Cryptocurrencies

Attackers withdrew about $2.1 million from a legacy vault of Thetanuts Finance as a result of yet another hack in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. White-hat hackers returned approximately $2 million. The hack affected a vault that the protocol stopped using several years ago. Thetanuts emphasized that this

The US still retains a small advantage over China in Quantum Information Science, Engineering, and Technology (QISET). However, the gap is narrowing and could disappear within a few years, according to the report The Quantum Competition by the analytical organization Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). The

Standard Chartered bank forecast that the UNI token could rise roughly 40-fold — to $100 by the end of 2030. This is stated in the institution’s new research, The Block reports. According to Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research Geoffrey Kendrick, the next wave of value creation in the crypto market

The blocking of Anthropic’s models by the US authorities confirms the importance of decentralized AI. This was stated by the head of Grayscale’s research department, Zach Pandl. On June 12, the US government banned foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic’s new models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5. For national security

The Indian AI startup Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation and earned "unicorn" status. HCLTech became the lead strategic investor, contributing $150 million. Participants include Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV Partners. Sarvam aims to bring its Series B up to $300

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has raised its key rate to 1%. This is the highest level since 1995. The decision was made on June 16 by a majority vote — 7 to 1. The rate rose by 0.25 percentage points — from the previous 0.75%. Thus Japan returned to the 1% mark for the first time in 31 years and took another step away from

The total value locked in DeFi protocols could grow to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. That is the conclusion reached by Standard Chartered's head of digital asset research, Geoffrey Kendrick, Cointelegraph writes . According to the expert's forecast, the sector will demonstrate 37-fold growth. The main drivers will

The China National Nuclear Corporation has announced the launch of mass production of silicon-28 with isotopic purity above 99.99%. It was called the country's first independent large-scale production of such a material. Silicon-28 is used in silicon-based quantum computers: it reduces magnetic interference and helps

For the first time in nearly two months, Americans will see gasoline prices below $4 per gallon. The decline was made possible by the U.S. and Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The White House considers this Donald Trump's achievement, but analysts point out that the global oil market is still far from a

The developer of neutral-atom quantum computers QuEra Computing plans to launch its first fault-tolerant system on the Amazon Braket cloud service in 2028. The project will be implemented as part of an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services. The Libra quantum computer is being designed with more than 256