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Bitwise's Hunter Horsley says AI Is ‘unstoppable freight train’ for crypto, while Haun’s Monica urges caution

As artificial intelligence races ahead, some crypto executives believe it could become the force that finally pushes blockchain infrastructure into widespread use. Others aren’t convinced the leap is so straightforward.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley and Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Monica @ NEARCON 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto isn't losing to AI, its just 'capitalism doing its job,' says Dragonfly

Comparisons between AI’s explosive consumer adoption and crypto’s trajectory misunderstand the nature of the products, Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi told CoinDesk in an interview.

Haseeb Quershi (Dragonfly) at Consensus Hong Kong

Finance

Your AI is getting a bank account: MoonPay just gave bots the power to spend money

MoonPay Agents is a non-custodial, permissionless financial infrastructure for AI agents that move money.

Photo of the moon (Alois Grundner/Pixabay)

Markets

Cipher Digital shares rise 6% as the firm rebrands from bitcoin mining to HPC, earnings miss

The company's earnings came in below estimates as the miner leans into large scale data center buildout.

An engineer works with bitcoin mining rigs (Shutterstock)

Markets

Canaan buys Cipher’s 49% of West Texas mining venture for $39.75 million in stock

The transaction gives Cipher a major shareholding in the Singapore-based company.

Racks of mining machines.

Finance

Kraken’s co-CEO could trust AI with 100% of his crypto — Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi isn’t convinced

At NEARCON 2026, Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi delivered a sharp debate over how soon those agents can be trusted with real money.

Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi @ NEARCON 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto suffers deeper declines as AI fears send IBM plunging 11%

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that its Claude platform can streamline COBOL code, a key profit center for IBM.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitdeer sold all its bitcoin to fund its move into AI data centers

Singapore based BTC and AI miner sells all holdings to build liquidity for expansion, signaling a broader shift in capital strategy across the sector.

Racks of mining machines.

Finance

Specialized AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits

New research claims specialized AI dramatically outperforms general-purpose models at detecting exploited DeFi vulnerabilities.

hackers (Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin miner Riot stock jumps nearly 9% as activist Starboard urges AI data center expansion

The activist investor said Riot's 1.7 GW power capacity can drive premium AI hosting deals at Texas sites.

Racks of mining machines.