03 Jul 2026
Bitcoin (BTC) price bounces as memory, semiconductor stock trade starts to cool
Memory, Semiconductors and bitcoin (TradingView) Summary Sandisk is up more than 530% and Micron over 230% in 2026, reflecting first-half demand for companies benefiting from growing demand for AI.
@coindesk, James Van Straten
2026
26 Jun 2026
Virtuals' Jansen Teng says AI agents are evolving into autonomous economic actors
Latest developments: Teng says Virtuals has expanded beyond gaming-focused AI agents and is now building infrastructure for what it calls an “agent society.” The company began by creating autonomous agents for gaming before expanding into crypto influencers, trading agents and other autonomous software systems.
@coindesk, Sam Ewen
2026
11 Jun 2026
Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf
Coinbase announced Wednesday that it had launched "Coinbase for Agents," a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments and purchases autonomously.
@coindesk, Margaux Nijkerk
2026
27 May 2026
DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, onetime OpenZeppelin founder says
As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, OpenZeppelin co-founder and former CTO Manuel Aráoz says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.
@coindesk, Sam Reynolds
2026
27 May 2026
Elon Musk could become a top 5 corporate bitcoin holder if Tesla and SpaceX merge
CNBC reported Tuesday that Musk is discussing a merger between Tesla and SpaceX that would tie his tech empire closer together and instantly create the world’s fifth-largest corporate bitcoin treasury, worth $3.3 billion.
@coindesk, Helene Braun
2026
08 May 2026
AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon
At the EasyA Hackathon tucked inside Consensus Miami 2026, the energy felt less like a traditional crypto developer event and more like a live audition for the next generation of the intersection of blockchain and AI-native startups. Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, some from established crypto ecosystems like Base and Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and…
@coindesk, Margaux Nijkerk
2026
29 Apr 2026
Tech giants double down on AI as earnings reveal growth gains and rising costs
Big Tech's multi-billion dollar AI bets are still on track as the Mag 7 giants report earnings. Four of the Magnificent Seven (Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon) reported quarterly results showing they remain committed to spending billions on AI infrastructure.
@coindesk
2026
29 Apr 2026
Startup Fence takes aim at back end of $6 trillion credit market
Startup Fence uses blockchain technology and tokenization to automate processes in the $6 trillion credit market, replacing fragmented manual workflows with real-time data tracking and smart contracts for lenders and asset managers.
@coindesk, Krisztian Sandor
2026
