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Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey took the stage Wednesday to discuss The Six Billion Dollar Man, Jarecki’s documentary on Julian Assange, and the role the bitcoin community may play in getting it to the public — a conversation that stretched from censorship and surveillance to Satoshi Nakamoto and the original principles of the internet. Dorsey joined the panel virtually. The setting itself carried weight: Jarecki told the crowd that the casino sitting close to where he stood had ties to the private security firm that spied on Assange while he lived inside London’s Ecuadorian Embassy — a…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched an open payments protocol for artificial intelligence agents, joining a growing push by crypto and payments companies to build infrastructure that lets software agents pay for services and transact with less human input.The new cross-chain Agent Payments Protocol (APP) is designed to let AI agents operate and communicate autonomously. OKX said Wednesday that the cross-chain standard can handle agent-to-agent payments, recurring or top-up payment flows and other automated payment arrangements across business processes. The company also said agents will be able to negotiate with each other, escrow funds and release them on verified task delivery.OKX…

The cryptocurrency industry has seen a sharp spike in hacks in April, with losses topping $600 million in the worst month for crypto hacks in more than a year.According to DeFiLlama, the total value hacked in April so far amounted to $629.7 million, the highest since $1.47 billion in February 2025. With KelpDAO’s $293 million hack and Drift Protocol’s $280 million exploit accounting for 82% of the monthly losses, decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken the unwanted crown as the most targeted sector over the past month.Source: DeFiLlamaThe concentration of losses in a handful of large DeFi incidents shows how a…

USDC ($1.00 · Live)-Payouts-to-Selected-Creators.jpg” class=”webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image” alt=”Meta’s Stablecoin Move Enables Usdc Payouts To Selected Creators” thumbnail=”” decoding=”async” >Meta is expanding its use of USD Coin (USDC) payouts to creators on Facebook and Instagram in Colombia and the Philippines, with plans to broaden the program to additional markets. Creators who opt into the service will receive payments directly into crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains. However, Meta’s payout system does not include a built-in fiat conversion option, so recipients must use an external exchange to convert USDC into cash. The rollout is currently limited to select creators in Colombia…

Bitcoin BTC$76,014.96 is on the defensive as April draws to a close, though seasonal trends suggest any pullbacks may prove short-lived, potentially paving the way for a renewed move higher in the weeks ahead.Data going back to 2013 shows that May tends to be a bullish month for the largest cryptocurrency, with gains in seven of the past 13 years. While the average return of around 8% is less impressive than stronger months like October and November, it still points to a positive bias.Coming on the heels of April’s roughly 10% gain, the seasonal pattern suggests the broader uptrend could…

Ethereum price fell 5% to nearly $2,200 on Thursday, as the asset remains in a downtrend for the fourth straight day. Now, a confirmed breakdown below a key ascending trendline positions it for more downside in the coming sessions. Summary Ethereum price drops 5% to near $2,200, extending losses for a fourth straight day after rejection at $2,400. Ethereum has broken below a key ascending trendline support, signaling a shift in momentum toward bears and increased downside risk. Bearish indicators have strengthened, with Aroon Down at 92.86% and a MACD crossover, pointing to potential decline toward $2,000. According to data…

Facebook paid its creators nearly $3 billion in 2025 — a 35% jump from the year before. Now some of those Meta creators will get paid in crypto. Related Reading Meta: A Second Try At Digital Payments Meta has begun rolling out USDC stablecoin payouts to select creators in the Philippines and Colombia, marking the company’s return to digital currency after a failed attempt years ago. Creators who sign up can link a third-party crypto wallet to Facebook’s payout platform and receive funds directly on the Solana or Polygon blockchains. The rollout is live now, though it remains limited to…

Morgan Stanley launched its bitcoin exchange-traded product, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), into a market it believes is still in its infancy.  At a panel on Wednesday moderated by Tyler Evans, Amy Oldenburg, the bank’s head of digital assets, spent the better part of an hour making a case for bitcoin that few clients have heard in full, and said that gap is the industry’s most urgent problem. “We have to start with bitcoin,” Oldenburg told the audience, citing the asset’s roughly 1.5 trillion dollar market cap and its distance from the rest of the crypto landscape.  She was…

US tech giant Meta has launched USDC payouts for creators on its platforms in the Philippines and Colombia, with plans to expand to additional markets. Creators who opt into the service will receive payments directly into crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains. However, Meta does not offer a built-in conversion option, so an external exchange is required to convert USDC into fiat currency, according to the announcement on Wednesday. The service is currently available only to select creators in Colombia and the Philippines, but Polygon said Wednesday that the stablecoin rollout is expected to expand to more jurisdictions soon.“Live in…

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