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Polygon Labs called for an urgent client upgrade after the Austin and Kyoto hardforks addressed block-stall, peer-crash and validator risks. Nodes using older binaries are now outside the network’s canonical consensus.
Ripple is preparing the XRP Ledger for the potential threat posed by quantum computers. The move follows an Anthropic model’s reported 67-million-fold reduction in attack work and migration plans published by Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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.
Evernorth has received SEC clearance ahead of a shareholder vote on a potential Nasdaq listing. Decrypt reports that the company’s XRP holdings are currently worth less than the amount it paid to acquire them.
Ripple has recommended removing over 10,000 lines of unused XChainBridge code from XRPL while Lending Protocol V1.1 undergoes an AI-only review through Sherlock’s Audit Engine ahead of a native lending expansion.
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.
BitGo plans to acquire NYDIG IF Holdings, NYDIG’s trading arm, for $7 million in cash and approximately $35.5 million in stock, plus a potential $15 million earnout, CoinDesk reported.
A Sheikh Tahnoon-linked group is reportedly backing a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty’s conditionally approved US trust bank, The Wall Street Journal reported, linking Abu Dhabi capital to the Trump-associated crypto venture.
StarkWare says Bitcoin has completed its first experimental quantum-safe transaction. The test used Bitcoin’s existing rules to protect funds from a potential future quantum attack without requiring a network upgrade.
Virtu and Tradeweb completed a full onchain repo cycle in under 10 minutes on the Canton Network, using the Marshall Islands-issued USDM1 digital bond as collateral, Cointelegraph reported.
OneKey demonstrated that an outdated Ethereum app could make a Ledger device sign a transaction different from the one shown. Ledger said the vulnerability had been patched before any exploit and denied that its wallets were hacked.
Decrypt reports that Nvidia’s potential acquisition of Hugging Face could concentrate more of the open-source AI pipeline—from chips to model distribution—within one company, with possible implications for developers and users.
BlackRock’s digital-assets chief, Mitchnick, said the macro case for Bitcoin is strengthening after a positive week. His comments came as the firm’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, recorded its highest trading volume.
