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Rotten Apples in the Orchard
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Rotten Apples in the Orchard

Zcash patched a critical privacy pool bug that could have enabled fake ZEC, though it can't prove, as of now, no fake ZEC was already minted.

3 days ago Zcash

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Venice's Plan to Take on OpenAI
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Venice's Plan to Take on OpenAI

Venice's two-front bet to rival OpenAI and Claude: win consumers with private, uncensored, aggregated AI, then sell that inference to agents.

4 days ago OpenAI

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Bitmine Launches $300M Preferred Offering at 9.5%
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Bitmine Launches $300M Preferred Offering at 9.5%

Bitmine's preferred stock offering follows Strategy's playbook though with weekly fixed dividends instead of monthly variable dividends.

4 days ago

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Pump.fun Launches GO, a Bounty Platform for ANY Task
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Pump.fun Launches GO, a Bounty Platform for ANY Task

Pump.fun's new GO platform lets users post paid bounties with rewards held in escrow, with moderation at the sole discretion of the platform.

4 days ago

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Coinbase Launches SpaceX Pre-IPO Perp Ahead of June 12 IPO
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Coinbase Launches SpaceX Pre-IPO Perp Ahead of June 12 IPO

Coinbase's SpaceX pre-IPO perp runs on USDC and auto-converts after IPO, joining a wave of exchanges including Binance, Hyperliquid, Crypto.com.

4 days ago

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Mastercard Adds Stablecoin Settlement for 24/7 Card Payments
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Mastercard Adds Stablecoin Settlement for 24/7 Card Payments

Mastercard is using regulated stablecoins to enable intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement, with USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD, and others supported across eight chains.

5 days ago

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New PAC Launches to Defend Crypto Developer Protections
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New PAC Launches to Defend Crypto Developer Protections

Defend Developers PAC will back only incumbent lawmakers supporting developer protections, a flashpoint in ongoing Clarity Act negotiations.

5 days ago

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NPR: DOJ and CFTC Investigate George Santos for Kalshi Trades
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NPR: DOJ and CFTC Investigate George Santos for Kalshi Trades

Santos allegedly bet against his own State of the Union attendance on Kalshi after publicly claiming he would attend, profiting to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.

5 days ago

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