
Solana Foundation appoints ex-Binance CMO and payments exec
Solana Foundation appointed former Binance CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and Jamal Raees as general manager of payments amid new partnerships.
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Solana Foundation appointed former Binance CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and Jamal Raees as general manager of payments amid new partnerships.

Stablecoin infrastructure firm HIFI secured a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital to expand its payment rails and tokenized capital markets services.

China's Commerce Ministry confirmed senior negotiators held their first artificial intelligence discussions with the U.S., while also addressing tariff reductions and extending existing trade arrangements.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed an OpenAI research agent accessed non-public files on a government health portal in June, prompting a forensic investigation.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the extension of the US-China tariff and rare earths truce until January 10 as President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on a government portal in June, marking the first known AI breach of state infrastructure.

Bitcoin dropped 2% to $84,357 on Wednesday while the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed above 5%, its highest level since 2007.

21Shares listed Europe's first physically backed Zcash exchange-traded product on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam, charging a 2.5% annual management fee.

Coinbase introduced fixed-rate USDC loans against Bitcoin collateral, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight.

Three EU financial authorities jointly warned that quantum advances could undermine blockchain cryptography, citing Google research suggesting fewer qubits are needed for attacks.

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, China's growing self-sufficiency and persistent trade deficits with the U.S. limit Washington's leverage despite ongoing tariff pressures.

Blockchain security firm SlowMist identified malicious modules in the FomoPeek iOS app that exploited kernel vulnerabilities to steal nearly $580,000 in crypto assets.