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Binance will survive the $6.3 billion hack—but this is the start of a terrifying new era

The scale and sophistication of the Binance hack is alarming—and all of this will soon be turbocharged by AI.

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The $6.3 billion Binance hack: What we know so far about the biggest crypto heist in history

There are unconfirmed reports North Korea is behind the massive hack.

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Financial AI startup Casap raises $56 million to help banks stop an explosion of customer fraud

A social media-driven epidemic of dishonesty means card companies are facing far more first party fraud.

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AI agents are shopping like never before—and tools like Mastercard’s ‘Pay for Machines’ could turbocharge the trend

The sudden emergence of personal agents like Muse is a "turning point" for agentic commerce, Mastercard's Head of Product says.

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SoFi becomes first consumer bank to launch tokenized deposits, offers 4.4% interest

The offering comes amid a growing debate over the merits of stablecoins vs tokenized deposits.

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Recent crypto IPOs have been a wipeout for most investors. Will the next wave be better?

What's explains the poor performance of newly public crypto firms like Gemini and American Bitcoin?

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Zoom and big financial firms add ‘Proof of Human’ badges from Sam Altman’s World to stop fraud and deep fakes

The new security measure, which will deployed by the likes of Bain Capital and VanEck, relies on World's iris-scanning orb device.

18.10.2026 10

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Kalshi co-founder says having ‘no VPs’ has been key to company’s explosive growth

Luana Lopes Laura, the world's youngest self-made female billionaire, shared her approach to corporate management.

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A ‘Mathpocalypse’ is freaking out cyber and finance experts. Should you be worried?

New findings from OpenAI revealed its agents are math geniuses—leading prominent figures to warn public encryption is in danger.

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Ultra raises $62 million for fast-growing ‘robots as a service’ business, announces tie-up with AI research firm Physical Intelligence

The raise consisted of a Series A seed round led by Framework Ventures plus an earlier seed round.

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The AI industry ‘hates crypto people’—but they may need them all the same

Whatever you think of crypto people, blockchain technology may offer real solutions to the problem of rogue AI agents.

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‘Giving while living’ has become a popular trend for passing on family wealth, says Edward Jones CEO

Penny Pennington says there can be significant benefits to giving money to family members while you're still alive—one of which is simple joy.

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Big companies used to treat retail investors as an afterthought—now, they are at the IPO table

Robinhood’s name among the underwriters for Oura’s IPO is the latest example of retail investors growing influence.

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Robinhood just rolled out trading agents to millions—and investing may never be the same

The new agents will be available to millions of Robinhood users, who can choose between OpenAI and Anthropic models.

29.09.2026 20

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The crypto pirates have become the Navy. Now what?

The crypto industry has gotten deeply immersed in the ways of Washington, D.C.—raising questions about what it really stands for.

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Payward and device maker Ledger announce tie-up to let investors hold stocks offline

Some crypto devotees have long favored keeping their assets in "cold storage" on physical devices. Now, stock owners have an option do to the same.

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Travis Kalanick is back: How Uber’s ousted founder went from pariah to Silicon Valley hero

The Uber cofounder returns with a multibillion robotics and AI venture—and a tech sector more receptive to his hard-charging approach.

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How much is Kalshi really worth? A detailed report says as much as $42 billion—if everything goes right

The PitchBook reports rosy view is based on Kalshi being mostly unaffected in the event of an adverse Supreme Court ruling on its sports wagers.

23.09.2026 20

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MoonPay eyes tokenized securities push with $60 million acquisition of brokerage firm North Capital

Acquiring the Utah-based firm will provide MoonPay with key licenses at a time when its tokenization ambitions are growing.

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Microsoft and Coinbase probe leads to arrest of crooks behind ‘EvilTokens’, a DIY phishing network powered by AI

The scam involved selling phishing kits on social media that let anyone create convincing fake emails.

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The corporate blockchain wars are heating up as Circle’s Arc goes live

A new wave of blockchains—including Arc, Canton, Tempo, and Robinhood—are vying to be Wall Street's favorite chain.

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The U.S. stock market is having a Napster moment—the Robinhood-AMC fight is just the beginning

The CEO of AMC ranted that Robinhood offering a tokenized version of its stock is "detestable, inexcusable, vile"—which sounds a lot like fear of a...

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Ethereum giant Consensys spins off flagship MetaMask wallet, stays mum on IPO and token plans

The company will now formally operate as two separate entities, with one focused on MetaMask and the other on institutional software.

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TRM Labs valuation doubles to $2 billion as crypto crime fighter scales AI services

The startup declined to specify the size of the follow-on round, but said it is on track for ARR of $100 million for 2026.

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Stripe is giving off early Google vibes—for good and for bad

The fintech’s recent M&A spree is reminiscent of what Google did a generation before.

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Stablecoins are crypto’s killer app—but no one can agree on who will use them

Airwallex is the latest giant company to plow into stablecoins—even as the business case for them is still emerging.

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At the year’s buzziest blockchain conference, a new crypto powerhouse emerges

Hyperliquid's rapid growth was on everyone's lips at last week's elite SALT crypto conference.

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How Silicon Valley just might save America from the growing drone threat

In June, Allen Control Systems raised $200 million on the strength of its Bullfrog platform, which can respond to a drone threat in seconds by...

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Tether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AI

A KPMG audit appears to establish the legitimacy of Tether's reserves. Meanwhile, the company's ambitions are scaling far beyond crypto.

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Kalshi’s CEO is racing to build a futures market for AI’s most precious resource, which could be worth $100 trillion by 2030

Compute is the new oil—but building its futures market may be just as messy.

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Startup B3IQ has found a new AI niche: Supplying rent-to-own machines to privacy-conscious university researchers

The New York based firm's clients include Stanford and Dartmouth u

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Why the latest Bitcoin hack hurt more than most

The theft of $100 million from Coldcard hardware wallet owners stands out because it hurt people who did everything right.

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A family crisis inspired Bill Ackman to spend $260 million to create a massive brain research institute in Manhattan

The new facility will be constructed on the Upper West Side, where Ackman has just purchased two buildings for a planned 700,000 square foot...

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Cloudflare just launched a permanent ID tool and wallet for AI shopping

The new service makes it easier for consumers to equip AI agents with tools that let them spend and to identity themselves to merchants' agents.

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Circle bought 1,000 IBM blockchain patents. Nothing good can come of that

Circle has yet to share its plans for the IP portfolio, but the power to assert monopoly rights in the blockchain space is worrying.

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Robinhood CFO details surging prediction market business as firm posts record revenue in Q2

Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts though crypto revenue fell significantly.

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Coinbase and Robinhood are locked in a heated battle ahead of Q2 earnings—but only one is being called the industry’s ‘first hyperscaler’

Robinhood has proved better at diversifying its revenue streams—but emerging fields of AI commerce and tokenized stocks will boost Coinbase in time.

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Kalshi tiptoes back into canceled flight markets with JFK airport wager

The new contract, created at the behest of a conference, will let institutional users bet whether 50% of flights will be cancelled at JFK airport over...

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Hopes for key crypto bill fade amid delays, Trump ethics controversy

The CLARITY Act has been kicked down the road once again, and could be a casualty of mid-term politics.

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MoonPay launches universal AI shopping wallet for non-technical Claude and ChatGPT consumers

Paybox lets users instruct Claude or ChatGPT agents to make purchases within the platform with no need for coding or a special screen.

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Coinbase’s big Base mistake offers an important lesson for the crypto industry

The project showed how Coinbase was building for the last era of crypto, not the new and emerging one.

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The American Dream according to Bill Ackman

The billionaire investor on reviving Americans’ faith in capitalism—and the family crisis reshaping his legacy.

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Kalshi pulls plug on planned flight cancellation contracts

The prediction markets company has planned to offer the wagers as a way to hedge travel risks, but critics warned the contracts could be misused.

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Cantor Fitzgerald eyes blockchain-based IPO shares in new tie-up with Securitize

The move is likely to provide a boost for those pushing for companies to issue some of their stock on blockchain.

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Drowning in AI: Companies are launching hundreds of projects, and that’s a problem

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, executives from Carvana, GSX and other firms shared lessons for companies about rapid AI adoption.

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The billionaire founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners makes plea to businesses adopting AI: ‘Don’t destroy your intern program’

Robert F. Smith, who has made a career in technology, said young people must be part of companies' workforces.

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SpaceX tokens are a bust on IPO day—but blame supply and demand, not crypto

Tokenized stocks didn’t pan out, but the underlying idea is sound.

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Meet the Fortune Crypto 100: A ranking of the very best companies in blockchain

Read about the definitive list of the most important names in crypto, from Coinbase to Franklin Templeton to Hyperliquid.

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Opening offices in 120 countries is ‘not a badge of honor’—pick 30 instead says iconic former tech CEO

Meg Whitman, former head of eBay and HP, and Tubi CEO Anjali Sud offered advice for how to scale a company.

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Visa and Mastercard are planning to shake up the stablecoin market—but pulling it off won’t be easy

There are talks of a rumored consortium involving Stripe, Coinbase and others. But don’t count on it happening.

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