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Coinbase VP of international policy leaves for OpenAI
Tom Duff Gordon exited to join OpenAI as head of EMEA Policy, a spokesperson for Coinbase said.
Crypto wallet firm Exodus sues W3C and its CEO Garth Howat, seeking to compel $175M acquisition
A lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeks to compel Howat to comply with obligations under the November 24, 2025 Stock Purchase Agreement.
Iran's crypto tanker tolls are the latest step in its sanctions‑busting trade network
The Iranian regime has been increasingly using cryptocurrency over the last few years to facilitate cross border oil trading, according to data from Chainalysis.
Crypto's 'AWS' Alchemy unveils tool to make AI payment systems talk to each other
Alchemy’s AgentPay addresses the problem that the agentic payment systems currently coming online don’t talk to one another.
Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others
The Coinbase-engineered agentic commerce protocol x402 has garnered support from a long list of big names like Google, Cloudflare and Stripe.
Coinbase survey finds over half of investors don’t understand crypto tax
The 2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report, done with CoinTracker, found that only 49% correctly understand that crypto is taxable anytime it is sold.
Crypto's future is bright in the context of AI's assault on software firms, says Kraken-backed investment firm
Crypto’s latest bear cycle is a mere blip when compared with the existential threat AI now poses to traditional software services, says Ravi Tanuku, CEO of KRAKacquisition Corp.
Coinbase, Fannie Mae bring crypto-backed mortgages to homebuyers
The crypto exchange is working with financial technology mortgage firm Better, a Fannie Mae-approved mortgage seller.
Fund services giant Apex to tokenize Bitcoin mining note on Coinbase’s Base platform
Apex will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note “OMN,” an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin hashrate.
AI developers may not be keen on crypto, but stablecoins are the secret to agentic finance, crypto insiders say
The brave new world of autonomous, micro-transacting AI agents is where programmable cryptocurrencies will shine, according to stablecoin experts.
