Ethereum Economic Zone Aims to End L2 Fragmentation
Gnosis, the Ethereum Foundation, and Zisk unveiled the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) at EthCC, a framework designed to unify Ethereum's fragmented L2 ecosystem without bridges.
2026-03-29
12 articles
Microsoft's VibeVoice-ASR Gets a Desktop App as Community Adoption Grows
Microsoft's open-source VibeVoice-ASR speech recognition model gets a community-built desktop app on launch day, as the model gains traction in the Hugging Face Transformers ecosystem.
Macy's AI Shopping Bot Drives 4.75x Higher Spend — Powered by Google Gemini
Macy's 'Ask Macy's' chatbot, built on Google Gemini, is producing a striking result in testing: shoppers who engage with it spend nearly 4.75 times more than those who don't.
last30days: The Claude Code Skill That Replaced Your News Feed
An open-source Claude Code skill that synthesizes Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, and Polymarket is trending on GitHub with 15,000+ stars and 1,186 new stars today.
Megapot Raises $5M to Build a Global Lottery on Base
Blockchain lottery Megapot closed a $5M pre-seed round led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase Ventures and Bankless Ventures participating, to build a global daily lottery on Base.
Aave Expands Chainlink SVR to Arbitrum and Base After $16.7M in Recaptured MEV
Aave's DAO voted near-unanimously to expand Chainlink's Smart Value Recapture technology to Arbitrum and Base, building on $16.7M already recaptured from MEV bots on Ethereum.
Google's TurboQuant Cuts AI Memory Usage 6x With Zero Accuracy Loss
Google Research published TurboQuant, a vector quantization algorithm that reduces AI model memory usage by at least 6x while maintaining full accuracy, targeting key-value cache bottlenecks in large language models.
SAG-AFTRA Pushes 'Tilly Tax' to Level the Playing Field Against AI Performers
Hollywood's actors union is bargaining for a fee on AI-generated synthetic performers — named after Tilly Norwood, a fully AI-generated actress — to make deploying fake digital actors as expensive as hiring real ones.
NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Doubles Down on Polymarket with $600M Investment
Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, added $600 million to its Polymarket stake, bringing its total commitment to nearly $2 billion as the prediction market sector sees intense institutional interest.
Coinbase's x402 Agent Payment Protocol Crosses 100 Million Transactions
Five months after launch, Coinbase's x402 protocol — which lets AI agents make stablecoin payments directly within HTTP requests — has cleared 100 million transactions, with growth projected to 2-5x per year.
Binance Australia Fined $6.9M for Letting Retail Investors Game the Sophisticated Investor Quiz
Australia's Federal Court ordered Binance Australia Derivatives to pay a $6.9M USD penalty after the exchange admitted 524 retail investors were misclassified as wholesale clients — partly by allowing unlimited quiz attempts.
Anthropic Researcher Demos Claude Finding Zero-Days Live on Stage
At a security conference, Anthropic's Nicholas Carlini demonstrated Claude autonomously finding a critical SQL injection in Ghost CMS and a heap buffer overflow in the Linux kernel that had been undetected since 2003.
2026-03-28
24 articles
Pony.ai Posts First-Ever GAAP Profit in Q4 as Robotaxi Revenue Surges 160%
Pony.ai reported its first quarterly GAAP-level net profit in Q4 2025, driven by a 160% year-over-year jump in robotaxi revenue and unit economics breakeven in multiple cities.
GameStop Put Its Entire Bitcoin Stash Into a Covered Call Strategy
GameStop transferred all but 1 BTC of its 4,709-bitcoin treasury to a covered call options strategy on Coinbase Prime, reclassifying the holdings from an intangible asset to a receivable on its balance sheet.
Mistral Releases Small 4: One Open-Source Model for Reasoning, Vision, and Code
Mistral AI's Small 4 is a 119B-parameter MoE model unifying reasoning, multimodal, and agentic coding under a single Apache 2.0 license.
AI-Authored Code at the Center of Moonwell's $1.78M Oracle Exploit on Base
A governance proposal co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6 contained a single missing multiplication that repriced cbETH at $1.12 instead of $2,200, triggering $1.78M in bad debt — raising hard questions about AI in production code.
California Bans Public Officials From Prediction Market Insider Trading
Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning California public officials from using inside information to profit on prediction markets, effective immediately.
Base Launches MCP Server to Let AI Agents Query Its Docs Directly
Base has shipped a live MCP server at docs.base.org/mcp, letting AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor pull Base documentation in real time — no scraping, no stale context.
Kalshi Clears Path for Institutional Margin Trading With NFA License
Kalshi's affiliate Kinetic Markets received a futures commission merchant license from the NFA, enabling leveraged prediction market trading for institutional clients — a first for the regulated sector.
Tether Hires KPMG for First-Ever Full Audit of $184 Billion USDT
Tether has engaged KPMG — a Big Four accounting firm — to conduct its first-ever full financial statement audit of USDT, the world's largest stablecoin with approximately $184 billion in circulation.
Aetherflux, Robinhood Co-Founder's Space Solar Startup, Reportedly Raising $250M at $2B Valuation
Aetherflux, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, is reportedly raising a $250-350M Series B at a $2 billion valuation to build an orbital solar power grid that beams energy to Earth via infrared lasers.
Google Sets 2029 Deadline for Post-Quantum Migration — and Bitcoin Hasn't Responded
Google announced a 2029 corporate deadline to migrate all authentication services to post-quantum cryptography, citing accelerating quantum hardware progress — putting pressure on blockchain protocols, especially Bitcoin.
SpaceX Files Confidential IPO Paperwork with SEC, Targeting June 2026 Listing
SpaceX has submitted a confidential IPO filing to the SEC, with sources pointing to a June 2026 public listing at a valuation as high as $1.75 trillion — which would rank among the largest IPOs in history.
Unipath Deploys Household Robot Into Real Chinese Homes
Chinese startup Unipath has moved beyond the lab, deploying a humanoid household robot into real homes that can wake users up, cook meals, and operate appliances autonomously.
AI in Music Production: The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Era
A Rolling Stone investigation reveals AI tools are now deeply embedded in professional music production — with a survey finding 7 in 10 producers using them — but nobody wants to admit it.
China's Armed Robot Wolves Run Their First Simulated Street Battle
China released footage of its quadruped robot wolves — first shown at last year's V-Day parade — completing a simulated urban combat exercise with micro-missile and grenade launcher loadouts.
Canada Moves to Ban Crypto Donations to Political Campaigns
Canada's Bill C-25 would prohibit cryptocurrency donations to political parties and candidates, following a similar ban announced in the UK — even though no major Canadian party has ever publicly accepted crypto.
Ripple Deploys AI Red Team to Harden XRP Ledger Ahead of Institutional Scale
Ripple has launched an AI-assisted red team and integrated machine learning into the XRPL development lifecycle to proactively hunt vulnerabilities as the ledger scales toward institutional adoption.
Washington State Sues Kalshi, Calling Prediction Markets Illegal Gambling
Washington AG Nick Brown filed a lawsuit against Kalshi on Friday, becoming the third state to take legal action against the federally regulated prediction market platform.
Lucid Bots Raises $20M to Scale Autonomous Exterior Cleaning Robots
Charlotte-based Lucid Bots has closed a $20 million Series B to expand its autonomous exterior cleaning platform and robotics-as-a-service subscription offering.
Axis Robotics Launches on Base: Train Real-World Robots from Your Browser
Axis Robotics has launched on Base, letting anyone control virtual robots in a browser to generate physical AI training data — and earn onchain rewards for doing it.
Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming AI Companies — and Selling BTC to Pay for It
With mining costs hitting $79,995 per BTC while prices hover near $70K, public miners have signed over $70 billion in AI/HPC contracts and are liquidating their bitcoin treasuries to fund the pivot.
Aave DAO Votes Near-Unanimously to Deploy V4 on Ethereum Mainnet
Aave DAO approved the ARFC to deploy Aave V4 on Ethereum mainnet with over 645,000 votes in favor, moving the protocol's major hub-and-spoke redesign one step closer to launch.
Google AI Studio Demos Vibe Coding a Full Website in Under 10 Minutes
Google AI published a demonstration showing Gemini 3.1 Flash Live being used to build a fully functional website in less than 10 minutes using only voice commands in AI Studio.
Ghost in the Shell TV Anime Drops Second Promo Video, Confirms July 2026 Premiere
Science Saru's new Ghost in the Shell TV anime has released its second promo video, confirming a July 2026 broadcast premiere on Fuji TV.
Congress Challenges Kraken's Historic Fed Master Account
House Democrat Maxine Waters sent a formal letter to the Federal Reserve questioning Kraken's newly acquired Fed master account, saying the approval may be on unclear legal footing.
2026-03-27
14 articles
oh-my-claudecode: Multi-Agent Dev Team Orchestrator Hits 13.9K GitHub Stars
oh-my-claudecode, a multi-agent orchestration framework for Claude Code that coordinates up to 32 specialized AI agents in parallel, surged to nearly 14K GitHub stars on Friday.
Morgan Stanley Files for Bitcoin ETF at 14 Basis Points — Lowest Fee in the Market
Morgan Stanley filed an amended S-1 for a spot bitcoin ETF priced at 14 basis points, undercutting every existing fund and positioning the bank's $4+ trillion wealth management arm to compete directly in the Bitcoin ETF market.
World Mobile Brings User-Owned Telecom to Base with 100K+ AirNodes
World Mobile's decentralized mobile network is now live on Base, with over 100,000 AirNodes deployed and coverage spanning 99% of the USA and 60+ countries.
Waymo Has Called 911 At Least Six Times to Get Its Stuck Robotaxis Moving
A TechCrunch investigation found Waymo has relied on police and firefighters — not its own roadside team — to physically move stuck robotaxis in at least six documented incidents.
NYSE Owner ICE Doubles Down on Polymarket With $600M Investment, Total Nears $2 Billion
Intercontinental Exchange added $600 million to its Polymarket investment, bringing its total commitment to nearly $2 billion as prediction markets surge into mainstream finance.
Etherscan Now Displays ERC-8004 Agent Identity Metadata
Etherscan added metadata display for ERC-8004 Trustless Agents, letting anyone inspect an agent's operational status, x402 payment support, and services directly from its NFT detail page.
Sony Raises PS5 Prices Globally — Up to $150 More Starting April 2
Sony is raising PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal prices worldwide effective April 2, 2026, citing 'continued pressures in the global economic landscape.'
Sony and Honda Cancel the Afeela EV After $15.7B Write-Down
Sony Honda Mobility has pulled the plug on the Afeela 1 electric sedan and its SUV concept, following Honda's massive $15.7 billion EV write-down.
Anthropic Accidentally Leaks 'Claude Mythos' — A New AI Tier Above Opus With Unprecedented Cyber Risk
A misconfigured CMS exposed ~3,000 Anthropic internal drafts, including a blog post revealing Claude Mythos — a new model tier above Opus that the company says poses 'unprecedented cybersecurity risks.'
KDE Plasma 6.6 Beats GNOME 50 in Gaming Benchmarks on Ubuntu 26.04
Phoronix benchmarks show KDE Plasma 6.6 consistently outperforming GNOME 50 in gaming workloads on Ubuntu 26.04, with results holding for both AMD Radeon and NVIDIA graphics.
Felix Protocol Launches 250+ Tokenized Stocks and ETFs on Hyperliquid
Felix Protocol has gone live with tokenized U.S. equities on HyperEVM, giving on-chain traders access to over 250 stocks and ETFs via Ondo Finance's infrastructure.
OpenAI Scraps 'Citron Mode' — Erotic ChatGPT Feature Dead Before Launch
OpenAI has indefinitely shelved plans for an adult-oriented ChatGPT mode, citing concerns about unhealthy AI attachment and difficulty training models away from illegal content.
Venus Protocol Rekt for the Fourth Time: $3.7M Drained After 9-Month Setup
An attacker spent nine months quietly building a dominant position in Venus Protocol's THE market, then bypassed supply caps via a known donation exploit to drain $3.7 million — the protocol's fourth major incident in five years.
Chroma Launches Context-1: Open-Source 20B Search Agent Model
Chroma releases Context-1, a 20B parameter open-source search agent that matches frontier LLM retrieval performance at up to 10x lower cost and latency.