The Senate released 616 pages merging two committee drafts into one bill. Here is what the combined text actually does, section by section. Summary Senate Republicans released updated CLARITY Act text on July 22, 2026, merging the Banking and Agriculture committee drafts into a single 616-page bill with more than 70 pages of new language,…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prepared to move ahead with its own cryptocurrency regulatory framework if Congress fails to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, according to SEC Chair Paul Atkins. Speaking with CNBC, Atkins said the agency is “ready, willing, and able“ to issue rules covering many of the…
Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that its AI models gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different unnamed organizations during cybersecurity testing. The company says Claude reached the internet “from within or while interacting” with a third-party evaluation environment. The announcement comes more than a week after OpenAI revealed that one of its AI agents…
Key Takeaways Coinkite issued a security advisory for Coldcard Mk3 users on July 30, 2026. Reports show about 594 BTC, near $38 million, left roughly 500 dormant wallets. Coinkite’s advisory covers Mk3 firmware 4.0.1 through 5.0.3, its final supported release. Hardware wallet incidents rarely unfold as isolated events. When long-dormant addresses begin moving in a…
Bitcoin has posted an August loss every year since 2022, giving traders another seasonal risk to consider. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) look set to finish July ahead of most major asset classes, with the former adding over 7% and the latter gaining almost 20% in the last 30 days. The performance adds to…
MoonPay has unveiled PayBox, a new AI-native payment vault that enables ChatGPT and Claude users to securely execute cryptocurrency transactions, interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and even make real-world purchases without leaving the conversation. The company says the product is designed to transform AI assistants from tools that provide recommendations into agents capable of…
Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached the systems of three organizations while conducting cybersecurity tests. The investigation, and disclosure, comes more than a week after OpenAI disclosed that one of its unreleased models breached Hugging Face’s systems during internal testing. In all three cases,…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released an updated directory of registered Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP), detailing six active non-bank VASPs, one inactive non-bank VASP, and two active bank VASPs operating under central bank…
Strategy reported an $8.33 billion second-quarter operating loss after Bitcoin’s 27% decline this year drove a sharp reduction in the value of its digital asset portfolio. Summary Strategy recorded an $8.32 billion unrealized digital asset loss during the second quarter. Its 843,775 BTC were worth $54.77 billion, below their $63.69 billion acquisition cost. The company…
Buying Apple hardware just became a little more like leasing a car. The tech giant has launched Apple Upgrade, a new US leasing program that lets eligible customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches through Klarna instead of purchasing them outright. The program replaces Apple’s long-running iPhone Upgrade Program for new customers and expands…
