Circle shares have surged over 120% since early February as William Blair says $USDC’s market share, cross‑chain reach, and payments moat are being repriced as core settlement infrastructure. Summary Circle stock has climbed roughly 120–126% off early‑February lows, far outpacing most crypto equities after blowout Q4 earnings and $USDC‑driven revenue beats. William Blair argues the
$BNB Chain has surpassed Ethereum as the blockchain hosting the largest number of AI agents operating under the ERC-8004 standard, according to data from Agentscan and 8004scan. Out of 89,451 total registered ERC-8004 AI agents, there are currently 34,278 on $BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the $BNB Chain ecosystem’s EVM-compatible blockchain network, per 8004scan. Base is
Startup VeryAI has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital to launch a palm-scan identity verification system designed to distinguish real users from AI-generated accounts. The platform records identity attestations on Solana and aims to help crypto exchanges, fintech companies and online platforms address growing risks from bots, deepfakes and
Customers of a number of well-known UK banks were unexpectedly given the blockchain experience today after a banking app glitch meant their transactions and accounts became public. The technical issue allowed customers from Lloyds, Halifax, and the Bank of Scotland to view the banking activity of other users. Some could see charge notifications from other
A community-built dashboard that tracks Strategy’s STRC sales in real time suggests that today could produce the largest single-day STRC-funded bitcoin ($BTC) purchase in history. By 11am New York time, the unofficial tracking system estimated that 2.7 million shares of STRC had traded, all at or above its $100 par, also known as its “stated
Cryptio, an accounting and data platform focused on regulated digital assets, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round, highlighting growing demand for tools that help financial institutions reconcile and report blockchain-based transactions within traditional accounting systems. The round was co-led by venture firms BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global, with participation from
Ark Labs, a Bitcoin infrastructure startup backed by Tim Draper, has secured $5.2 million in seed funding to build a programmable financial infrastructure on the world’s largest digital asset network. According to a Thursday statement, the round included Tether, Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, Lion26, Sats Ventures, and Contribution Capital. Anchorage Digital and Ralph Ho,
Anthropic unveiled a new feature on Thursday that allows users to generate interactive visualizations directly within the Claude chat interface. Claude can now build interactive charts and diagrams, directly in the chat. Available today in beta on all plans, including free. Try it out: https://t.co/tHPAZRgQkn pic.twitter.com/WXRrD4VkAt — Claude (@claudeai) March 12, 2026 Claude will automatically
$ARK Invest and Unchained, in a joint report, shared a noteworthy assessment of Bitcoin’s long-term risks stemming from quantum computing. According to the report, approximately 34.6% of the circulating Bitcoin supply is exposed to long-term risks in the face of potential major breakthroughs in quantum computing. In contrast, 65.4% of the current supply is considered