Leaked Suno source code reveals 2 million YouTube clips and 62,000 hours of Pond5 audio scraped for AI training — the most concrete evidence yet of the company's data practices.
A Dune study for 1inch finds 85% of concentrated liquidity sat idle in H1 2026, with $542M out of range weekly and retail LPs missing $150M in annual fees.
Citadel Securities has made a $400M strategic investment in Crypto.com at a $20B valuation — the exchange's first-ever institutional funding round — targeting tokenized securities and derivatives.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told Congress the Fed will not rescue failing crypto or stablecoin firms, drawing a hard line as the GENIUS Act nears finalization.
Total crypto market cap drops to $2.27T, Fear & Greed Index at 27. BTC holds at $63,700 with 56.3% dominance as HYPE falls 8% and alts lead losses.
Gabriel Perez allegedly bet on Trump speech contents via Kalshi, clearing $100K+ using advance access. Kalshi flagged the trades to the CFTC in a landmark prediction-market insider-trading case.
Visa's new Stablecoin Platform lets banks and fintechs store, issue, and settle with stablecoins via Visa's network, backed by 130+ partnerships and 7-day U.S. settlement windows.
Lyn Alden-backed holding company Orange Juice raises $40M in permanent capital to acquire U.S. small businesses and run them on a Bitcoin treasury standard.
Ondo Finance and Japan's SBI Group have partnered to tokenize Japanese equities, settling trades in SBI's yen stablecoin JPYSC — a landmark RWA deal for Asian markets.
Anton Bukov claims he was fired from 1inch in November while still holding a 50% stake in the protocol. He has since launched infrastructure startup Second Tier.
