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Bank of America's AI chatbot Erica now serves 24.6 million active users, a 23% year-over-year jump that underscores the accelerating shift to AI-driven digital banking.…
A former Federal Reserve official has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for lying to investigators about connections to Chinese espionage networks.…
South Korea's landmark National Asset Basic Act will classify crypto as long-term state wealth, overhauling management of 1,400 trillion won in a historic first reform in 76 years.…
President Trump has joined Senate talks on the CLARITY Act, while Ripple warns that failure to pass the bill before recess would leave crypto consumers exposed.…
Stanford researchers warn that ultra-short Bitcoin prediction market windows on Polymarket create structural incentives for spot price manipulation at settlement.…
TeraWulf's NASDAQ-listed shares fell roughly 7% after New York Governor Kathy Hochul imposed a temporary statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data center permits.…
Stripe has reportedly made a $53 billion offer for a stake in PayPal, a deal that would merge two payments giants and reshape the global processor landscape.…
North Carolina's First Bank is acquiring South Carolina's Carolina Bank & Trust for $166M, pushing its asset base past $13B and expanding its branch network to 127 locations.…
President Trump is set to meet with lawmakers Thursday to address ethics concerns stalling a major crypto bill, with bipartisan progress and regulatory clarity hanging in the balance.…
Revolut has secured in-principle approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to offer broker-dealer, investment management, and exchange services across the UAE.…
Hackers manipulated Ostium's price feed by compromising an oracle signer key, draining roughly $18 million from the Arbitrum-based perpetuals DEX.…
The DTCC has activated its tokenization infrastructure, converting real-world assets into digital tokens and bridging traditional finance with blockchain rails ahead of a formal October 2026 launch.…