Month: July 2026

Chinese courts have sentenced five Sifang payment platform operators to between three and six years in prison over a gambling network that processed more than 2.95 billion yuan, or about $428 million, through USDT, bank cards and third-party payment accounts.…...

Romelu Lukaku’s agent rejects a backup role at Napoli behind Hjlund, sparking transfer speculation with implications for fan tokens and sports The post Romelu Lukaku’s agent rejects backup role at Napoli as transfer saga heats up appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Arbitrum’s grant-funded Dev3pack program has published its final DeFi Builder Club report, and the numbers give the DAO something useful to work with: a funded ecosystem program that actually came back with measurable output. According to the report posted on the Arbitrum governance forum, Dev3pack recorded 1,018 developer registrations...

Pi Network’s team announced earlier today that it has completed the distribution of its second testnet token, called Slice, through the Pi Launchpad. The statement also outlined how users (known as Pioneers) can take advantage of and explore its functionalities. SLICE Distributed Recall that the initiatives around testnet tokens...

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz cuts oil trade with China. Traffic normalization by August 31 at 12.5% YES. The post Iran’s Strait of Hormuz closure slashes oil trade with China appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

OpenAI signs Microsoft-led open letter advocating for open-weight AI models, signaling a major strategic shift with implications for The post OpenAI signs open letter advocating for open-weight AI models, marking a major strategic pivot appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Nasdaq dropped 1-2% on AI capex fears after Alphabet raised 2026 spending guidance to $205B. Bitcoin and Ether also fell amid broad risk-off The post Nasdaq slips on AI spending fears as Alphabet and Tesla earnings rattle investors appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Premier League clubs have spent over 1 billion in the 2026 summer transfer window, with Tottenham and Chelsea leading at 229.5M and 218.9M The post Premier League clubs dominate summer spending with top five expenditures appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Anthropic and OpenAI executives warn of security risks from Chinese AI models as DeepSeek shows 94% jailbreak rate and US weighs sanctions. The post US executives warn of security risks from Chinese AI models as Washington weighs sanctions appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Anthropic is seeking memory chip supplies from SK Hynix for custom AI semiconductors, a move with major implications for crypto and tech markets. The post Anthropic seeks semiconductor supplies from SK Hynix as AI firms race to build custom chips appeared first on Crypto Briefing....