Mastercard has unveiled a new payment system for AI agents, designed to permit secure and permissioned transactions to be settled across its payment network at machine speed. Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) envisions a future in which businesses create services AI agents can buy and use. Operating at machine speed, these agents will transact continuously with each other at high…
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Humanity Protocol Exploited for $36M
Multisig wallets were compromised, allowing attacker to mint $H tokens
Humanity Protocol said poorly protected multisignature wallet keys have been exploited to the tune of $36 million, driving the proof-of-humanity protocol’s $H token down as much as 85% today. The hack was first spotted Monday evening by onchain analyst Specter, who initially reported that 17 wallets holding the $H token had been drained of $5 million. Several hours later that…
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Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase Launch Tokenized Deposits
16 banks join forces to fight stablecoins’ ability to poach savings accounts
A group of America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits in order to stave off the threat that stablecoins will poach depositors. Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase are among the 16 major banks that have joined forces with The Clearing House to build a tokenized deposit network to enable 24/7 blockchain-based settlement of bank deposits. Banks have been…
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Couple Get First Bitcoin-Backed Fannie Mae Mortgage
Buyers used bitcoin collateral for downpayment without selling
An Ann Arbor, Mich., couple have become the first to receive a traditional Fannie Mae-backed mortgage using bitcoin collateral for a downpayment. Joe and Amy, in their early 30s, were ready to buy their first home but had most of their savings invested in bitcoin, and did not want to sell, giving up potential future upside while paying capital gains…
