Blockchain infrastructure provider Alchemy is partnering with Visa to launch AgentCard, a new payment method for AI agents designed to let them operate in the real world. Using agents from any provider, the virtual Visa card will let users’ AI agents ”book a vacation, order groceries, or renew a subscription on a consumer’s behalf, without the consumer ever touching a…
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BitGo Offers Exchanges MiCA Access As Deadline Looms
Crypto custody firm offers licensed infrastructure before July 1 deadline
Crypto custody firm BitGo has launched a crypto-as-a-service platform designed to help exchanges meet the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations. With the EU’s July 1 deadline for MiCA compliance fast approaching, firms without MiCA licenses won’t be able to continue serving customers after that date. In an X post, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said that instead of leaving…
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Coinbase Advances Its ‘Everything Exchange’
Tokenized stocks, options trading, AI advisor are part of the new offerings
Crypto exchange Coinbase is advancing its ‘everything exchange’ push, adding tokenized stocks, stock and options trading, and an AI advisor to its offerings. On the stock trading front, Coinbase Advanced users can now transfer over their stock portfolio — including virtually every major stock, index, and ETF — with zero-commission trading, fractional shares, and 3.5% rewards on trade-ready USDC balances.…
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Coinbase Report Has Five Scenarios for Beating Bitcoin Quantum Threat
Burning some 1.7 million BTC is among the solutions
Crypto exchange Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Council has released a report calling for the Bitcoin community to start work now on quantum-proofing the world’s largest cryptocurrency. It found that approximately seven million bitcoins are at risk of quantum theft, which could happen when quantum computers become powerful enough to break Bitcoin’s encryption. How far off that is remains a matter of…
