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Svasth.ai is building an AI protocol to connect scattered health data, turning patient interactions into useful insights for better care in India.

HSBC analysts expect Alibaba Cloud's profits to jump 40% to 50%, thanks to their new custom AI chips that reduce reliance on foreign tech.

The CLARITY Act wants to add the Treasury Department to oversee crypto. But its plan to ban yield on stablecoins is causing a major fight and could hurt DeFi innovation.

KyberSwap just rolled out "Smart Settlement" to make DeFi trading more efficient. It uses on-chain logic to reduce slippage and block MEV attacks and bad quotes.

AI agents are fundamentally changing digital commerce by surpassing $50 million in autonomous payments using the x402 protocol, establishing a new, machine-to-machine economic infrastructure layer.

BRICS nations are accelerating the adoption of local currencies, particularly the Chinese Yuan (CNY), for trade settlements, creating a functional, multipolar financial architecture that bypasses reliance on the US Dollar and Western-dominated payment rails.

Class-action lawsuits allege that Fenwick & West did more than merely advise on legal matters, accusing the firm of actively facilitating and concealing systemic financial fraud and the misappropriation of billions of dollars during the FTX collapse.

Nakamoto’s Q1 2026 report signals operational strength with a 500% revenue increase, but the resulting net loss highlights the critical industry shift from speculative growth to rigorous accounting scrutiny of crypto asset volatility.

A ruling from a Manhattan federal judge provided the critical legal authorization to transfer $71 million in ETH to Aave, establishing a significant legal precedent for asset recovery in the complex world of cross-chain DeFi exploits.

The top-tier AAA rating assigned by Moody's to tokenized funds signals a critical institutional acceptance, establishing digital asset structures as regulated, highly liquid, and reliable vehicles for traditional capital flows.

eBay's board rejected GameStop's unsolicited $56 billion acquisition bid, citing doubts about its financial credibility, setting the stage for a potential shareholder-led proxy battle over the company's true intrinsic value.

Developers are pushing a critical protocol update to mandate full transaction transparency, eliminating the "Blind Signing" loophole that allows malicious payloads to bypass user inspection and cause catastrophic fund losses.