World, the identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, has launched a new version of its World ID technology for banks and financial institutions, aiming to help them distinguish real people from AI-generated impersonations. Announced by co-founder Alex Blania at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas on October 18, the offering
Block, the payments company led by Jack Dorsey, has joined the x402 Foundation and contributed support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network to the open payment protocol as the company expands its work on payments between AI agents and online services. Block announced the move on Sep. 24, saying Lightning is
An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorized access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, prompting a forensic investigation and a new government taskforce to determine what information was accessed and whether other government systems were affected. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on September 24 that
Vitalik Buterin dismissed all allegations concerning the ability of AI hackers to render cybersecurity indefensible due to advancements in artificial intelligence technology. Buterin said that AI could help improve the cybersecurity system by means of formal verification. This involves using mathematical proofs to assess the security properties of software. However,
Payouts.com, a financial operations platform for businesses and AI agents, and the Casper Association, the Swiss non-profit stewarding the Casper Network blockchain, have partnered to bring AI agent payments to production using the x402 payment protocol and csprUSD stablecoin. Under the partnership, Payouts.com will use Casper Network as a settlement
Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has rolled out a new developer platform called Agent OS, designed to let AI applications connect directly to Binance’s trading, market data, wallet, payment, and on-chain capabilities across both crypto and traditional markets. Announced on Thursday as part of its broader Binance
The Department of Justice has indicted a supervisory special agent of the FBI for theft of nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency during the investigation of a crime. According to court filings, Patrick Steven Yaroch, a counterintelligence agent with a Top Secret clearance, allegedly abused his official position to move cryptocurrencies
KuCoin has launched KuCoin Skills Hub. The idea is to enable broader access to AI agents so that it can offer more convenient assistance to not just retail users but also institutions, developers, and quantitative teams. It is based on critical fundamentals of trust and transparency. KuCoin CEO has called
AI agents in crypto was one of the booming trends in crypto a couple of months ago. At some point in the last few months, AI agent tokens even surpassed memecoins by market cap. However, they seem to be losing momentum these days both in terms of AI agents launch
Ozak AI is transforming cryptocurrency by fusing artificial intelligence (AI) with the blockchain and offering data analytics solutions. The platform delivers real-time, accurate, and actionable insights to users. Contained within the core of Ozak AI’s technology solution is its sophisticated predictive analytics function. Also, with the uncertain market conditions, the
