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In today’s newsletter, Vincent Chok from First Digital reveals the rise of “agent finance,” where artificial intelligence agents are going beyond advice to execute financial transactions, making cryptocurrencies an important financial backend for this machine-driven economy. Then, in Ask the Expert, we asked three leading AI systems (Grok, Gemini, and Claude) two questions about the…
As of last Friday, April 17, the annual interest rate for borrowing stablecoins on Aave, widely considered the gold standard in DeFi, was 2.32%. The Federal Reserve’s overnight interest rate is 3.64%. On the face of it, the market is pricing unregulated open source smart contracts as a lower credit risk than the U.S. Treasury….
They’ve done it again. The Seahawks got what they needed most first. With a plethora of trades being made right in front of them, the Seahawks got what they got in last year’s draft: a blend of the biggest needs with the best players on the 2026 NFL Draft board Thursday night. advertise Instead of…
Luke Lox was building until the final hours of the portal window. According to Joe Tipton of On3, Wake Forest transfer forward Cooper Schwieger has committed to Florida State, giving the Seminoles a chance to play in the finals and give the Seminoles a key frontcourt addition to cap off a historically productive offseason. Schweiger,…
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, blamed Democrats in a new Gallup poll for congressional approval, which fell to 10 percent. The Ohio Republican blamed the minority party for the record-setting government shutdown in the fall during an interview with host Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company.” The impasse stems from Democrats seeking to…
The Arbitrum Security Council this week moved quickly to contain the impact of the KelpDAO vulnerability and declared an emergency “freeze” of more than 30,000 ETH associated with the attacker, a victory for user protection. But beneath the language of containment, the intervention has reignited one of the oldest and most troubling debates in cryptocurrency:…
Giant octopuses may have ruled the ancient oceans 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed, according to new research. Some of the earliest octopuses are believed to have been powerful predators, possessing strong arms for grabbing prey and beak-like jaws for chewing the carapace and bones of other animals. A new study of some remarkably…
Aave and several major cryptocurrency firms are coordinating recovery efforts to stabilize the decentralized finance (DeFi) market after a $292 million breach left the industry’s largest lenders facing a huge gap in collateral support. The initiative, dubbed “DeFi United” and led by Aave service provider, aims to restore support for rsETH, the yield-generating Ethereum (ETH)…
The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft has been set, and as expected, the Las Vegas Raiders selected Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick. But there were some surprises, including Carnell Tate being drafted No. 4 overall by the Tennessee Titans. Tate was just one of four Buckeyes selected in the…
The U.S. Justice Department has arrested an Army sergeant major, accusing him of staging a raid on Nicolás Maduro before participating in an operation to detain former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on Thursday charging Gannon Ken Van Dyke with illegal use of classified government information for personal…