Anthropic is preparing to publicly file for an initial public offering as soon as the end of August, according to reports Thursday, as the artificial-intelligence company seeks an offering that could match or surpass SpaceX’s record-setting market debut. The Claude developer confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in
An Ethereum user reportedly lost 1,010 ETH, worth approximately $2.3 million at current prices, after using an old Tornado Cash bookmark that allegedly redirected to a phishing frontend designed to steal credentials needed to withdraw funds. The incident was reported August 20 by Wu Blockchain, citing community accounts that said the victim accessed an old
How Does Binance Agent OS Work? Binance has launched a developer platform that allows artificial intelligence agents to connect with its financial infrastructure and carry out supported trading activities on behalf of users.The new Agent OS provides a standardized access layer linking AI applications with Binance trading systems, market data, wallets, payments and on-chain services.
What Pushed Bitcoin Above $72,000? Bitcoin extended its rally on Thursday, climbing above $72,000 to its highest level since early June after a record wave of short liquidations accelerated gains already supported by stronger spot demand, ETF flows and improving macro conditions.About $2.75 billion worth of crypto short positions were liquidated on Wednesday, according to
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s new Innovation Advisory Committee meets for the first time Thursday, bringing Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Polymarket, Kalshi and some of the largest names in traditional finance into the same regulatory forum less than a day after several of them were at the White House discussing crypto policy.The inaugural meeting runs from
How Did a $24 Million Ether Loss Happen in 12 Seconds? A crypto trader with a long record of profitable bearish bets lost nearly $24 million after an ether short was liquidated in just 12 seconds during a sharp market rally.The trader, identified onchain as “pension-usdt.eth,” had held the short for 1,445 hours, or slightly
How Did Operation ASTERIX Target Crypto Investors? Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has uncovered a cryptocurrency phishing campaign that collected roughly 885,000 phone numbers and used account-validation tools, fake support messages and counterfeit wallet applications to identify and attack crypto investors.The campaign, tracked as Operation ASTERIX, included phone-number datasets from several countries. The largest file contained 316,002
Why Is Bitcoin.com Adding USDU? Bitcoin.com is integrating USDU into its self-custodial web and mobile wallet, expanding distribution for a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the UAE.The Ethereum-based token will initially be available for users to hold, send and receive through the Bitcoin.com Wallet. Swap functionality and options to buy and
Stripe confirmed on August 19 that it would acquire OpenRouter, a startup that routes AI requests to whichever model is cheapest or best for the job, concluding the deal FinanceFeeds covered earlier this week. Beyond the headline, the real story is that Stripe was buying something more specific than an AI asset. It was buying a
Key Facts MemeCore principals will contribute US$1.0bn of $M tokens to Nasdaq-listed ZeroStack Corp. In exchange they receive 3,500,000 ZeroStack shares plus pre-funded warrants over up to 36,198,293 more. The 925,925,926 tokens are valued at US$1.08 each, their prevailing fair market trading price. Warrants carry an agreed value of US$25.19 per share — over twelve