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Seoul’s free AI plan pushes 80% of usage to Korean models
South Korea's free AI service must run at least 80% on Korean-built models, with foreign systems allowed only where minimally necessary and drawing no subsidy.
Mon, Aug 31
Ireland's new Investment Account takes ETFs and shares but shuts out crypto
Ireland's roadmap calls crypto assets and derivatives too complex and risky for its new tax-free Investment Account, while ETFs, shares and bonds qualify.
Mon, Aug 31
Berlin designer claims $88 'Digital Camouflage' shirt hides wearers from AI cameras
Berlin artist Simon Weckert has built a button-up shirt called Digital Camouflage that AI surveillance cameras fail to register as a human being. The creation of the garment is a direct response to the AI-powered video system switching on this month at the city’s Kottbusser Tor transit hub. How can a shirt protect you from...
Mon, Aug 31
Russia to legalize crypto in September, targets $40B market
Russia’s new “digital currency” law will enter into force on September 1 to make some crypto transactions perfectly legal while permanently prohibiting others. The legislation expands access to assets like Bitcoin, most notably for non-professional investors and players circumventing war-related Western sanctions and restrictions. Russian crypto regulations to come into effect on Tuesday Starting from...
Mon, Aug 31
Strive overtakes Bullish after 1,800 BTC acquisition week
Strive (NASDAQ: ASST) has now jumped to the fifth spot among publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holders, leapfrogging Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) after a 1,800 token accumulation week pushed the firm’s stack to 23,156 BTC worth roughly $1.8 billion as of August 31. The Dallas-based asset manager overtook Bullish as it continues to build up its Bitcoin...
Mon, Aug 31
The two biggest crypto-tracing firms are in court over a $94.66 million ICE deal
Chainalysis says ICE gave rivals three days and one page to answer before handing TRM Labs a $94.66 million sole-source contract. A judge hears it September 2.
Mon, Aug 31
An attacker inflated TONIC 100 times to pull $75 million out of Tectonic
An attacker pumped TONIC about 100 times in 20 minutes to borrow against it, and Cronos halted its blockchain with all but $6 million still on-chain.
Mon, Aug 31
Strategy buys 4,603 BTC for $370M in first Bitcoin purchase in two months
Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) reverted to its Bitcoin plan. It disclosed a $369.7 million buy in an SEC filing on Monday. This purchase turns out to be Strategy’s first one in the last two months. Michael Saylor’s company is the largest corporate Bitcoin owner, and its comeback from selling to buying might increase confidence among investors....
Mon, Aug 31
Bailey warns G20 that frontier AI could destabilize the financial system
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, has warned the world’s top finance officials that the most advanced artificial intelligence models now threaten the stability of the global financial system. Bailey says cyber attacks are one of the dangers regulators should worry about first. Why is cyber risk from AI a big worry right...
Mon, Aug 31
OpenAI's ChatGPT growth puts it under stricter EU scrutiny, with Reddit, Roblox
The European Commission has advanced OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) and Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) to the toughest regulation tier on its Digital Services Act (DSA) as of Monday, August 31, 2026. ChatGPT became a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), while Reddit and Roblox were added to the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) category. The...
Mon, Aug 31
Third-party permissionless prediction pairs go live on Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 is coming alive, with the first third-party deployers already competing to launch new permissionless prediction pairs.
Mon, Aug 31
Crypto token buybacks hit record $640M, but the market barely notices
The cryptocurrency protocols have reportedly spent an all-time high of $640 million on crypto token buybacks. This indicates that this once-niche financial tool has made its way into the mainstream treasury strategies. However, the question emerges of whether this effort is actually helping to stabilize the pricing. Up to this point, it appears that the...
Mon, Aug 31
Attackers drain $9.3M in suspected More Markets exploit
The Blockaid security firm has reported an exploit estimated to have drained roughly $9.3 million from More Markets’ WFLOW lending reserve in the early hours of August 31, 2026. The Flow EVM lending protocol built by More Labs did not immediately confirm the loss in its response to the reports, writing that it is “currently...
Mon, Aug 31
$96M Trump-linked USD1 transfer trail puts Binance concentration back in focus
An on-chain tracker flagged the movement of 30 million World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) from Fireblocks’ custody wallet to Binance in the last 15 hours, ending August 31. This continues the trend, which has already moved most Trump-related stablecoins to a single offshore exchange. In the context of the global cryptocurrency market, which increasingly relies...
Mon, Aug 31
BYD dips 5% after revenue falls despite a Q2 profit rebound
BYD shares dropped nearly 5% in Hong Kong following Friday’s mid-year earnings release. While the EV giant managed to break its five-quarter losing streak, it did so only because exploding international sales—now over half its total revenue—bailed out a starkly slowing Chinese market. The company’s mid-year numbers show overseas revenue jumped 34% to $27 billion,...
Mon, Aug 31
Robinhood Chain Logs Its Largest Day Yet: $874.8 Million in Daily DEX Volume, 5.5 Million Transactions
Activity on Robinhood Chain has picked significantly over the past week. According to DefiLlama, the network surpassed Ethereum and Hyperliquid in 24 hour app revenue and only behind Solana. Within the same timeframe, the chain recorded $874.8 million in DEX volume and the number of daily transactions hit 5,521,213 yesterday. These figures make it the...
Mon, Aug 31
Upbit stays No. 1 in Korea as crypto rally revives exchange volumes
Upbit remains ahead of other South Korean crypto venues, recording roughly $1.04 billion in spot volume over a 24-hour window as traders continue to jump on the crypto momentum train. The figure is more than the combined turnover of Upbit’s three closest domestic rivals. The recent bitcoin rally has given the market a chance to...
Sat, Aug 29
Avici commits to full user compensation as hackers move on to new victims
Avici, a Solana-based neobank, has said that it will refund every affected card balance in full after an August 28 breach drained user funds. The same run of exploits claimed the Ethereum lending protocol Ajna a day later. The refund promise came in an August 28 post on X, where Avici said its card-issuing partner...
Sat, Aug 29
Anthropic will not follow OpenAI in cutting off Cursor over SpaceX deal
Tom Brown, co-founder of Anthropic, has announced that the company will continue to supply its Claude models to Cursor while adding more compute behind them. He made the statement within 24 hours of OpenAI informing SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) of its decision to cut Cursor off, in response to Elon Musk’s $60 billion purchase of Cursor’s...
Sat, Aug 29
Hong Kong's SFC has added SBCFX and related Star Bridge Capital entities to its unlicensed alert list
Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has declared broker SBCFX and many of its affiliated entities unlicensed, shortly after a collapse in trading that forced thousands of gold investors to lose their USDT holdings. According to the reports, the SFC added SBCFX, Star Bridge Capital Group, Star Bridge Capital Pty Limited, and Topical Wealth International Ltd to...
Sat, Aug 29
