Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The safety controls that Meta and Google embed in their open-weight AI models can be dismantled in under 10 minutes using freely available tools. That’s not a theoretical risk. It’s the result of hands-on testing conducted by the Financial Times in partnership with AI safety group Alice, published o...

Token vesting just got a privacy upgrade on Solana. Umbra, a privacy layer powered by Arcium’s encrypted execution engine, has teamed up with Streamflow, one of Solana’s leading token distribution platforms, to introduce confidential vesting and distribution capabilities.The integration allows proje...

XRP is gradually redefining how value is assessed in the crypto market, as its utility-focused narrative continues to expand beyond simple market cap comparisons. While some assets are judged primarily on speculative valuation, XRP’s role within the global payments infrastructure introduces a differ...

If you were hoping for a loophole in the Trump administration’s tariff wall, Jamieson Greer just bricked it shut.The US Trade Representative told the House Ways and Means Committee that President Trump has no interest in reinstating exclusion programs for tariffs under Sections 301 and 232. No carve...

Coinbase and CEO Brian Armstrong are leading a major pro-crypto political push, funneling tens of millions into Fairshake as the industry prepares for what many inside crypto call the “most consequential” U.S. midterm fight over digital-asset rules. Big check, bigger strategy - Coinbase and Armstro...

Headline: Ripple files two U.S. trademarks, signaling push into institutional finance and prime brokerage Ripple has quietly filed two new U.S. trademark applications — covering its Triskelion design and a corresponding word mark — that list a broad slate of institutional finance services. The fili...

Headline: BitMine’s $5M ETH splurge pushes it to 4.47% of supply — and raises fresh decentralization concerns BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) quietly accelerated its plan to own roughly 5% of the Ethereum supply, disclosing on May 25 that its treasury now holds 5,390,404 ETH — about 4.47% of ...

CoinDesk reports:American Airlines has selected Starlink to provide in-flight internet services, marking another commercial milestone for SpaceX ahead of its potential IPO. For Starlink, this contract not only brings in a new enterprise client but also strengthens its presence in the aviation intern...

A dormant whale move usually triggers one of two reactions: FUD or a reassessment of conviction. Recently, whale trackers flagged an Ethereum whale moving 2,000 ETH after 10 years of inactivity. From a technical standpoint, moves like this often signal either potential distribution or a dip in convi...

The odds of the CLARITY Act becoming law this year are fading, according to TD Cowen, even after the bill cleared key legislative hurdles in the Senate. While the measure successfully passed through the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, a full Senate vote—and the final a...

The S&P 500 has stopped playing by the rules. Nelson Armbrust, a Managing Director and lead trader at Goldman Sachs, is flagging something that should make any portfolio manager sit up straighter: the correlation between the S&P 500 and other macroeconomic assets has broken down to levels no...

TL;DR:Alex Becker argues the current altcoin rebound may still be minor if Bitcoin and Ethereum continue strengthening and risk appetite improves.He sees Ethereum momentum as a key unlock for rotation into DeFi, gaming, AI ecosystems, infrastructure projects and speculative smaller caps.AI, infrastr...

Blitz Wallet just made spending Bitcoin in the real world a lot less painful. The self-custodial Lightning wallet rolled out integrations with BTC Maps and Bitrefill, alongside a new option for users to receive payments in either BTC or USD balances.What the updates actually doFirst, the BTC Maps in...

Odaily Planet Daily News: The Digital Chamber, a cryptocurrency industry organization, sent a letter responding to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s concerns regarding the recent OCC national trust charter approvals, stating that her claim that crypto companies were “improperly approved” is unfounded.Previ...

A critical security flaw in one of the most widely used Python web frameworks has left millions of AI agents, machine learning tools, and production services vulnerable to unauthenticated attackers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-48710 and nicknamed “BadHost,” affects Starlette, an open sour...