Google and OpenAI both pushed the same message today: AI is now fast enough to feel impressive for those who use AI agents, each company announcing ultra fast models. The two launches are built diffe

Tether said Thursday that Big Four accounting firm KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion—industry jargon for the best possible result—-on the 2025 financial statements of Tether International, the

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday directing the federal government to enlist vetted U.S. companies in offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. The National Sec

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s fight with the Federal Reserve, arguing the central bank should not have the broad power to deny payment system access

More than 40 bitcoin and crypto firms asked the biggest AI labs this week to let independent security researchers use their strongest models before public release. The letter, published August 10, re

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich denied claims that the company sold Bitcoin after a 5,014 BTC transfer, valued at roughly $320 million, between company wallets drew attention online. “We transferred 5,

Hawaii will make it unlawful to run a crypto kiosk that takes cash from customers starting October 1, under a measure Governor Josh Green signed on July 9 as Act 224. The law adds a section to the st

The Financial Conduct Authority and HTX are \\\"in talks\\\" to negotiate a settlement in the regulator\\\'s case over unlawful crypto promotions to UK consumers, with London\\\'s High Court pausing proceedings u

Ether.fi, a decentralized finance platform known for Ethereum staking, is adding tokenized asset trading, portfolio-backed loans, and fiat accounts to its self-custodial app. Announced on Thursday, E

A data breach at one of Trezor\\\'s shipping providers has exposed the names, phone numbers, email addresses and home addresses of thousands of the hardware wallet manufacturer\\\'s customers, the company d

XRP holders can now use Flare’s FXRP as collateral to trade options and perpetual futures on decentralized exchange Derive, Flare announced on Thursday. According to Flare, users mint FXRP, a token r

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors mo

Twitch has started allowing Amazon to train generative AI models on the work of the people who stream on it, with the setting enabled by default. The Amazon-owned platform announced the change on Wed

The Seoul Southern District Court has sentenced Delio chief executive Jeong Sang-ho to 15 years in prison over the collapse of the South Korean crypto deposit platform, five years short of the term pr

Bill Swearingen spent the past year running one experiment over and over from his home in Kansas City, where he co-founded the SecKC security meetup. About 31 million tests later, he says he can produ