SEC Publishes Memecoin Stance Reinforcing Hester Peirce’s Comments Memecoins aren’t securities, the agency said on Thursday.

Coinbase, NEAR, Others Form Alliance to Develop Open AI Services The Open Agents Alliance (OAA) consists of NEAR AI, the payments and AI arms of crypto exchange Coinbase and an array of other blockchain and AI projects.

Tokenized Assets Can Redefine Portfolio Management Tokenizing real-world assets on a blockchain generates the kind of daily, market-derived data that has traditionally been reserved for a narrow set of assets, says EY’s Paul Brody.

Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Unveils New Roadmap Part of their new roadmap includes adding features that make the wallet experience easier for users.

Apple will let parents share their kids’ ages to limit app access Apple announced in a whitepaper that it plans to introduce a bunch of new child safety features, including letting parents share their kids’ age ranges with apps, refreshing the App Store’s age ratings system, and making it easier for parents to set up Child Accounts for their kids. The company says it will introduce the

Cricut’s new crafting machines are more accurate, faster, and cheaper Cricut has announced new versions of its crafting machines designed to print, cut, and emboss various materials using a collection of swappable tools. The new Cricut Maker 4 and Cricut Explore 4 are the first updates to both machines in nearly four years and offer faster cutting speeds for some materials, improved accuracy, and cheaper

Amazon CEO says ‘beautiful’ new Alexa hardware is coming this fall Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a “brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful.” On Wednesday, Amazon revealed Alexa Plus, a more conversational version of the

Meta’s AI chatbot will soon have a standalone app Meta is planning to launch a dedicated app for its AI chatbot, according to a report from CNBC. The Verge can also confirm that Meta is working on the standalone app. The new app could launch in the second quarter of this year, CNBC says, joining the growing number of standalone AI apps, including OpenAI’s

Kia’s next EV is the affordable, long-range EV4 sedan Kia is launching a new EV4 sedan and hatchback with promising range figures for an affordable electric car. The vehicle was announced at Kia’s 2025 EV day event in Spain today, where the company also revealed an urban-focused EV2 small electric SUV concept and the PV5 electric passenger and cargo van. The EV4 sedan was

Crypto for Advisors: DeFi and On-chain Finance Will 2025 drive growth in the adoption of yield-bearing assets like staking, liquid staking, restaking and liquid restaking in DeFi?

U.S. Treasury’s New Crypto Point Person Says Stablecoin Law a Good First Goal Tyler Williams, an ex-industry lawyer hired as crypto counselor for Treasury Secretary Bessent, said there’s a ton of inside work to be done in the department.

Illicit Crypto Volume in 2024 Hit a Record $40B in 2024: Chainalysis Criminals are no longer using BTC, but instead choosing stablecoins, the report revealed.

Blackbird, Blockchain Restaurant Loyalty App, Goes Live With Flynet Mainnet Blackbird’s layer-3 mainnet, Flynet, is built on Coinbase’s Base chain. The team claims that building a layer-3 for its program benefits the restaurant industry because it eliminates middlemen and reduces transaction costs.

Olas’ Mech Marketplace Enables AI Agents to Hire Each Other for Help Crypto and AI firm Olas is making it easier for AI agents to collaborate.

SEC Plans to Drop Enforcement Suit Against ConsenSys’ MetaMask, CEO Joe Lubin Says The SEC accused the company’s wallet tool of being an unregistered securities broker.

Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX Is Looking for a Buyer: Sources BitMEX appointed boutique investment bank Broadhaven late last year to assist with the sales process, according to sources.

Utah One Vote Away, But Some States Fail to Break Through on Crypto Stakes Five states’ crypto efforts faltered as Texas advances and Utah nears a final vote, leaving the state-level push for digital asset reserves with mixed results.

Jeff Bezos is sending Katy Perry to space Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin’s next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. The pop star will join CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez aboard the New Shepard rocket this spring, marking its 11th human flight. Along with Perry and Sánchez, who is known for her

Here’s a new trailer for the ambitious survival game from PUBG’s creator PlayerUnknown Productions, the studio from PUBG creator Brendan Greene (aka PlayerUnknown), has shared a gameplay trailer for Prologue: Go Wayback!, a single-player survival game that’s launching in early access on Steam this year. The studio previously shared that the game would be built with “machine-learning-driven terrain generation technolo…

Meta is firing about 20 employees for leaking Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” according to a spokesperson. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,” Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold tells The Verge …