Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants reportedly struck a Saudi Arabian tanker in the Red Sea, pushing Brent crude up more than 1.2% to $80.32 a barrel. The attack near Yanbu, a key Saudi oil export port, raised tensions and hurt hopes for a potential ceasefire in the Middle East, which had improved following optimistic comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Despite earlier signs of easing, including a U.S. statement that the Strait of Hormuz southern route remains open, the strike has unsettled markets and increased uncertainty about regional stability and oil supply routes.
The Seattle Times and Newsday have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using their journalism content without permission to train AI models. The lawsuits warn that generative AI could severely damage the journalism industry ...
Tokenized stocks on Solana and Robinhood Chain have reached $152 million in combined DeFi deposits, representing about 79% of the global tokenized-equity DeFi total value locked (TVL). Solana leads with $75.4 million, accounting for 64.5% of the mark...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan highlights three main crypto investment themes: Bitcoin as a hedge against currency debasement, Zcash for privacy, and a decade-long tokenization trend involving assets like ETH, SOL, and UNI. He predicts Bitcoin will break it...
TradeXYZ, a leading platform for real-world asset perpetual contracts on the Hyperliquid blockchain, has seen its daily trading volume fall to $2.1-$2.6 billion, down 71% from its July 2026 peak of about $100 billion monthly. Despite this sharp decli...
Rob Hamilton and his Bitcoin Red Team used AI to find nearly 5,000 issues in Bitcoin-related code in just 30 hours, including a wallet bug fix merged into Bitcoin Core. This AI-driven audit highlights the potential of AI in improving crypto security ...
