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.

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.

Anthropic unveiled ‘Project Glasswing,’ a cybersecurity initiative powered by its unreleased weapon ‘Mythos AI.’

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%.

SoftBank AI plans to launch ‘Roze,’ a $100 billion intelligence and robotics company in the US to industrialize data center construction.

Within two months, China doubled AI accelerator chips, expanding its Zhengzhou cluster as it boosts China AI chip self-reliance.

UN-backed brief warns AI risks misinformation in advertising and digital commerce as safeguards lag behind AI in programmatic advertising.

US AI companies face intervention, surveillance, geopolitical tensions as policymakers, tech leaders, intelligence agencies, AI governance leadership debate control.