AI × Crypto
AI × Crypto is the most underserved category in mainstream crypto news. LeoDex News covers the intersection: AI agents settling payments on blockchain rails (Keyrock's $73M data shows this is no longer theoretical), autonomous DeFi protocols, AI infrastructure spend by mining-adjacent companies (IREN, CoreScientific, Galaxy), and the data-economics question of what AI training corpora are worth on-chain.
The most interesting stories aren't "AI token rallies 40%" — they're "what is actually happening when a billion AI-agent transactions cross a stablecoin payment rail." We cover the mechanism, the players, and the regulatory questions raised when autonomous software agents become economic actors. Stablecoins are quietly becoming the default settlement layer for the agent economy; we're tracking it as it happens.
Latest in AI × Crypto
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Anthropic's Mythos AI model prompts House committee to weigh new banking security rules
Anthropic demonstrated its unreleased Mythos model to Congress, revealing how AI can identify critical banking vulnerabilities. Rep. Andrew Garbarino signaled potential new regulatory oversight for AI-powered cybersecurity and bank disclosure requirements.
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Domyn plans 400B open-source AI model for European regulated sectors
Domyn, a Milan-based AI company formerly known as iGenius, plans to release a 400-billion-parameter open-source model within a year, backed by NVIDIA hardware and targeting European financial services, government, and defense institutions seeking alternatives to US proprietary platforms.
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Nous Research Adds Animated Pets to Hermes Agent Framework
Nous Research added animated mascot sprites to its Hermes Agent that do nothing but sit in your terminal and animate based on what the AI is doing. The pets are purely cosmetic, off by default, and available from a community gallery of over 3,200 options.
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OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño Custom AI Chip With Broadcom
OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, a custom chip designed for large language model inference and developed with Broadcom. Early versions are already being tested in OpenAI's labs, marking the company's most significant move yet to control more of the hardware stack behind its AI models.
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Cato Networks integrates GPT-5.5 into SASE platform via OpenAI Daybreak
Israeli cybersecurity firm Cato Networks joined OpenAI's Daybreak Cyber Partner Program on June 22, integrating GPT-5.5 and Codex security tools into its SASE platform to accelerate threat detection and patch generation.
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Alchemy's AgentCard gains Visa network access for AI transactions
Alchemy's AgentCard integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce enables AI agents built on any model—including OpenAI or Anthropic—to make purchases on behalf of consumers while preserving card rewards and credit lines.
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HIVE shares jump 10% on $220M Canada sovereign AI infrastructure deal
HIVE Digital Technologies announced a three-year, $220 million GPU cloud contract with Bell Canada and Cohere to deploy Nvidia Grace Blackwell processors at a facility in British Columbia, supporting Canadian government and corporate AI clients while adding roughly $70 million in annual recurring revenue.
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Magnificent 7 slump as investors rotate to chip stocks and SpaceX
Microsoft, Meta, and Bitcoin have all slumped sharply as capital rotates away from the Magnificent 7 and crypto toward semiconductor makers and space-tech opportunities, signaling investor skepticism about the AI arms race's returns.
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DeepSeek closes $7.4B funding round with employee non-poaching clause
DeepSeek's $7.4 billion funding round values the Chinese AI startup between $52 billion and $59 billion, with founder Liang Wenfeng imposing a condition barring investors from recruiting its roughly 150-person team. The capital is earmarked primarily for employee equity and stock options.
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Midjourney launches medical division with ultrasonic body scanner
Midjourney announced a new medical division featuring a full-body ultrasonic scanner concept targeting 0.5mm resolution in 60 seconds. The company plans a San Francisco flagship location with up to ten scanners by end of 2027, though it has never shipped a physical product before.
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Poland Acquires Stake in ElevenLabs at $11 Billion Valuation
Poland purchased an equity stake in ElevenLabs, the AI voice synthesis company co-founded by two Warsaw entrepreneurs, as the startup reached an $11 billion valuation in February 2026. The government investment signals Poland's push to establish itself as a tech hub, though it raises regulatory questions under the EU's evolving AI Act.
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Anthropic faces class action lawsuit over Claude Max subscription pricing claims
A class action lawsuit filed June 14 alleges Anthropic misled customers about usage included with Claude Max subscription plans, claiming subscribers received less access than advertised and overpaid for premium tiers.
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Ant Group launches AI Wallet, Token Pay to challenge WeChat dominance
Ant Group rolled out AI Wallet and Token Pay on May 26, enabling autonomous transaction execution. Alipay's AI Pay reached 100 million active users by February 2026, processing 120 million AI-agent transactions in a single week.
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Anthropic Survey: 64% of Americans Fear AI Job Loss, Only 15% Trust AI Companies
Anthropic's survey of nearly 52,000 Americans reveals deep anxiety about AI-driven job displacement alongside hope for medical breakthroughs, but only 15% trust AI companies to govern the technology's development.
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Anthropic CEO Amodei proposes government authority to block risky AI models
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei unveiled an Advanced AI Framework on June 10 that would grant the US government power to block AI models deemed unsafe, including mandatory third-party testing and revenue-based penalties for noncompliance.
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Trad.Fi and W3 compress equipment loans from months to one day with AI
Trad.Fi and W3 are working to move $650 million of equipment-finance origination onto blockchain rails over four years using AI to automate underwriting, but loan performance still hinges on collateral, servicing, and investor liquidity outside the token.
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Microsoft and KPMG extend partnership to integrate agentic AI across enterprise
Microsoft and KPMG have deepened their alliance to scale enterprise AI by integrating Microsoft Agent 365 with KPMG's governance framework, enabling secure deployment of AI agents across global organizations and wider adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot across KPMG's 276,000-person workforce.
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MIT researchers develop self-revising AI framework for autonomous scientific discovery
MIT researchers Fiona Y. Wang and Markus J. Buehler published a mathematical framework enabling AI systems to autonomously revise their reasoning structures and adapt discovery strategies, marking a shift from heuristic-based agentic AI toward rigorous, formally validated self-evolution.
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Alphabet enters municipal bond market with $1B energy deal
Alphabet raised $1 billion through prepaid energy bonds issued by the California Community Choice Financing Authority, marking the first time a major US tech company has entered the municipal bond market. Strong investor demand tightened spreads, signaling confidence in the tech giant's credit profile.
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Claude Opus 4.7 Matches Dedicated NMR Software in Chemistry Spectroscopy
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 matched or exceeded specialized chemistry software in nuclear magnetic resonance analysis without domain-specific fine-tuning, potentially reducing reliance on proprietary tools for molecular structure prediction.
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Google pays SpaceX $920M monthly for GPU access through mid-2029
Google agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month for access to roughly 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs to power its Gemini Enterprise platform, with the full contract potentially worth $30 billion over 33 months starting October 2026.
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Nasdaq tumbles 4% as jobs data revives rate-hike fears, Bitcoin drops below $60K
The Nasdaq Composite sank roughly 4% on June 5 after stronger-than-expected employment data reignited expectations of Federal Reserve tightening, sending AI stocks and Bitcoin into sharp decline as investors flee risk assets.
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Apple plans Siri reboot at WWDC 2026 with conversational AI and multi-app control
Apple is preparing the most significant Siri overhaul in its history, debuting at WWDC 2026 on June 8. The redesigned assistant will support conversational history, file uploads, screen awareness, and multi-app functionality to strengthen ecosystem lock-in and services revenue.
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Anthropic proposes coordinated pause on frontier AI development
Anthropic published a proposal for a structured, multilateral halt on advanced AI development, framing verification through nuclear arms-control models. The move could reshape regulatory frameworks and create uncertainty for AI-focused crypto projects.