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Eole Makes Japan’s First HYPE Treasury Buy, Targets a $611K Stake

Key Takeaways Eole bought 1,078.2547 HYPE for $66,002 (¥10.08M) on July 28, Japan’s first listed-company purchase. Eole’s $611K (¥100M) HYPE plan broadens Japan’s treasury market beyond bitcoin and ether. In contrast, Quantum sold 1,000 ETH to fund its AI infrastructure operations. Eole Adds HYPE Beside Bitcoin as Neo Crypto Bank Strategy Grows Japan’s corporate crypto…

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Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests

Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached the systems of three organizations while conducting cybersecurity tests. The investigation, and disclosure, comes more than a week after OpenAI disclosed that one of its unreleased models breached Hugging Face’s systems during internal testing. In all three cases,…

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BSP Removes Two Firms From Registered VASP List

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released an updated directory of registered Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP), detailing six active non-bank VASPs, one inactive non-bank VASP, and two active bank VASPs operating under central bank…

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ETH Holds Key Support but Bullish Momentum Fades

Ethereum continues to trade within a critical technical area after recovering sharply from its June lows. While the broader rebound remains intact, the latest price action suggests momentum is fading as buyers and sellers battle for control beneath major resistance. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, Ethereum remains below both the…

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MoonPay Launches PayBox, Letting ChatGPT and Claude Turn Prompts Into Crypto Payments

MoonPay has unveiled PayBox, a new AI-native payment vault that enables ChatGPT and Claude users to securely execute cryptocurrency transactions, interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and even make real-world purchases without leaving the conversation. The company says the product is designed to transform AI assistants from tools that provide recommendations into agents capable of…

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What It Means Before You Upgrade

Buying Apple hardware just became a little more like leasing a car. The tech giant has launched Apple Upgrade, a new US leasing program that lets eligible customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches through Klarna instead of purchasing them outright. The program replaces Apple’s long-running iPhone Upgrade Program for new customers and expands…

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Ripple Expands RLUSD Across South Korea’s Top 4 Exchanges

Key Takeaways Upbit and Bithumb completed RLUSD’s listings across South Korea’s four largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Top Korean exchanges now offer direct won access alongside bitcoin and tether markets. Liquidity across the country’s largest trading platforms will gauge sustained RLUSD demand. Korea’s Largest Crypto Exchanges Complete the Rollout RLUSD has now secured listings across South Korea’s…

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Coinbase shares fall after $1.36-per-share Q2 loss

Coinbase shares fell in extended trading after the crypto exchange reported a second-quarter loss and lower revenue, overshadowing record market share and growth across stablecoins and derivatives. Summary Coinbase reported a loss of $1.36 per share, reversing earnings of $5.14 a year earlier. Quarterly revenue fell to about $1.2 billion from $1.5 billion in the…

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