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In brief Nasdaq’s venture arm is putting $100 million into Payward, valuing the Kraken parent at $21 billion. Kraken will distribute Nasdaq’s tokenized stocks, which would carry the same voting rights as ordinary shares. It is the third time this year an established exchange operator has taken a stake in a crypto exchange. Nasdaq is...
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As AI makes it easier to fill forms and file complaints, public services around the world are seeing enormous jumps in applications and other requests. In the United Kingdom, complaints to the housing ombudsman more than doubled since the introduction of ChatGPT, rising from 2600 in 2022 to just over 7,000 last year. The United States’ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) saw 5x growth in complaints over the same period. There were similar jumps in Brazilian judicial petitions and German parliamentary petitions. Researcher Chris Schmitz is tracking this rise as part of a broader trend he called “agentic flooding.” In…
The cannabis component CBD “supports post-exercise recovery” for athletes “but does not directly enhance performance,” according to a new scientific review. Cannabidiol “demonstrates efficacy in modulating delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and lowering concentrations of muscle damage markers (creatine kinase and myoglobin), particularly within the 48-72 hour window following intensive exercise,” the paper, published in the International...
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In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they had nothing—”a cartoon of a robot and a team of people,” CEO and co-founder Hamza Derbas told TechCrunch. Still, they heard a large consumer goods company with logistics needs was in town to meet with four rival robot companies about automation. Derbas talked his way into a meeting with the company and, instead of talking about his views on robots, asked to visit their factories and warehouses. “We saw how people were working; we zeroed in on flows we could immediately bring value to,” he told TechCrunch. “We showed them that…
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 fall 1-3% as oil, bonds continue rise; BTC at $77.8k Recent alt leaders VVV, LIT, PUMP retrace 8-10% Consensys is splitting into 2 companies, MetaMask...
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In brief Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told CNBC that BTC at $400,000 by 2030 remains a “reasonable target,” from below $80,000 today. Armstrong said he believes the current down cycle has bottomed out, having lasted about a year. He expects regulatory clarity within a month whether or not the Clarity Act passes on September 15....
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A federal appeals court has rejected a request from a drug testing industry association and a pharmaceutical company to block the Trump administration from moving forward with federal cannabis rescheduling while ongoing litigation challenging the reform is considered. “Petitioners have not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review,” the U.S. Court of...
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In brief EIP-8288 would bundle quantum-resistant signatures and STARK proofs into a single proof per Ethereum block. Buterin says private transactions that cost about 10 million gas to make quantum-safe today could fall to tens of thousands. The proposal is a draft and builds on Frames, the transaction overhaul he pushed on Sunday. Ethereum co-founder...
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 10th, 2026, ChainwireTech entrepreneur and angel investor Alessio Vinassa today announced the expansion of his investment framework focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, applying strategic risk-mitigation model lessons derived from managing high-pressure financial turnarounds to emerging enterprise technologies. Before he began investing across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Web3...
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Dubai, UAE, September 10th, 2026, ChainwireZamanat Fund CEIC Limited is the company’s first live proof point for regulated fund tokenization on ZIGChain focused on GCC private credit.Zamanat today announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited (the “Fund”), a DIFC-domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to USD 100 million. The...
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