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Anthropic says Claude spent 11 days converting Fermat’s Last Theorem into 13 million lines of code that computers can verify independently, marking a notable AI application in formal mathematics.
Southeast Asia’s blockchain investment has rebounded to $680 million in 2026, led by crypto financial services. Funding remains concentrated in Singapore and a small number of more established companies.
CryptoSlate reports that Solana’s pending upgrade could disrupt incompatible indexers, streams and sponsors. These services must update before the first v1 transaction, as the issue may freeze network readers and silently disable fee limits.
The G7 is urging organizations to adopt post-quantum security before quantum computers can weaken current encryption and digital signatures. The crypto industry is weighing potential fixes, with the issue relevant to blockchain security and authentication.
CryptoSlate reports that Bitwise’s 10.8 million-XRP custody position is 97.5% offset by futures, with a 14% yield gap. CFTC categories complicate efforts to determine which market participants capture the resulting returns.
CryptoSlate reports that a privacy-coin flaw could permit endless token creation. Node operators must upgrade to v0.14.18.0 before block 1,371,000, when multi-input private spending returns and older software becomes incompatible.
FinCEN reported that transnational criminal organizations operating from compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents, with the activity linked to about $13 billion in cryptocurrency-related scams.
FinCEN has tied $12.7 billion to crypto scams run from Asian compounds, Decrypt reports. Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, while the operations now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia.
Bitcoin rose above $82,000 and crossed its 50-week moving average, a level Galaxy Research says ended four of five comparable bear markets. Confirmation requires a weekly close, while CryptoSlate warned of a possible move toward $62,000.
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $731 million on Thursday, their largest daily inflow since January. Every fund rose almost 6%, while combined net assets topped $103 billion for the first time. BlackRock’s IBIT took well over half of the inflows.
A public company is restarting an $827 million Bitcoin treasury strategy after selling all its crypto holdings. Its proposed initial raise equals just 1.51% of the target and follows Strategy’s STRC funding model.
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.
Bitcoin and gold have reached their highest 90-day correlation since 2020, at about 0.55. Bitcoin volatility is 36.2% versus gold’s 25.3%, narrowing the volatility ratio to 1.43 times.
The OCC granted blockchain bank OpenReserve a provisional charter, adding the new full-service institution to the growing group of crypto-native banks in the United States. The approval is initial and does not confirm full operations.
A Japanese company sold its Ethereum, Solana and XRP holdings for ¥878.8 million, while keeping $121 million in Bitcoin. Management may use the proceeds beyond cryptocurrency, leaving its portfolio Bitcoin-only.
Michigan authorities continue their effort to block Kalshi as a potential Supreme Court fight approaches. Kalshi previously said federal instructions to disregard a June state restraining order left it in an “impossible position.”
