What's new in crypto and the advent of the decentralized web. en https://decrypt.co/feed/rss?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_source=rss Decrypt Media Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://decrypt.co/374189/black-forest-labs-flux-3-image-video-robot-hands Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:02:41 +0000 FLUX 3 is the German AI lab’s first video model, and the same system is already teaching robots to work an Audi assembly line. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374189 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374186/goldman-sachs-ceo-breaks-wall-street-crypto-clarity-act Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:44:09 +0000 Solomon's endorsement splits with JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and banking trade groups, who warn the bill's stablecoin-yield provisions could pull deposits away from traditional lenders. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=374186 Business https://decrypt.co/374178/nasdaq-listed-zhibao-bitcoin-treasury-220-million-stock-sale Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:12:19 +0000 A Shanghai-based insurance-tech company trading below $1 wants to build a bitcoin treasury by taking BTC directly as payment for new shares. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374178 Business https://decrypt.co/374175/robinhood-ceo-vlad-tenevs-x-account-hacked-to-shill-fake-vladhood-token Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:27:57 +0000 The deleted post touted a bogus "Vladhood" token as the mascot of Robinhood Chain—the latest fraud to exploit a network currently dominated by memes. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374175 Coins https://decrypt.co/374156/bitcoin-price-already-bottomed-fed-helps-grayscale Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:53:17 +0000 The crypto asset manager thinks the four-year cycle is dead, suggesting Bitcoin's price will follow macro forces and the Fed's next move. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374156 Markets https://decrypt.co/374148/brazilian-farmers-cows-blockchain-loans Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:31:17 +0000 The first tokenized livestock deal on Brazil's stock exchange offers dairy farmers a lifeline as the sector's credit crisis deepens. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374148 Business https://decrypt.co/374145/blackrock-coinbase-strategy-15m-quantum-proof-bitcoin Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:17:38 +0000 Nine of the biggest institutional names in Bitcoin formed a consortium to fund the developers working to keep the network secure—including from future quantum computers. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374145 Coins https://decrypt.co/374140/southeast-asian-scam-networks-cost-victims-up-to-114b-in-a-year-un Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:34:20 +0000 Once-fragmented syndicates have fused into a single, tech-driven criminal economy that increasingly runs on crypto, the UNODC warns. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374140 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374139/morning-minute-wall-street-moving-onchain-will-drive-the-next-bull-market Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:02:52 +0000 At least that's what Bitwise's CIO believes. Plus Republicans publish new Clarity Act draft, and the SEC Commissioner has a warning for DeFi. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=374139 Opinion https://decrypt.co/374136/crypto-wrench-attacks-cost-victims-124m-in-six-months-up-12x-certik Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:10:51 +0000 Physical attacks on crypto holders are increasingly happening at home, and France has become the epicenter, a new report finds. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374136 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374133/arbitrum-perp-dex-afx-trade-drained-of-24m-offers-hacker-30-to-return-it Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:24:09 +0000 The exploit hit a custody bridge AFX operates rather than the Arbitrum network itself, with the stolen funds quickly moved to Ethereum. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374133 arbitrum DeFi https://decrypt.co/374125/bitmex-to-close-on-september-23-halts-new-sign-ups Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:46:51 +0000 The crypto derivatives pioneer told users to close positions and withdraw funds before it goes dark on September 23. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374125 Business https://decrypt.co/374110/coinbase-canada-stocks-crypto-prediction-markets Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:13:04 +0000 The company's "Everything Exchange" is heading north. No launch date set yet, but the Coinbase Canada CEO says phase two for the company is in motion. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374110 Business https://decrypt.co/374106/kraken-parent-xstocks-beyond-us-equities Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:07:34 +0000 Payward and fintech GTN are teaming up to bring xStocks—blockchain-based copies of real company shares—to Hong Kong, the UK, Europe, and South Korea. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374106 Business https://decrypt.co/374084/alibaba-qwen-image-3-ai-useful-not-just-pretty Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:46:59 +0000 Qwen Image 3.0 generates dense newspapers and infographic grids in one shot and renders text down to 10 pixels. The catch: no benchmarks, no open weights. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374084 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374055/franklin-templeton-agentic-ai-crypto-killer-use-case Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:04:05 +0000 The asset manager argues that AI software capable of paying for things autonomously will need blockchain rails to work—and that most investors aren't positioned for it. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374055 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374059/bitcoin-price-bounce-bull-bear-case Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:48:45 +0000 The good news: Bitcoin is holding onto key support, and rising. The bad news: a "death cross" is still active, and prediction markets are still overwhelmingly bearish. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374059 Markets https://decrypt.co/374056/clarity-act-draft-trump-crypto-ventures Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:51:54 +0000 The long-awaited market-structure bill would block officials and their spouses from issuing digital assets and shield non-custodial developers, but the ethics ban expires in 2029 and enforcement rests solely with the DOJ. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=374056 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374052/hugging-face-ceo-thanks-chinese-ai-saving-day-after-openai-hack Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:23:16 +0000 When American commercial AI refused to help investigate the breach, Hugging Face ran Chinese model GLM 5.2 locally. Its CEO now says there's an important lesson in this. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374052 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374049/us-seizes-more-than-25m-in-crypto-tied-to-investment-and-romance-scams Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:10:46 +0000 Prosecutors filed five forfeiture cases as Secret Service agents traced funds from thousands of victims to launderers in Southeast Asia. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374049 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374041/centralized-elements-frequently-persist-in-defi-and-should-be-regulated-fatf Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:41:56 +0000 Nearly every country has yet to apply the rules, the watchdog said, warning of outright bans for platforms that don’t comply. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374041 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374030/justin-suns-htx-rotating-on-chain-wallets-amid-uk-sanctions-trm-labs Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:44:48 +0000 TRM Labs says the UK-sanctioned exchange has rotated hot wallets across blockchains, leaving address-list screening struggling to keep pace. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374030 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/374029/morning-minute-openai-model-escapes-containment-hacks-hugging-face Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:50:29 +0000 Plus, the BTC ETFs stay green. The Clarity Act hits a wall over who enforces the ethics rules. And Jack Mallers walks away from XXI Capital. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=374029 Opinion https://decrypt.co/374026/jack-dorseys-block-launches-buzz-a-nostr-based-slack-and-github-rival-for-ai-agents Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:03:43 +0000 The free, open source workspace runs on Nostr, gives AI agents their own cryptographic identities, and challenges Slack and GitHub. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=374026 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374018/dat-satsuma-unwind-bitcoin-treasury-sell-off-btc Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:32:58 +0000 The UK Bitcoin treasury company raised $218 million less than a year ago. Now it's returning whatever is left. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374018 Business https://decrypt.co/374015/openai-models-escaped-test-environment-hacked-hugging-face-cheat-benchmark Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:29:03 +0000 OpenAI's own models just broke out of a sandboxed environment, hacked Hugging Face, just to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374015 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/374001/pavel-durov-telegram-crypto-wallet-billion-users Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:20:49 +0000 The promise of instant, zero-fee crypto transactions for over a billion Telegram users sent its native Gram token up 7%. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=374001 the-open-network Coins https://decrypt.co/373975/google-new-gemini-flash-models-pro-still-missing Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:55:45 +0000 As Gemini 3.5 Pro stalls in testing limbo, Google ships 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and a restricted cybersecurity model—and quietly teases Gemini 4. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=373975 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/373996/augustus-raises-180-million-stablecoin-global-dollar-bank Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:13:48 +0000 The Tiger Global-led round values the startup at $1 billion as it wires stablecoin rails directly into a federally chartered bank, aiming to modernize the correspondent-banking plumbing behind cross-border payments. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=373996 Business https://decrypt.co/373967/google-ai-chip-gemini-frozenv2 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:24:37 +0000 Codenamed Frozen v2, Google's new server chip would bake part of Gemini's architecture directly into hardware for a projected 6–10x efficiency gain. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=373967 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/373951/xrp-price-clarity-act-hopes-charts-cautious Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:20:29 +0000 The Ripple-linked token just had its best day in weeks, as Washington may finally be delivering what the XRP Army has been waiting for. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=373951 Markets https://decrypt.co/373940/jack-mallers-quits-twenty-one-capital-as-tethers-bitcoin-merger-collapses Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:06:20 +0000 XXI stock dropped nearly 18% after the company's co-founder stepped down and Tether's plan to combine three Bitcoin firms officially fell apart. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=373940 Business https://decrypt.co/373908/galaxy-commits-5-million-prepare-bitcoin-quantum-threat Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:01:03 +0000 The crypto firm's initiative arrives as researchers, exchanges, and the U.S. government warn that "Q-Day" may land as soon as 2030. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=373908 Business https://decrypt.co/373924/morning-minute-the-clarity-act-has-new-life Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:57:23 +0000 Odds of the Clarity Act passing in 2026 jumped to 42% after a surprising new development from the White House. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=373924 Opinion