Key Takeaways Antpool and Foundry USA both mined block 941,881 within 12 seconds of each other on March 24, 2026. Foundry won by extending its chain six blocks straight, orphaning Antpool’s and ViaBTC’s blocks. Data shows 7.3% of blocks over a recent 3-day span landed within 60 seconds of the one before. Why Two Miners…
Morgan Stanley has launched Ethereum and Solana ETFs with a 0.14% fee, making them the cheapest ETH and SOL funds in the US. The investment banking giant has begun trading for the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (MSSE) and the Morgan Stanley Solana Trust (MSOL) on NYSE Arca on July 28. Both funds are priced…
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. Spur, founded by two former Defense Department engineers in 2017 — five years before ChatGPT’s public launch — was prescient. The startup’s tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from increasingly well-hidden bot traffic to…
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) issued a public advisory warning consumers against transacting with Bangko Maharlika Ltd., an entity operating under the name “The Bank of Humanity.” According to the advisory, Bangko Maharlika Ltd….
Trade.xyz said it will cover eligible liquidation losses tied to an SK Hynix price anomaly that struck at 23:01 UTC on July 27. Summary Trade.xyz will cover liquidation losses after SK Hynix’s mark price fell 18.7% at 23:01 UTC. One SK Hynix share traded 29.96% below its prior close in NXT’s thin pre-market session. Eligibility…
The number of software vulnerabilities being uncovered in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the total recorded in 2025, as AI tools become more effective at identifying cyber threats. The National Vulnerability Database recorded 45,207 vulnerabilities between January and late July, a figure already approaching the total logged during all of 2025. At the…
Key Takeaways Psalion launched a $50 million early-stage venture fund and led a $4 million investment in Beezie. Beezie reached 30,000 active users and $85 million in YTD revenue, showing strong Web3 consumer growth. Beezie will use the $4 million funding to expand inventory and scale its commerce platform globally. Bridging Web2 and Web3 Singapore…
Anthropic says its AI concerns focus on misuse, including cyberattacks and biological threats, rather than banning open models. Crypto figures are warning that government control over what AI systems can know or discuss could create a dangerous precedent, after Erik Voorhees argued on X on July 28 that states should not decide what forms…
Strategy’s unprecedented five-week pause in Bitcoin accumulation has reignited debate over whether the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder is quietly changing course. After years of relentlessly issuing shares and debt to buy more BTC, the company has now gone 35 consecutive days without disclosing a purchase—its longest confirmed accumulation drought in nearly two years. While…
American Airlines flights were briefly grounded on Thursday, with a nationwide ground stop preventing them from taking off. The company has now issued a statement attributing the disruption to an IT issue. The ground stop was issued at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT, and appears to have impacted all American Airlines flights…
