Aug 02, 2026Twila Rosenbaum The Bank for International Settlements completed real-value trials of its Project Agorá initiative, settling $1 million in tokenized cross-border payments across six currencies. Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks participated in 17 transaction scenarios, with average settlement times of 80 seconds. The tests used tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits. View more
Aug 02, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Aave is considering a governance proposal to wind down its V3 lending markets on six blockchain networks and retire dozens of low-use token listings. The cleanup would cover $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in debt. LlamaRisk recommended offboarding 50 low-use reserves and 21 matured Pendle principal token listings. Most affected instances have already been frozen. View more
Aug 02, 2026Twila Rosenbaum AMLBot has unveiled AI Tracer, a self-service blockchain analysis tool designed for users without specialist knowledge. The AI maps fund movements from a transaction hash across multiple networks, including through bridges and split wallets. It matches addresses against known entity labels, offering free checks and paid plans. The tool targets journalists, researchers, law enforcement, and compliance teams. View more
Aug 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum LinkedIn is introducing a new reporting button labeled “Seems like AI slop” that lets users flag AI-generated posts and comments. The platform says it has already blocked billions of AI-generated items in recent months. The move comes as rival platforms like Substack step up their own AI detection efforts. View more
Aug 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Researchers argue that weak AI safety regulation can backfire, making products riskier than no rules at all. A game-theory model finds AI developers offload safety burdens when downstream firms are regulated. The study calls for strict, supply-chain-wide standards to improve safety and benefit everyone. View more
Aug 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Meta's aggressive AI investments have cut free cash flow from $8.55B to $784M year-over-year. The company also faces mounting legal costs and potential damages. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends the spending as a necessary bet. View more
Aug 01, 2026Twila Rosenbaum A roundup of the most important privacy and security stories, covering data breaches, surveillance cameras, government action, and tech policy decisions. View more
Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum The controversial AI necklace Friend is back as 2.0, adding a speaker and doubling the price to $249. The relaunch revives debates over privacy and emotional dependence. The original launch spent millions on a domain name and drew protests. Here's why critics remain skeptical. View more
Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Wiz researchers, assisted by an early version of its Atlas AI vulnerability hunter, discovered a single credential that could unlock every database in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB. The flaw, named CosmosEscape, was patched by Microsoft with no evidence of malicious exploitation. The incident shows how multi-model AI systems are being used to uncover security holes at cloud scale. It also highlights the growing speed and risk of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. View more
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