A recent survey shows institutional investors’ growing confidence in crypto, with many planning increased long-term allocations. Growing confidence in Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market has led most institutional investors to plan increased long-term allocations in crypto. In its annual Future Finance survey, Swiss crypto bank Sygnum found a higher appetite for crypto assets among...Continue Reading

“We’ll get there in 2026 or 2027” if the current rate of AI advancements continues, said Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei.  Advances in artificial intelligence to “human levels” could arrive as soon as 2026, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Speaking to podcaster Lex Fridman this week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei compared the recent advances...Continue Reading

A group of JENNER memecoin buyers sued Caitlyn Jenner, claiming she made “false and misleading statements” about the token, which they allege is an unregistered security. A group of memecoin buyers has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, accusing her of selling the celeb token as an unregistered security. Naeem Azad...Continue Reading

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with murdering Mirshahi. However, it isn’t confirmed whether the case has ties to his involvement with crypto.  The body of Kevin Mirshahi, a crypto influencer who was abducted from a condo in June, has been found at a park in Montreal, Canada, local reports state. Mirshahi’s decomposing remains were...Continue Reading

The Solana wallet provider has patched the dodgy update, but that may not help users who have lost their seed phrases and have already installed the previous patch.  Crypto wallet provider Phantom has issued an emergency update for iOS users after reports that some users have had their app reset, locking them out of their...Continue Reading

If approved, OP_CAT will introduce drastic changes to the Bitcoin network, including covenants, ZK-rollups, and even Bitcoin-native layer 2 networks.  StarkWare CEO Eli Ben Sasson says he expects OP_CAT — a major upgrade to the Bitcoin network — to go live sometime within the next 12 months.  Speaking to Cointelegraph at Devcon 2024 in Thailand,...Continue Reading

Smart accounts will solve the “wallet trilemma” by optimizing for non-custodial control, convenience, and security.  An Ethereum Improvement Proposal known as EIP-7702 could accelerate the adoption of smart accounts by making it easier for existing users to upgrade their wallets, according to Safe co-founder Lukas Schor. “EIP-7702 will be the tipping point for account abstraction,”...Continue Reading

Jesse Pollak, the creator of the Ethereum layer-2 network Base, expects the Coinbase Wallet feature to be available for users in 50 countries by the end of 2025. Coinbase Wallet will soon roll out a “Tap to Pay” crypto solution to compete against Cash App, Venmo, PayPal and other fast payment firms. Speaking to Cointelegraph,...Continue Reading

The decentralized betting platform CEO was reportedly targeted in an FBI raid, which saw his phone and electronics seized.  The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly raided the home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Nov. 13, seizing his phone and electronics, according to the New York Post. Coplan was woken up...Continue Reading