Live markets: SpaceX surges in pre-market trading as valuation climbs above Amazon’s
Ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid funds all took in money, but bitcoin’s outflow was really just Grayscale’s GBTC.
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Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840 million in hacks this year, is one of the industries with the most to lose if the filters fail.
Ripple wants AI agents to pay in XRP and RLUSD. The market is still mostly USDC
The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that XRPL’s speed, low fees and RLUSD can win a piece of that flow.
Top cryptographers can’t agree on Bitcoin’s biggest quantum question
A Coinbase-convened panel says Bitcoin should start preparing for quantum attacks now, but declines to take a position on whether millions of vulnerable coins, including many linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, should eventually be frozen.
SpaceX IPO scramble reveals difference between tokenizing a stock and getting one
Crypto platforms promised early access to the blockbuster SpaceX IPO through tokenized shares. The problem wasn’t technology, but getting the actual stock.
Live updates: Bitcoin traders eye rally to $75,000, Japan set to hike rate to 31-year high
Crypto firmed across the board following the largest equity listing in history. The token most tied to Elon Musk traded right in line with the market.
The company that makes your TV is taking ads onchain. Arbitrum helped
LG Electronics has built a blockchain-based advertising platform with the help of Arbitrum.
Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf
“Coinbase for Agents” is a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments and purchases autonomously.
SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq
The firms making that possible say eligible shares can also be converted back into tokens, creating a bridge between traditional brokerage accounts and blockchain-based markets.
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.