Infrastructure
AI

AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon

Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and…
May 8, 2026
AI

SEC chair Atkins signals new rules for onchain markets, AI-driven finance

The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement.…
May 8, 2026
Infrastructure

ECB's Lagarde: Euro Stablecoins Aren't the Answer, Build Public Infrastructure Instead

The President of the European Central Bank spoke against EUR-pegged stablecoins at the inaugural Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum…
May 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson says the future of crypto wallets will be inside iPhones and Androids

At Consensus 2026, Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson said that “users should probably never have their private keys,” adding that “something should…
May 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Morning Minute: Coinbase Misses Earnings on Surprise Loss

Coinbase missed earnings, but one of its newest businesses is scaling incredibly fast—and Tom Lee may finally be slowing his…
May 8, 2026
DeFi

Aave to Overhaul Collateral and Listing Standards After $293 Million KelpDAO Exploit

Aave Labs will add cybersecurity and architecture reviews to its asset listing process following the April KelpDAO bridge exploit, with…
May 8, 2026
AI

Bitcoin miners using AI as a bear market escape plan just got a new rival in Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has turned one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence clusters into a commercial compute product, creating a…
May 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Solv Protocol Will Dump LayerZero, Migrate $700M Tokenized Bitcoin Tech to Chainlink

Solv Protocol will move its tokenized Bitcoin infrastructure to Chainlink, following Kelp DAO’s lead after it blamed LayerZero for a…
May 7, 2026
AI

IMF Warns AI Will Supercharge Cyberattacks on Global Financial System

The IMF called for treating cybersecurity as a core stability issue as new AI tools let even unskilled attackers breach…
May 7, 2026
DeFi

Tydro Keeps Markets Paused After Chaos Labs Flags Suspected Nation-State Attack

The largest DeFi protocol on Kraken’s Ink Layer 2 network is onboarding Chainlink and RedStone feeds before resuming its lending…
May 7, 2026