Circle’s stablecoin $USDC just powered what organizers call the world’s first hackathon run entirely by autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents — no human judges, no human voters, just code evaluating code. Circle’s $USDC Anchors Experimental AI Agent Hackathon The weeklong event was conducted on Moltbook and Openclaw, with agents handling everything from submissions to evaluation
Humanity Protocol, a blockchain identity infrastructure firm, has integrated with Fireblocks, an institutional digital asset infrastructure entity. The partnership marks a key effort to unveil institutional-level treasury and custody access to Humanity Protocol’s Mainnet. As Humanity Protocol revealed in its official press release, the development permits over 2,400 firms leveraging the infrastructure of Fireblocks to
Nick Szabo, a cryptographer and computer scientist who has occasionally been linked to Satoshi Nakamoto in the cryptocurrency world, compared Bitcoin and gold in terms of cost, storage, and transfer. Szabo argued that Bitcoin has some significant advantages over physical gold, especially for individual investors. According to Szabo, Bitcoin is “slightly cheaper” than physical gold
Investors are now eyeing this week’s release of January’s delayed inflation print, following a hot labor report on Wednesday that showed the economy added 130,000 new jobs for the month. The release of fresh U.S. consumer price index data, pushed out due to the government’s partial shutdown and now expected Friday, is forecast to show
Coinbase, the largest publicly traded crypto exchange in the U.S., faces mounting pressure from Wall Street as analysts slash price targets ahead of its quarterly earnings report scheduled for Thursday. Shares of the San Francisco-based firm have dropped 34% since January, trading near $152 after falling 6% today. The decline mirrors a broader pullback in
The UK Treasury has selected HSBC Holdings, Europe’s largest bank by assets, and Ashurst, a prominent international law firm, to lead a pilot program for digital gilt, a move that could make the UK the first G7 country to issue sovereign bonds directly on a blockchain. The pilot will take place in the Bank of
Stretch (STRC), the perpetual preferred equity issued by Strategy (MSTR) the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder reclaimed its $100 par value during Wednesday’s U.S. session for the first time since mid-January. STRC trading at or above par enables the company to resume at-the-market (ATM) offerings to fund further bitcoin acquisitions. STRC last hit the $100
The DeFi ecosystem is looking at a major change as it relates to both interoperability and security designed for consumers. OKX Wallet announced the inclusion of the DEX API into the Ledger ecosystem, bridging high-end hardware security and enormous liquidity. This partnership is an important development for users who want to use self-custody, as users
The odds of a U.S. government shutdown before February 14 continue surging. The spikes come as Bitcoin and broader crypto markets continue to slide, with total market cap falling 1.8% to $2.3 trillion. Meanwhile, the Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 9 from 10, adding to concerns Bitcoin could fall again after dipping below
The largest realized loss in bitcoin history occurred during last week’s market downturn, shattering previous records as the asset plummeted from $70,000 to $60,000 on Feb. 5. According to Glassnode, the Entity-Adjusted Realized Loss reached $3.2 billion. This metric exclusively tracks the USD value of moved coins sold below their acquisition price while filtering out