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Isar Aerospace won €197.8 million for a rocket that has flown 30 seconds
ESA signed its first European Launcher Challenge contracts with Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg and PLD Space, each due to reach orbit before 2028.
Fri, Aug 28
Zondacrypto's former chief allegedly gave Poland's Olympic president a Patek Philippe
Polish prosecutors detained Olympic committee president Radoslaw Piesiewicz over a €40,000 Patek Philippe allegedly given by Zondacrypto's former chief.
Thu, Aug 27
100+ firms signed the AI industry's cyber defense letter
Over 100 firms, including OpenAI and Anthropic asked governments to fund cyber defense for hospitals and utilities as AI agents breach live systems.
Thu, Aug 27
Investors in crypto schemes launched by the Trump family have lost more than $4.7 billion
Investors in crypto schemes launched by the Trump family have lost more than $4.7 billion. A report published by the watchdog organization Public Citizen on Thursday made the big revelations. This comes in when President Trump has made calls to the Senate to pass crypto market structure legislation next month. Trump memecoin leaves investors with...
Thu, Aug 27
Galbot robots showcase autonomous tennis skills with 100-plus rallies
Galbot humanoids played more than 100 autonomous tennis rallies at Beijing's Second World Humanoid Robot Games, trained on five hours of amateur motion data.
Thu, Aug 27
OpenAI shuts down Russia-linked ChatGPT accounts over fake think tank
OpenAI banned Russia-linked ChatGPT accounts promoting a fake think tank that claimed Fukuyama and Chomsky and copied sampled articles.
Thu, Aug 27
Ethena Foundation buys out early investors in major ecosystem, token overhaul
The Ethena Foundation said on Thursday, August 27, it had bought out locked tokens from certain major seed investors that had sold down part of their holdings. This is the first of four changes the foundation outlined for the synthetic-dollar protocol and its ENA governance token. Buying back what early backers were dumping The Foundation...
Thu, Aug 27
Bitcoin Lightning nodes told to wait for patch after AI found bugs
Core Lightning confirmed AI-found bugs in its Bitcoin software and told node operators to upgrade.
Thu, Aug 27
HPC stays on policy offensive with CFTC push to prioritize perpetual contracts
The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) made its stance clear in a filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday, August 27, 2026, pushing the regulator to prioritize perpetual contracts in its innovation agenda. The HPC’s latest push drops another ping on the radar of US traders who have been shut out of a...
Thu, Aug 27
Tron wallet providers get called out as address poisoning attacks spread
Fifteen victims have been drained of a combined $9.4 million over the past four weeks by a single address poisoning operator. On-chain investigator Specter (@SpecterAnalyst) flagged the losses on August 27. The stolen balances were swapped into USDD, a Tron-based stablecoin, then funneled to one consolidation wallet. How do address poisoning scams work? A single...
Thu, Aug 27
Google Pay closes the hotel booking while the partner keeps the support desk
Google AI Mode now books US hotels through Google Pay, but the hotel chain or travel site stays merchant of record and handles all customer service.
Thu, Aug 27
Why Nvidia stock is soaring today?
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares jumped 7% Thursday after its new sales forecast eased worries that the AI spending boom may be losing steam. The move followed Nvidia’s fiscal second-quarter 2027 report, where management gave a revenue outlook showing demand remained strong. The rally was also tied to Nvidia’s fight for AI developers using Chinese models....
Thu, Aug 27
Charles Schwab adds SOL, AVAX and LINK trading in crypto expansion
Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) has announced that it will let clients trade Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) in the coming months. Before now, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) were the only cryptocurrencies that were listed on the investment platform. This new development will give its roughly 39 million account holders three more tokens...
Thu, Aug 27
Moonwell loses up to $9M on Base after attacker inflates MAMO collateral
An attacker manipulated the price of MAMO on Moonwell’s Base lending market on Wednesday and used the inflated collateral to borrow real assets that it never repaid. The losses are estimated to be in the range of about $4 million to $9 million. The attack drained cbBTC, USDC, wstETH and ETH out of real depositor...
Thu, Aug 27
The Sandbox commits to open 1:1 compensation plan in two weeks
The Sandbox users affected in the August 21 attack received positive news early today when the project committed to a 1:1 compensation plan to be paid out in the Ethereum version of SAND. According to The Sandbox’s announcement, it will open a two-week compensation claim window within two weeks of its August 27 disclosure. The...
Thu, Aug 27
Canopy builds system to wall off high-value signing keys ahead of token launch
Canopy, the AI-native platform for building and deploying onchain applications, has launched Canopy KMS, a key management system that seals its high-value signing keys inside a dedicated enclave. The company stated that it is doing this to ensure that it has a tight security system in place before its upcoming token generation event (TGE). How...
Thu, Aug 27
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder returns to Google after OpenAI detour
Barret Zoph is back to where he started after the Thinking Machines Lab co-founder announced on X that he had returned to Google DeepMind. Zoph’s return came after a six-year detour punctuated by two stints at OpenAI and starting an AI lab with Mira Murati, who briefly replaced Sam Altman at OpenAI in 2024. Zoph...
Thu, Aug 27
Bithumb wins second court ruling over mistaken bitcoin payout
Bithumb has won a second court ruling ordering a customer to hand back proceeds from bitcoin the exchange mistakenly paid out in February. The company has two related suits that are still awaiting judgment. And while Bithumb fights to recover the last of the money it mistakenly paid out, smaller domestic rivals are offering lower...
Thu, Aug 27
Kalshi’s sports betting battle spreads to another US state
The state of Connecticut has filed a legal suit against Kalshi on Wednesday, August 26, questioning the validity of various contracts of the platform relating to sports events and adding a new dimension to a legal battle that has the potential to shape the course for cryptocurrency-related prediction markets in the United States. The state...
Thu, Aug 27
Blockchain networks pivot to specialist use cases to lead 2026 growth
The top chains rely on specialization to drive their liquidity. Robinhood emerged as the meme token chain, while Solana and BNB Chain served DeFi and stablecoins. Ethereum served as a base layer, carrying tokens and general settlement for smaller networks.
Thu, Aug 27
