Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies have completed a technical test showing how an AI agent can select a digital service and complete a micropayment through tokenized bank deposits settled in real time on a blockchain testnet
Project Eleven has named Quantus a development partner for its Strongpoint institutional custody platform, with Quantus Network integration targeted for the first quarter of 2027
Charles Hoskinson rejected Vitalik Buterin’s caution that AI could soon undermine lattice-based encryption, calling the warnings speculative and lacking concrete evidence of attacks
Vitalik Buterin has highlighted the potential for artificial intelligence to accelerate advances in mathematics that could undermine widely used cryptographic systems, while stressing that any wallet migrations should proceed with care to avoid costly errors
EU agency releases reports on quantum threats to cryptocurrency wallets and long-term encrypted data, stressing phased post-quantum upgrades before practical attacks emerge
HM Treasury selects Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC Capital Markets as joint lead managers for the DIGIT issuance planned for early 2027
Hong Kong-based firm introduces three new mining systems with hashrates from 1,150 TH/s to 9,600 TH/s, aimed at home users through institutional operators
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin used a local model, zkAPI and Tor to generate personalized diet and exercise recommendations while shielding sensitive health and travel details from external AI systems
A Lloyds Banking Group survey of 100 senior decision-makers finds strong expectations for blockchain-based infrastructure to improve payments, settlement, collateral and liquidity management
Financial regulators unveil rules for on-chain securities trading from February 2027, while lawmakers debate another delay to the planned crypto income tax
