Kelp DAO theft of approximately $292 million labeled the most significant DeFi hacks event of 2026.

X launched Cashtags for iPhone users, transforming social posts into financial tools by leveraging Elon Musk and Crypto technology.

Abu Dhabi opened up exposure to Bitcoin in the fourth quarter of 2025, reinforcing Bitcoin Abu Dhabi in institutional portfolios.

Millions of Jeffrey Epstein’s financial documents expose that some of cryptocurrency’s most influential early projects, including the Epstein Bitcoin.

Cybersecurity researchers revealed that 5G emergency systems are vulnerable to AI phishing using inexpensive hardware.

An attack occurred against ANTS, a French government agency, exposing weakness of systems based on biometric databases.

Unauthorized users accessed Anthropic’s restricted ‘Claude Mythos’ model through URL and credentials, involving a hacked AI.

Treasury Secretary and Federal Chair urged bank leaders to use the Anthropic AI model ‘Mythos’ to identify and fix digital security flaws.

Fintech investors weighing SoFi Technologies’ rapid rise as a profitable digital bank against Upstart’s volatile AI-powered lending model.

Revolut extended its platform through a new Revolut Polygon integration, adding faster payments and new spending features.

EU, US clash over Fintech, with the fintech Europe scene pushing aggressive digital sovereign regulations to break Visa and Mastercard’s payment monopoly.

Banking technology leaders warned in April that while AI coding tools like ChatGPT for finance boost developer productivity by 10% to 20%.

Grok AI controversy reached a breaking point when former civil servant Adam Hourican fell into a dangerous psychological spiral.

During first week May, US expanded AI control strategy, pushing frontier oversight across industry, AI in Chinese tech sector.

US stock markets and tech giants exposed AI trade split as investors reassessed firms’ ability to monetize AI spending.

Beijing has aggressively seen to be reshaping the global AI and security order, from China building up its military through PLA 'intelligentized warfare'.