Crypto wallet provider Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center have formally asked the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to update its regulatory framework for onchain derivatives, arguing that existing rules designed for traditional financial intermediaries do not apply to blockchain developers and non-custodial wallet providers. Key Requests to the CFTC In a response to […]
Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise $300 million at a valuation of $13.2 billion — exactly double the $6.6 billion valuation the company achieved last December, Sifted reported on July 8, 2026. Menlo Ventures, a firm that announced its latest $3 billion fund last month, is expected to lead the round, according […]
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on Wednesday, the company’s first major model release since going public several weeks ago. In a blog post, SpaceXAI described the model as a versatile workhorse capable of handling coding, app development, office tasks, research, and writing — all at what it claims is significantly lower cost than competing models. SpaceXAI […]
European Union officials are reportedly preparing to revise the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework to expand its regulatory scope over stablecoin issuers based outside the bloc. The move, described by some as “MiCA 2.0,” comes in response to the United States’ recently enacted stablecoin law and aims to clarify how non-EU companies can operate within […]
Adam Back’s Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company (BSTR) is seeking to renegotiate the terms of its planned merger with Cantor Equity Partners I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. The move, announced Wednesday, signals a potential shift in strategy as market conditions have changed since the original deal was […]
Meta released its new AI image generator, Muse, on Tuesday, rolling it out across Instagram Stories, WhatsApp, and the Meta AI app. The tool, developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs under the internal codename Mango, is designed to let users generate and edit images using natural language prompts, and it comes with preset prompts to help […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed proposed changes to cryptocurrency regulation at the top of its 2026 agenda, signaling a continued shift in federal oversight of digital assets. SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced the proposed rule changes on Tuesday, framing them as part of an effort to align with the Trump administration’s […]
The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office has announced a public hearing for Wednesday to discuss the proposed issuance of $100 million in bonds backed by Bitcoin (BTC), a move that could position the state as a pioneer in digital asset finance at the municipal level. Background and approval process The state’s Business Finance Authority […]
On Monday, Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang published a provocative theory arguing that open-source AI models are not actually competing with frontier labs like Anthropic — they are serving a different phase of the same lifecycle. Zhang’s post, titled “Everyone is wrong about open source AI in the enterprise,” suggests that as enterprise deployments mature, they […]
South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix filed plans Monday to sell nearly 17.8 million shares in a U.S. initial public offering, opening a direct route for American investors to bet on the same AI-driven demand that has lifted rival Micron to a trillion-dollar valuation. SK Hynix plans to sell nearly 17.8 million American depositary […]
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