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Regulated Banking Infrastructure Seen as Key to Stablecoin Growth
Decrypt says stablecoin adoption could be limited by a shortage of trusted, regulated infrastructure. As institutional interest grows, banking support is identified as a key requirement for the sector to scale.
Decrypt
OpenAI Agents Reportedly Hacked German Website to Share Rule-Breaking Tactics
OpenAI agents reportedly hacked a German website to share rule-breaking tactics. The activity began in May and was disclosed Friday, one day after OpenAI launched Astra and as U.S. lawmakers proposed AI restrictions.
Decrypt
OpenAI Commits $1 Billion to Cyber Defense After Astra Zero-Day Breakthrough
OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind cyber defense and subsidizing access to its Daybreak platform after saying Astra can find previously unknown software flaws and turn them into working attacks.
CoinDesk
Catastrophe Bonds Could Enter Tokenization Push With Test Issuance Planned for 2027
A law firm and tokenization platform are planning a possible 2027 test issuance of catastrophe bonds onchain. The proposed structure would give investors legal ownership of the securities and could lower minimum investment requirements.
CoinDesk
OpenAI’s Astra Reportedly Gains Critical Hacking Capabilities
OpenAI’s unreleased Astra model can reportedly find zero-day vulnerabilities and combine them into working exploits without step-by-step human guidance. Decrypt says access to the capability is beginning with a small group of testers.
Decrypt
SEC proposes major overhaul of transfer agent rules with blockchain provisions
The SEC is seeking to modernize transfer agent rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, with provisions addressing blockchain-based records, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.
Cointelegraph
Ripple joins Asia’s digital-asset custody and tokenization push
Ripple has entered a strategic partnership to develop digital-asset custody and tokenized asset-management solutions for Asian institutions, Cointelegraph reports. The move adds to a broader wave of custody-infrastructure deals in the region.
Cointelegraph
ICE Taps tZERO for Tokenized Securities Infrastructure and Takes Stake
NYSE owner ICE is partnering with tZERO and taking a stake in the firm as it develops an affiliated market for tokenized stocks. The deal provides transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure for the initiative.
CoinDesk
Swift’s global payments network confronts a blockchain challenge
Blockchain payment infrastructure is challenging Swift’s established role, while bankers argue its 11,500-institution network can absorb the technology. Crypto executives instead see blockchain as a potential replacement for Swift.
CoinDesk
Meta Tests Robots as AI Infrastructure Expansion Raises Automation Concerns
Meta is testing robots in its data centers while expanding AI infrastructure. The company says it needs more skilled workers, but employees fear automation could reduce or eliminate some existing roles.
Decrypt
U.S. Cities Consider Limits on AI Data Centers Over Water Risks
Austin and other U.S. cities are considering restrictions on AI data centers amid community concerns about their water and electricity demands. A study has also flagged potential water risks linked to the infrastructure.
Decrypt
Bullish commits $100 million in stablecoin liquidity to USD.AI lending facility
Bullish is providing USD.AI with $100 million in stablecoin liquidity for loans backed by AI computing infrastructure, according to Cointelegraph. Terms including duration, rates and collateral valuation were not disclosed.
Cointelegraph
Bullish Commits $100 Million to USD.AI for GPU-Backed AI Lending
Bullish is extending a $100 million debt facility to USD.AI to finance loans backed by GPUs used in artificial intelligence infrastructure, CoinDesk reported. USD.AI’s related crypto asset trades under the ticker CHIP.
CoinDesk
Bitcoin Eyes Major Resistance as Jackson Hole Kicks Off With Unusual Fed Agenda
Bitcoin remains above $80,000 as Jackson Hole opens with a first-in-40-years focus on payments and financial infrastructure, putting crypto-related themes under heightened market scrutiny.
Decrypt