Tether under scrutiny as Arthur Hayes flags solvency risks

Tether under scrutiny as Arthur Hayes flags solvency risks

Stablecoin issuer Tether is presently under scrutiny after Arthur Hayes suggested that it may be sitting on a balance-sheet time bomb. In an X post, Hayes stated that Tether is effectively making a massive interest-rate bet. In his post, Hayes noted that things could turn ugly if gold and Bitcoin retreat from current levels. Bitcoin…

Paolo Ardoino Fires Shots At S&P For Tether’s ‘Weak’ Rating

Paolo Ardoino Fires Shots At S&P For Tether’s ‘Weak’ Rating

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino fired back at S&P’s latest downgrade of his company. The ratings firm gave the stablecoin company a “weak” rating of 5 due to its reserve’s exposure to high-risk assets, which could risk the USDT’s 1:1 peg to the US dollar. S&P recently downgraded Tether’s ratings. However, the giant stablecoin issuer’s CEO,…

Cocoon Decentralized AI Network Launches on the Open Network (TON)

Cocoon Decentralized AI Network Launches on the Open Network (TON)

The Cocoon decentralized AI network, a privacy-preserving distributed computing platform built on The Open Network (TON) — an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with the Telegram messaging application — went live on Sunday. Cocoon allows owners of graphics processing units (GPUs) to rent their computing power to the network, processing user queries and requests in return…

Bitcoin Becomes Méliuz’s ‘Escape Hatch’ From Brazil’s 22% Rates

Bitcoin Becomes Méliuz’s ‘Escape Hatch’ From Brazil’s 22% Rates

When Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz (CASH3) reviewed its balance sheet in late 2024, it found something startling: it was profitable, debt-free, and growing, yet the market had valued its business at zero. “If you excluded the cash on hand,” Diego Kolling, Head of Bitcoin Strategy at Méliuz, told CoinDesk at the Blockchain Conference Brasil 2025….

BlackRock hails BTC revenue position as IBIT nears $100 AUM

BlackRock hails BTC revenue position as IBIT nears $100 AUM

BlackRock has announced a significant development concerning its Bitcoin ETFs. According to Cristiano Castro, the director of business development at BlackRock Brazil, the firm now makes more money from its Bitcoin ETFs than from any other product it runs. Castro added that the company’s Bitcoin funds now sit at the top of its revenue list….

Here’s How the $100M Project Powers Private AI Compute Networks

Here’s How the $100M Project Powers Private AI Compute Networks

Many AI models depend on sensitive information, yet sharing that information often introduces risk. This is where Zero Knowledge Proof technology steps in. It allows networks to confirm that an AI task was executed correctly without exposing the data behind it. Because of this, ZKP systems are becoming essential for building compute networks that require…