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Germany moves to tax bitcoin like stocks as new draft bill targets tax-free gains
Existing holdings would keep the current tax treatment, which can allow tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period.
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents solved a $1 million math problem. Now mathematicians are fighting
An internal model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra produced a proposed solution to one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, though questions are emerging over how independently it got there.
Iran eases currency controls to let traders bring earnings home in crypto: FT
Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported.
India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.
Visa combines VisaNet data with onchain lending to power stablecoin card working capital
Visa's stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up 15x year over year. Now it wants blockchain lenders to use that data to extend credit to the issuers driving the growth.
Bitcoin’s complexity paradox: How layer-2 scalers became AI's main target
A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure.
How Curve's soft liquidation model lets borrowers survive market drawdowns
Data tracked by lending platform Curve data tracked 704 soft-liquidation instances lasting a median 14.5 days, showing how some DeFi loans can survive for weeks after entering the 'danger zone.'
Cronos executes controversial blockchain rollback to recover crypto worth $111 million
Validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover user assets. But the attackers still managed to get away with $9.19 million before Cronos halted the network.
Bit2Me sets up specialized unit to help law enforcement track down crypto assets
The unit formalizes past operations, building on 1.5 million euros in seized crypto the exchange processed in 2025 for agencies including Interpol and Europol.
Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders
LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes — including a Democratic win in 2028 — comes good.
