying to get ahead of hurricane season, EcoFlow is running a sale on…
Crypto Can Survive CLARITY Act Failure, Not the Wait
Key Takeaways Bitwise’s Matt Hougan sees Clarity Act odds near a coin flip. Hougan said SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ July 31 vow to bring finance onchain softens the blow if the bill dies. Bitwise says stablecoins and tokenization have hit “escape velocity,” especially with a Senate vote due before Aug. 7. ‘Can’t Thrive in the…
Bitcoin gains focus as Pentagon rewrites nuclear strategy
Bitcoin has entered the national-security debate again as the Pentagon drafts a nuclear strategy centered on potential regional conflicts with China or Russia. Summary The Pentagon is reportedly considering shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons for regional conflicts. US military officials previously confirmed operational Bitcoin testing and classified crypto-related work. Washington’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve holds forfeited BTC…
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
At first, the team envisions that those ideas will be codeveloped with humans, but their goal is deeply automating the process. If it works out, they contend, it’s possible that a few dedicated individuals may use Discovery Loop to out-invent the world’s largest research organizations. Presumably those small teams will be customers of Discovery Loop….
