Coinbase Opens 24/7 Trading for All Altcoin Monthly Futures, Perpetuals Next

Coinbase has activated 24/7 trading for all altcoin monthly futures, with perpetual-style contracts arriving soon, expanding derivative access that could boost liquidity and price discovery across a broad slate of non- bitcoin crypto assets. Coinbase Expands Around-the-Clock Altcoin Futures Access Coinbase Markets, the derivatives arm of crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), detailed on social media … Read more

AI Smart Contract Exploits: Expert Warns Agents Could Trigger $10–20B Annual Losses in DeFi Sector

A recent study by MATS and Anthropic Fellows confirms that AI agents can profitably exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, establishing a “concrete lower bound” for economic harm. Novel Exploits and Alarming Cost Reduction The accelerating push to automate human tasks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents now confronts a significant, quantifiable downside: these agents can profitably exploit … Read more

PVARA Chief: Pakistan to Roll out Stablecoin, Advance CBDC Plans

Pakistan announced plans to launch its first government-backed stablecoin as a key step in integrating virtual assets into its national economy. Regulatory Push Pakistan plans to launch its first government-backed stablecoin as part of a strategic effort to integrate virtual assets into the national economy, the country’s top regulator announced on Dec. 6. Bilal Bin … Read more

New Western Union ‘Stable Card’ Targets Remittance Losses in Argentina and Beyond

Western Union is reportedly rolling out a “stable card” aimed at helping people in high-inflation economies protect the value of their remittances. Western Union’s latest move folds neatly into its wider digital-asset roadmap, a strategy its CFO Matthew Cagwin outlined at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference. The company says its new stable card … Read more

Stablecoin Sector Roars Back as Market Nears a Record Peak

Stablecoin market caps are picking up steam again, inching their way back toward the $309 billion all-time high after another $2.26 billion poured in over the past week. Stablecoin Market Cap Charges Toward $309B All-Time High The fiat-pegged token realm keeps expanding, and data from defillama.com shows that the latest $2.26 billion boost reflects a … Read more

Casascius Classics Awaken: 2,000 BTC From 2011–2012 Shake off 13 Years of Sleep

On Friday, as bitcoin slipped beneath the $90,000 threshold, a long-dormant 2012 wallet stirred back to life, dispatching 1,000 BTC valued at $89.4 million at today’s rates — its first activity in 13 years and 49 days. Moments after that coin moved at block height 926566, the next block disclosed a second 1,000 BTC shift … Read more