Zoltan Vardai

The Fed appointed a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen to lead its task force that analyzes the economic impact of emerging technologies such as AI.

SBI will launch JPYSC lending services offering a fixed 3% annual yield, which is higher than the traditional 3% yield paid on yen bank deposits.

Coinbase Ventures emerges as the leading crypto VC in H1 2026, even as total funding and unique investor count decreased during the bear market.

A solo Bitcoin miner validated a $200,000 block reward with a small Bitaxe mining rig, pushing payouts to solo Bitcoin miners to $4.7 million for the past year.

Total value stolen in crypto and median hack size declined compared to 2025, signaling that the AI hacking apocalypse was a false alarm, argued Dragonfly’s managing partner.

Humanity Protocol will refocus its cybersecurity efforts on operational security, as more hackers are switching from smart contract vulnerabilities to exploiting human behaviour.

AMLA warned that user migration from unlicensed to licensed CASPs could strain anti-money laundering compliance and outlined plans to publish a report on crypto oversight.

Autonomous AI agents need infrastructure with quicker settlement and cheaper transaction costs to see more commercial adoption, according to Visa and Artemis.

Tokenized stocks rose to a new all-time high of $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized investment products offered by crypto platforms.