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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Nvidia Opens South Korea R&D Center, Strengthens Samsung and SK Hynix Ties
Nvidia announced hiring for a new research and development center in South Korea during CEO Jensen Huang's June 2026 visit, focusing on physical AI, robotics, and infrastructure solutions alongside discussions with the government and Hyundai Motor Group.
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Palantir and Kirkland & Ellis launch AI fund formation engine
Palantir Technologies and Kirkland & Ellis announced a multiyear partnership to develop AI-powered tools for private equity fund formation, with Kirkland backing the initiative with $500 million in total AI investment.
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Broadcom extends order visibility to 2028 on record AI demand
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan announced during Q2 fiscal 2026 earnings that order visibility now extends to 2028, driven by $30 billion in AI bookings and record quarterly revenue of $22.2 billion.
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Microsoft unveils seven AI models, claims wins over Claude and Google
Microsoft unveiled seven new AI models at its Build event, claiming its flagship reasoning and image systems outperform Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Google's Nano Banana 2 on independent benchmarks and image-editing tasks.
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Microsoft Scout: Enterprise AI Agent Built on OpenClaw
Microsoft announced Scout at Build 2026, an AI agent built on OpenClaw that integrates with Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint to automate workplace coordination tasks for Microsoft 365 users.
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Trump Signs AI Executive Order on Cybersecurity and Model Review
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity with advanced AI, directing agencies to accelerate AI-powered security tools and establish a voluntary review process for advanced models before public release.
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Anthropic expands Claude Mythos access to 150 orgs ahead of IPO filing
Anthropic is expanding access to its Claude Mythos AI model through Project Glasswing to roughly 150 tech and security firms, days after the company confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC.
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Nvidia CEO Huang: AI tokens now profitable, signaling shift to inference-driven revenue
Jensen Huang declared during Nvidia's Q1 FY2027 earnings call that tokens—units of AI model output—are now profitable for companies, marking a fundamental shift where inference has become a revenue engine rather than just a cost of business.
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Fetch.ai launches Fetch-Skills to simplify autonomous agent development
Fetch.ai released Fetch-Skills, an open-source CLI tool that injects curated knowledge directly into AI coding assistants, lowering the barrier to building agents on the platform.
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TikTok's AI Remix Feature Sparks Creator Backlash Over Non-Consensual Default
TikTok enabled an AI remix feature by default on all existing videos in April 2026, forcing creators to manually disable it for each upload. The decision triggered widespread backlash over consent and transparency, leading TikTok to pause the experimental tool.
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XCENA raises $135M at $570M valuation for memory-centric AI chips
AI infrastructure startup XCENA closed a $135 million Series B round led by Altinum and IMM Investment, bringing total funding to $185 million. The company's MX1 chip tackles memory bottlenecks in AI systems by processing data directly inside memory modules, potentially reducing infrastructure needs.
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OpenAI bans political ads as ChatGPT begins ad testing in US
OpenAI launched ad testing on ChatGPT for free and Go-tier users in the US on February 9, 2026, while enforcing a ban on political ads during the election cycle to reduce misinformation and maintain platform integrity.
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OpenAI, Thrive Holdings launch 97% accurate self-improving tax AI
OpenAI and Thrive Holdings unveiled a self-improving tax AI system that drafts returns with up to 97% accuracy. A pilot through 30+ accounting firms processed 7,000 returns and cut preparation time by one-third while boosting throughput 50%.
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Amazon licenses AI shopping technology to retailers, Tapestry first adopter
Amazon is licensing AI shopping tools to retailers through AWS, with Tapestry Inc. (Coach, Kate Spade parent) among the first to adopt the technology for store feedback systems and enterprise chatbots.
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Huawei's Claw-Anything benchmark exposes AI agent reliability gap
Researchers from Huawei and Chinese universities built a benchmark that simulates three months of real digital life, asking AI agents to complete tasks across multiple services and devices. GPT-5.5 scored just 34.5%—and fine-tuned open models outperformed some closed-source rivals.
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Base launches MCP tool to connect crypto wallets to AI agents
Base has released a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool that allows AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT to execute blockchain transactions on behalf of users, with every action requiring explicit confirmation and no access to private keys.
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Qualcomm lands ByteDance AI chip deal for data centers
Qualcomm reached a deal to supply ByteDance with custom AI chips for data centers, marking a significant win in the company's push into AI infrastructure and challenging Nvidia's dominance.
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AI agents settle $73M on crypto rails, Keyrock report shows
A Keyrock report shows AI agents settled $73 million across blockchain rails in the past year, with stablecoins becoming the preferred settlement layer as traditional card networks struggle with micropayments.
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IREN Says AI's Real Bottleneck Is Infrastructure, Not Chips
IREN co-founder Daniel Roberts argues that power, land, cooling and data center construction—not GPU scarcity—are the real constraints throttling AI deployment. The company has secured 5 gigawatts of grid capacity and announced a $3.4 billion NVIDIA contract.