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AI is making it easier to link public blockchain wallets with real people, reviving concerns about permanent financial records. A Grayscale Research analysis highlights Zcash’s shielded transactions, rising usage and the regulatory questions surrounding selective disclosure.
Crypto-card payment volume has reached a record $12.5 billion, up 140% year to date and 247% from October 2025. Stablecoin use, cross-border payments and QR spending are driving growth as Fold and Aven expand their card offerings.
Crypto firms are shifting from building blockchain products to proving people and institutions will use them repeatedly. Coinbase is emphasizing practical financial needs, WisdomTree is expanding tokenized-fund distribution, and blockchain networks face demands for real adoption beyond testing.
A Cornell survey of 25,880 people across 25 countries found that El Salvador, Venezuela and Nigeria had the highest shares of respondents who had ever owned bitcoin, with adoption linked to currency instability and limited banking access.
Tavus says its Griffin-Lite AI persuaded 26 of 54 participants that they were speaking with a human during one-minute video calls. The company’s own study and benchmark results point to more natural real-time interaction, but access remains limited while safety measures are developed.
Jack Dorsey’s Block has launched a broad advertising campaign promoting bitcoin as everyday money. The campaign will run across social media, television and selected cinemas, while Block continues developing bitcoin payment and mining products.
OpenAI says it stopped a campaign involving more than 15,000 users that sought to extract its models’ hidden reasoning. The company attributed a core cluster to people associated with Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi chatbot, while saying the full operation may have involved multiple actors.
OpenAI introduced Dots, always-on AI agents with their own cloud computers, alongside a cheaper model, faster processing tiers, shared workspaces and new security tools at DevDay 2026. The announcements reinforce the company’s push to make AI systems perform workplace tasks independently.
Novig has brought actress Sydney Sweeney on as a partner and equity holder for its sports-focused exchange. Its “Just Sports” digital campaign highlights prediction markets’ push toward mainstream visibility and broader consumer participation.
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CryptoSlate says Tether’s $114 billion appetite for U.S. debt has changed Washington’s stance toward the company, contrasting earlier penalties over claims about token backing with its current relevance to American financial markets.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that centralized KYC data collections can endanger crypto users, citing recent leaks linked to phishing and physical attacks. She made the comments in one of her final speeches in the role.
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Bitcoin Magazine’s Quantum Issue features Jameson Lopp’s essay on whether Bitcoin should freeze coins vulnerable to quantum computing, highlighting the contentious social and governance decisions such an intervention could create.
