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According to The Block, MoonPay has launched the AI payment tool PayBox, allowing users to integrate it with ChatGPT or Claude, enabling the AI assistant to directly prepare payment transactions for booking flights, restaurants, or online shopping. Users can choose to require a passkey approval for each transaction or set a limit for the AI to complete transactions autonomously.PayBox integrates cryptocurrency wallets with payment cards, supporting cross-chain transactions based on the x402 smart entity payment standard. It initially supports Solana and EVM-compatible chains, including Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Tempo, Base, Robinhood Chain, Arbitrum, and Polygon, with plans to support more AI platforms and DeFi features, such as token exchanges and perpetual contract trading, within the next month.MoonPay states that wallet private keys are protected through multi-party computation (MPC) and trusted execution environments (TEE), ensuring that no single party (including MoonPay or the AI assistant itself) can independently access the complete private key or sign transactions; payment card information is processed and stored, allowing the AI entity to complete purchases without accessing the underlying card details; this system is built on the key management infrastructure acquired by MoonPay earlier this year from Sodot.

SlowMist announced that a new recruitment scam targeting Web3 practitioners has recently been discovered. Attackers impersonate recruiters, luring victims to install an AI meeting software called "Relay," which is actually an information-stealing malware.This malware targets both macOS and Windows users and can steal sensitive information such as browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet-related data, Keychain data, Telegram sessions, and more. SlowMist has completed sample analysis and disclosed how this attack chain operates. SlowMist reminds that when participating in online interviews or recruitment processes, one should be cautious about installing unfamiliar software, avoid running unverified applications, and pay attention to unusual installation requests or system password prompts.

The AI Agent no-code operating platform X-Agent based on Web3 social networks has officially become a merchant in the OKX Agent Marketplace, launching three production-level risk analysis MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, and deeply integrating with OKX Onchain OS and OKX Agentic Wallet, promoting the evolution of AI Agents from mere software logic to entities with autonomous economic behavior capabilities.The first batch of three pay-per-use MCP tools:X-Agent encapsulates the underlying risk assessment capabilities verified by the platform into standard MCP services for other Agents within the ecosystem to automatically discover and call:Token Security Scan: Identifies Rug Pull, Pi Xiu schemes, and contract restriction risks (0.03 USDT / use).Wallet Reputation: Evaluates the historical behavior of counterparties and "smart money" (0.01 USDT / use).Portfolio Health: Analyzes position concentration and volatility risks (0.01 USDT / use).Deep integration with the OKX ecosystem architecture, enabling machine micropayments:x402 machine-native settlement: Combines gas-free USDC settlement based on EIP-3009 with the Coinbase x402 protocol, achieving minimal per-use payments as low as 0.01 USDT on OKX X Layer, without the need for pre-deposit or manual approval.OKX TEE hardware-level custody: Integrates with OKX Agentic Wallet, storing private keys within OKX TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), with X-Agent authorized only through short-term session signatures, ensuring asset security from the source.Idempotent automated execution: Introduces Pre-Broadcast protection and idempotent state machines to prevent duplicate charges or state conflicts in on-chain autonomous tasks.Building a "two-way cycle" Agent economy:This collaboration marks the realization of a full-path connection in the X-Agent architecture from "identity - payment - execution - monetization - distribution." Agents can autonomously procure external services through OKX Agentic Wallet and package their capabilities into paid MCP tools to earn revenue, truly achieving a value closed loop for a decentralized Agent economy.

Project Eleven has launched a new zero-knowledge proof system, providing a recovery method for the quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin proposed to be frozen under BIP-361, including the Bitcoin held by Satoshi Nakamoto.The solution leverages the property that quantum computers can break elliptic curve signatures but cannot break the one-way hash used in modern wallet key derivation, allowing the true owner holding the seed material to prove control. Benchmark tests show that the Project Eleven prototype is significantly faster than previous solutions, but the prototype has not yet been audited and is incomplete. It requires controversial modifications to blockchain rules before it can protect existing Bitcoin on the chain.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform that Tether's wallet development toolkit has launched a web playground feature, allowing users to test the basic functions of the wallet in their browser.

According to CoinDesk, hardware wallet company Ledger has launched an open-source toolkit called Ledger Agent Stack, which supports AI agents to interact with crypto wallets by reading balances, preparing transactions, and suggesting actions, with all transactions requiring user approval on Ledger hardware devices.Ledger stated that this release is the first step in its AI roadmap, aiming to integrate hardware-based security mechanisms into AI-driven crypto applications and to prevent autonomous agents from transferring funds or accessing sensitive credentials without human approval.

Uniswap announced that teams can now directly configure and initiate Uniswap Auctions in the Uniswap Web App. This feature is supported by Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCA), which are used for on-chain token distribution, price discovery, and liquidity guidance.According to reports, CCA is now live on the Robinhood Chain, allowing teams to run token auctions on-chain, discover more market-oriented issuance prices, and launch liquidity on Uniswap v4 after the auction ends. Previously, projects like Aztec and Cap have used Uniswap Auctions for permissionless and transparent on-chain token distribution.Uniswap stated that the new launch process supports importing existing tokens or creating new tokens, and allows for configuring auction parameters and liquidity pool settings after the auction. The current interface supports Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, and Unichain, with plans to expand to more chains in the future.

Aave Labs announced the launch of Stable Vaults, which are open to third-party developers and enterprises. Stable Vaults can convert on-chain floating lending yields into fixed income and automatically complete cross-chain liquidity management, asset rebalancing, and yield distribution, enabling enterprises to quickly build stablecoin yield products.Aave Labs stated that this solution has been applied to the Aave App and is now available for integration by wallets, exchanges, neobanks, payment companies, and fintech enterprises, and it also supports the integration of any ERC-4626 yield strategy.

According to The Block, the custody institution BitGo announced the launch of a new generation of quantum-safe tools for Bitcoin institutional wallets, helping institutions assess, manage, and reduce quantum-related risks associated with UTXO model wallets.BitGo stated that this solution introduces a new method for grouping and prioritizing UTXOs by address, based on its multi-signature architecture (a provisional patent application has been submitted), to reduce the risk of public key exposure from partially spent funds. This method does not cover address types that expose public keys from the outset (such as Taproot and Pay-to-Public-Key), and these addresses require separate security measures.

Strive's Vice President of Bitcoin Strategy Joe Burnett stated that there are currently three types of investment views on Bitcoin in the market: first, the bulls, who believe that Bitcoin's long-term annualized return rate is higher than the cost of financing, and therefore are willing to borrow long-term capital to increase their Bitcoin holdings; second, the neutral investors, who view Bitcoin as a "Digital Credit" asset, only needing to believe that Bitcoin will not disappear and can generally follow the growth of USD inflation over the long term to meet their return needs.For example, according to Michael Saylor, if Bitcoin grows at an average annual rate of 3.3%, it can sustainably rely on capital gains to pay current dividends; third, the bears, who can express their views by shorting Bitcoin or leveraging Bitcoin products. Burnett believes that as bulls, neutrals, and bears all have corresponding Bitcoin investment tools, more capital is expected to enter the Bitcoin market.

According to Decrypt, the Kenya Capital Markets Authority is tendering for blockchain monitoring tools to track fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion across more than 20 public blockchains. This move aims to support law enforcement needs under Kenya's new cryptocurrency legal framework.The platform will automatically issue alerts for high-risk wallets, large transfers, mixers, darknet-associated addresses, and sanctioned entities, and will screen transactions against the sanctions lists of the United Nations and the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.

According to a report from Hongxing News, an investigation report leaked from a scam park in Myanmar shows that global telecom fraud is accelerating towards an "AI industrialization + cross-border encrypted payment" system. The scam network completes fund circulation through cryptocurrency and uses automated tools based on large models for multi-language script generation, identity disguise, and emotional manipulation.According to the investigation analysis, these systems extensively utilize OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini at the functional level to support "scaled social fraud." The funding side achieves rapid laundering and transfer through on-chain payments and cross-border channels, forming a dual structure of "AI customer acquisition + encrypted settlement," which gives the fraud industry a high degree of automation and transnational diffusion capability. In addition, Starlink, owned by Musk, has become the number one network service provider for the scam park in Myanmar, with American ISP providers carrying nearly one-fifth of the park's traffic.In response to the related accusations, OpenAI stated that the behavior of scammers using ChatGPT is highly similar to that of ordinary users, making identification difficult. However, they have banned about 100,000 suspicious accounts monthly through behavioral pattern recognition and risk control systems. Google stated that its AI models have safety barriers in place and emphasized its commitment to "responsible AI development" to limit the tools' use for fraud and other illegal purposes.

According to CoinDesk, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy stated that after buying Bitcoin when it was close to $100,000, he will hold it until it reaches $0.He mentioned that every time he sells Bitcoin, the price skyrockets; every time he buys Bitcoin, the price plummets, and he indicated that this is a typical timing issue.

According to The Block, Sovright (the nonprofit successor organization related to Electric Coin Company for Zcash development) has officially released a wallet recovery tool named "Argos," aimed at helping early Zcash users recover funds that have been "stuck" due to the discontinuation of the old version of ZEC Wallet Lite in 2022.Sovright's Executive Board Chair Michelle Lai stated that Argos can recover affected assets as long as users still hold the old wallet mnemonic phrases, but since it only involves specific shielded addresses, the scale of the impact cannot be precisely estimated. However, it is estimated that the "amount is considerable," primarily concentrated among early long-term holders.She referred to the issue as a "technical pitfall" that the community has long failed to address, which, although not prominent, continues to erode user trust. Sovright currently consists of only three core members, all from the former Bootstrap system. The team is also testing a privacy-focused Zcash mining pool to reduce hash power centralization and enhance network decentralization.The governance structure of the organization has undergone significant adjustments, with Electric Coin Company employees collectively leaving to establish a new entity, Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), which has received support from institutions such as Paradigm and a16z, focusing on the development of Zcash-related products.Sovright emphasizes that there is no antagonistic relationship with ZODL and states that it will continue to focus on solving "long-standing issues" in the Zcash ecosystem, including key pain points such as wallet usability and infrastructure stability.

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated on the X platform that capital outflows from globally less stable countries will bring new upward momentum for Bitcoin and other digital assets.She pointed out that artificial intelligence is leading a technological revolution and "drawing a lot of attention and liquidity" in the investment field, but AI cannot replace the role that digital assets play in the current global environment—especially as a "wealth insurance tool."Cathie Wood emphasized that against the backdrop of rising macro uncertainty, the demand from investors for asset preservation and cross-border allocation tools is increasing, and digital assets are gradually becoming an important means of meeting this demand.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that the standing repo operations are a key tool to curb interest rate pressures.

The prediction market infrastructure platform Fortune announced the achievement of another important milestone: its core AI products AI Bot and Sports Agent have officially debuted.It is reported that Fortune AI is positioned as the "AI operating system" for prediction market traders, capable of real-time detection of news dynamics, market sentiment, and arbitrage signals, and performing selective operations through a structured decision-making and execution pipeline, achieving comprehensive intelligence in prediction trading.Previously, Fortune successfully integrated the prediction market liquidity of the Predict.fun platform, significantly enhancing users' trading options and depth. With the launch of the AI Bot automated trading tool, Fortune further refined its "liquidity + intelligence" dual-driven layout. Fortune officials stated that they will always adhere to the user-centric principle and are committed to providing a convenient and efficient one-stop prediction experience for global users.

According to Business Insider, Worldcoin developer Tools For Humanity previously hired two law firms to investigate internal financial irregularities, employee classification, and whether there were violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in its operations in Thailand.The report also stated that the investigation involves allegations of senior management approving large payments to foreign companies to boost the performance of Worldcoin tokens. The company stated that after the investigation, it has terminated its relationships with Thai partners and strengthened internal compliance policies and due diligence processes, and currently has not found sufficient evidence to prove that the company or its employees violated relevant anti-bribery laws.