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• People Are More Willing to Lie to AI Than Humans, Study Finds

  Decrypt - 16:40 May 19, 2026
  

  Consumers feel less social pressure when lying to an AI chatbot, research finds, while human-like social cues reduce dishonest behavior.

• Canaan Shares Plunge as CEO Says Middle East Conflict Is Clouding Outlook for Bitcoin Miners

  Decrypt - 16:20 May 19, 2026
  

  Canaan shares fell after the Bitcoin mining company disclosed an $88.7 million first-quarter net loss, its second straight negative period.

• Bitcoin Giant Strategy Gets Price Target Boost From TD Cowen After $2 Billion BTC Buy

  Decrypt - 15:08 May 19, 2026
  

  Analysts at TD Cowen believe shares in Bitcoin-buying Strategy behemoth could jump more than 139% in the next 12 months.

• Japan’s Ruling Party Pushes On-Chain Finance Plan to Protect Yen

  Decrypt - 14:26 May 19, 2026
  

  Stablecoins and tokenized deposits could help Japan modernize payments and reduce reliance on foreign rails, the proposal says.

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• AI Slop Floods Bug Bounty Programs as Companies Struggle with Fake Reports

  Decrypt - 13:57 May 19, 2026
  

  Bug bounty platforms and software companies are struggling to handle a surge of low-quality, AI-generated vulnerability reports.

• Bitcoin ETFs Shed $649M in a Day as Long-Term BTC Holders ‘Limit Downside Potential’

  Decrypt - 11:55 May 19, 2026
  

  U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $648 million outflows Monday as long-term BTC holders continue to accumulate the cryptocurrency.

• Morning Minute: SEC Reverses Course on Tokenized Stocks, HYPE Soars

  Decrypt - 11:26 May 19, 2026
  

  HYPE soared as the SEC opened the door to third-party tokenized stocks. Strategy bought another $2B in BTC, and price still went lower.

• Bitcoin DeFi Platform Echo Protocol Hit By $76M Monad Exploit

  Decrypt - 11:13 May 19, 2026
  

  Echo Protocol said that a compromised admin key had enabled unauthorized eBTC minting on its Monad deployment.

• Ohio Man Gets 9 Years for $10M Bitcoin Trading Ponzi Scheme

  Decrypt - 10:16 May 19, 2026
  

  Rathnakishore Giri falsely promised guaranteed returns on Bitcoin derivatives trading, using new investor funds to pay earlier participants.

• Lawyers Apologize After Fake Claude-Generated Quotes Appear in Trump Layoffs Case

  Decrypt - 21:46 May 18, 2026
  

  Attorneys representing a former Homeland Security official admitted using Anthropic’s Claude Console to help draft a court filing that included fabricated quotes.

• AI Still Can't Beat the On-Call Engineer: Here's Why

  Decrypt - 21:05 May 18, 2026
  

  The best AI models can't yet beat the engineers they’re supposed to replace at fixing real-world problems, a new benchmark suggests.

• Bitcoin Faces Greater Quantum Computing Risk Than Ethereum, Citi Warns

  Decrypt - 20:55 May 18, 2026
  

  Both Bitcoin and Ethereum face a quantum computing threat, but Citi says the gap between them comes down to governance, not just technology.

• Swan Bitcoin Hit With Nearly $1 Billion Lawsuit Over Prime Trust Collapse

  Decrypt - 19:48 May 18, 2026
  

  The lawsuit alleges that the Bitcoin-centric financial services firm took advantage of insider information to escape major losses.

• This Open-Source Phone AI Agent Sees, Hears and Acts—All Without Touching the Cloud

  Decrypt - 19:13 May 18, 2026
  

  Oppo's X-OmniClaw runs directly on your Android device, using the camera, screen, and microphone to execute real tasks inside real apps.

• Polymarket Users Spur Insider Trading Suspicions With $2.4 Million in Iran Prediction Wins

  Decrypt - 18:55 May 18, 2026
  

  Interlinked Polymarket accounts have made millions betting on U.S. military actions in Iran—and won 98% of the time, analysts say.

• Elon Musk Loses $150 Billion AI Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

  Decrypt - 17:47 May 18, 2026
  

  The legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI has ended in a win for the company he co-founded, following a jury decision.

• Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says AI Verification Could Help Secure Crypto Networks

  Decrypt - 17:34 May 18, 2026
  

  Vitalik Buterin said mathematically verified software may help protect cryptographic infrastructures as AI improves both code generation and vulnerability discovery.

• Hive Shares Hit Highest Price This Year After Bitcoin Miner Unveils Ontario 'AI Gigafactory'

  Decrypt - 16:48 May 18, 2026
  

  Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price popped after the Bitcoin miner unveiled a massive data-center buildout in Ontario, Canada.

• Bank of England, FCA Set Out ‘Shared Vision’ for Tokenization

  Decrypt - 16:45 May 18, 2026
  

  The UK’s central bank and financial regulator have launched a joint Call for Input as tokenization moves from “pilots to production.”

• Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Bleed as Crypto Funds Shed $1.07 Billion, Ending 6-Week Win Streak

  Decrypt - 16:00 May 18, 2026
  

  Bitcoin ETFs bore the brunt of a geopolitically driven sell-off, CoinShares said, though altcoin funds largely held their ground.

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