Crypto & AI Daily Roundup

Crypto & AI Daily Roundup

Hana Bank's $670 Million Bet on Dunamu Is South Korea's Boldest Signal Yet That Banking and Crypto Are Merging

South Korea's largest commercial banking group just paid a landmark $670 million for a stake in Upbit's operator — and the deal's fine print reveals a stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure play that goes far deeper than a simple equity purchase.

Anthropic Agrees Terms on $30 Billion Round at $900 Billion Valuation, Leapfrogging OpenAI Ahead of Likely IPO

Four major funds — Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia, and Altimeter — are co-leading a deal that would nearly triple Anthropic's valuation in just three months, with an October 2026 public listing now widely expected to follow.

Vietnam's Regulated Crypto Market Targets Q3 2026: Techcombank, VPBank, and Sun Group Clear the $380 Million Bar

Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi confirms the world's fourth-largest crypto nation by adoption is weeks away from licensing its first official digital-asset exchanges — with a capital requirement three times steeper than a Vietnamese bank.

Trump Media Reports $405.9M Loss Driven by Bitcoin and Cronos Holdings

What happened: Trump Media & Technology Group posted a $405.

AI Models Display Strategic Behavior in Stanford Survival Game Benchmark

What happened: Stanford researchers tested 49 AI models including GPT, Claude, and Gemini in a Survivor-style elimination game across 999 simulations.

Bitcoin Faces Technical Pressure as Inflation Data Looms

What happened: Bitcoin is forming a rising wedge pattern that could lead to a drop toward $70,000 if support fails, according to technical analysis.