TeraWulf has signed a 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic for AI data center infrastructure expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue, marking a major strategic shift for the bitcoin miner as it expands into high-performance computing. The agreement covers a purpose-built AI infrastructure campus at TeraWulf’s Justified Data site in Hawesville, Kentucky. According
bitFlyer USA has launched its cryptocurrency trading platform in West Virginia, expanding its regulated footprint to 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia as exchanges continue pursuing nationwide licensing in one of the world’s most fragmented digital asset regulatory markets. The launch follows the company’s receipt of a West Virginia Money Transmitter License in
What Did Coinbase Secure in the UK? Coinbase has received authorization from the UK Financial Conduct Authority to provide investment services, giving the exchange room to expand its local product suite beyond spot crypto trading. The approval allows institutional and advanced traders to access crypto, equity, and commodity perpetual futures through Coinbase’s UK platform. Retail
Why Has USDT Been Removed From Regulated EU Exchanges? Tether’s USDT has lost access to regulated crypto exchange order books in the European Union after the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework completed its transition period on 1 July 2026. The change removes the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalisation from licensed trading platforms across the bloc
Microsoft is preparing to cut thousands of jobs as early as next week, according to a Business Insider report, in another sign that Big Tech’s AI spending boom is coming with a human cost. The cuts are expected to affect less than 2.5% of Microsoft’s roughly 2,28,000 full-time employees. Xbox layoffs had already been widely
Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) remained in focus on Monday after a SemiAnalysis report revealed that its next-generation Kyber NVL144 rack-scale architecture has reportedly been delayed by more than 12 months. The research firm said that the product is now expected to launch in 2028 instead of its previously anticipated 2027 timeline. SemiAnalysis shared the update
The CLARITY Act is facing a narrowing path to passage as the 2026 midterm election cycle begins to compress the congressional calendar, raising the risk that the crypto industry’s most important market structure bill slips into the next Congress. The legislation is intended to establish a federal framework for digital asset markets, clarify when tokens
Coinbase faced criticism after an AI-generated alert reportedly posted a false World Cup result, raising fresh questions about the use of automated systems in real-money prediction markets. The incident involved Brazil’s 2026 World Cup round-of-16 match against Norway. According to reports, Coinbase’s system generated an alert stating that Norway had beaten Brazil 3-2 before the
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a “Lean Ethereum” roadmap aimed at reshaping the network’s core protocol around native STARKs, quantum-resistant cryptography and simpler, more formally verifiable infrastructure. The roadmap follows recent Ethereum research discussions and builds on earlier work around Lean Consensus, post-quantum security and the long-term restructuring of Ethereum’s base layer. Its central
OKX Ventures has acquired an approximately 20% stake in South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinone, becoming a joint third-largest shareholder in one of Asia’s most active and tightly regulated digital asset markets. The investment arm of global crypto exchange OKX is taking the minority position alongside Korea Investment & Securities, one of South Korea’s largest brokerage