Author: James Wilson
OpenAI’s Siri alliance frays over money and control. Summary OpenAI is reportedly considering legal action against Apple over how ChatGPT has been integrated and monetized inside Siri on iPhones and other Apple devices. People familiar with the deal say OpenAI is disappointed that the integration has not produced the prominence or paid subscription conversions it expected, and that Apple does not pay OpenAI a direct licensing fee beyond a share of in‑app subscription revenue. OpenAI’s legal team has brought in an outside law firm to evaluate options, including sending Apple a formal breach‑of‑contract notice, while Apple is said to be…
Visa’s WeFi pilot lets self‑custodied stablecoins fund everyday card payments across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Summary Visa is partnering with DeFi‑native platform WeFi to pilot stablecoin‑based payments and “on‑chain banking” services across selected markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The collaboration aims to make self‑custodied stablecoin balances spendable anywhere Visa is accepted, with WeFi acting as an orchestration layer between DeFi and regulated payment rails. The pilots build on Visa’s broader stablecoin program, which already runs a $7 billion annualized settlement run rate across nine blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Stellar. Visa and WeFi have launched a…
State Street is wiring its Luxembourg fund stack so tokenized fund units run on the same custody, NAV and TA rails as traditional funds, turning RWAs from brochure‑ware into production infrastructure. Summary By end‑2026, State Street will let clients issue and service “digitally native” fund structures from Luxembourg via its Digital Asset Platform, alongside conventional funds in one operating model. Tokenized fund shares will plug into existing NAV, custody, transfer‑agency and compliance workflows, closing a “glaring hole” that kept RWA pilots stuck in walled gardens with fuzzy legal settlement. If this works, European managers can launch tokenized share classes and…
TON’s new Agentic Wallets standard lets Telegram AI bots hold user‑funded wallets on TON, spending within tight limits as semi‑autonomous financial actors inside chat. Summary TON Tech has launched “Agentic Wallets,” an open, self‑custodial standard that lets AI agents on Telegram hold funds and execute on‑chain transactions on the TON blockchain without per‑action user approval. Each agent gets a dedicated wallet funded and owned by the user, with hard spending limits and revocable access, effectively turning bots into bounded financial actors that can trade, pay subscriptions, and interact with DeFi inside Telegram’s roughly 1 billion‑user ecosystem. The move is being…
BNB price continued climbing this week as bulls attempted to confirm a breakout above a key neckline resistance zone, with a bullish double bottom structure on the daily chart signaling the potential for a larger upside move toward the $750 region. Summary BNB price climbed toward the key $680–$690 neckline resistance as a bullish double bottom pattern signaled potential upside toward $750–$780. Growing optimism around spot BNB ETF proposals and rising institutional activity on BNB Chain helped strengthen investor sentiment. CoinGlass data showed rising open interest and positive funding rates, signaling that traders continue building bullish positions on BNB. According…
Bitcoin price continued consolidating above the key $80,000 psychological support level this week as improving institutional sentiment and strengthening technical structure fueled speculation that bulls may soon attempt a breakout toward the long-awaited $100,000 mark. Summary Bitcoin price held above $80,000 as spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $131 million in net inflows, reversing the previous day’s $635 million in outflows. BTC remained resilient amid progress on the proposed CLARITY Act and growing capital rotation from gold and silver into BTC. Bitcoin’s 50-day SMA is approaching a bullish golden cross above the 200-day SMA, while bulls target a breakout toward the $85,000–$88,000…
OKX has moved closer to securing a major foothold in South Korea after entering talks to acquire a substantial stake in local crypto exchange Coinone alongside Korea Investment & Securities. Summary OKX and Korea Investment & Securities are reportedly seeking roughly 20% stakes each in South Korean crypto exchange Coinone. The reported deal would make OKX the second overseas crypto exchange to hold a major stake in a South Korean trading platform after Binance’s investment in Gopax. South Korean authorities are discussing new ownership limits for crypto exchanges as Hana and Mirae Asset pursue separate investments in local trading firms.…
Strategy has recorded a new trading volume high for its STRC perpetual preferred stock, adding fresh attention to the company’s use of structured equity products to finance Bitcoin purchases. Summary Strategy’s STRC preferred stock recorded a new daily trading volume high of $1.53 billion on Thursday. The company could theoretically raise enough capital through STRC activity to purchase about 9,066 Bitcoin, according to STRC.live data. According to a post from Michael Saylor, Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, trading under the ticker STRC, reached $1.53 billion in daily liquidity on Thursday, the largest volume recorded for the…
Ether has continued to lag behind Bitcoin during the latest crypto market recovery, with analysts at JPMorgan saying weaker network activity and fading confidence across the altcoin market have kept institutional demand tilted toward Bitcoin. Summary Bitcoin ETFs and CME futures positioning have recovered faster than Ether after the Iran conflict driven market selloff. JPMorgan said Ethereum upgrades over the past three years failed to generate meaningful growth in network activity. Repeated crypto hacks and weaker DeFi activity have continued to weigh on investor confidence in altcoins, according to JPMorgan. According to a report from JPMorgan led by managing director…
Dartmouth College’s endowment has disclosed about $14 million in crypto-linked ETF exposure, with new positions tied to Solana and Ethereum staking products added alongside its existing Bitcoin ETF holding. Summary Dartmouth added Solana ETF exposure as endowments keep testing regulated crypto access through public funds. The filing shows Bitcoin remains the largest crypto ETF position in Dartmouth’s reported public portfolio. Bitcoin ETF outflows added market caution, even as universities continue building selective digital asset exposure. The filing shows about $3.3 million in the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, about $3.5 million in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF and about $7.7 million…