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AI News Brief: major exchanges like Binance and others are gradually opening up crypto markets to autonomous AI agents, with different players taking different strategic paths. Kraken launched an AI investment assistant in July that monitors markets and recommends trades based on users’ financial goals and risk preferences, but still requires user approval before execution—an ‘assisted decision, human gatekeeper’ model. OKX is going further, launching a beta marketplace where AI agents can find work opportunities on their own, trade with each other, and even…

AI news brief: Bitcoin mining companies are pouring big money into AI and high-performance computing (AI/HPC), but there’s still a massive gap between capital deployed and actual revenue. According to BlocksBridge Consulting’s latest Miner Weekly report, 15 public bitcoin miners and AI data center companies posted combined capex of $30…

AI news brief: As scammers increasingly run into AI-powered defense tech, Australian startup Apate trains AI bots to pose as victims and fight back against scam operations. Founder Professor Kaafar says the company’s bots handled 600,000 scam calls for a single telco, TPG, in just six weeks before the end of 2025, wasting scammers an estimated 500+ days and saving roughly $13 million in potential losses. Beyond burning scammers’ time, …

AI News Flash: Arthur Hayes has announced he’s taking over as CEO of AI inference protocol Flop Labs, and previewed a ’large-scale airdrop’ set for Q4 2026, ahead of the mainnet genesis launch planned for early 2027. Hayes posted on X on Tuesday saying ‘I’m coming out of retirement to lead @flop_labs,’ and has already updated his X bio to reflect his new role as the company’s CEO.

AI news brief: CFTC is preparing to open a public comment period on futures contracts tied to computing capacity, a key resource for AI development, as major exchanges including CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange push new products to market. Bloomberg reported Monday that CFTC has sent its comment request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

AI news brief: this article only contains Cointelegraph’s editorial policy statement, with no actual news content or data to expand on, so here’s the summary: Bybit launched a pre-IPO perpetual contract for Unitree, as crypto platforms accelerate their push into private market products. The original piece only includes Cointelegraph’s editorial independence statement and doesn’t provide details on the contract’s specific mechanics, leverage ratios, margin rules, or launch timeline — see the source link for full details.

AI news brief: Publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies are accelerating the shift of their power and data center capacity toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC), marking a clear structural shift in mining economics. According to BlocksBridge Consulting’s latest Miner Weekly report, a cohort of public Bitcoin miners saw actual hashrate drop from 368.3 EH/s in Q4 2025 to 319 EH/s in Q2 2026, a 13.4% decline.

AI News Flash: Wintermute is reportedly planning to invest up to $1 billion over the next five years into AI data center infrastructure and high-frequency trading operations as part of its push into traditional finance (TradFi). According to Bloomberg, Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy said the company plans to grow its non-crypto market share from around 10% today to over 50% by the end of 2027.

AI News Flash: The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants are calling on AI companies to give Bitcoin and open-source developers ’early access’ to flagship models, to help these developers strengthen their cybersecurity work. The original summary is fairly brief and doesn’t mention specific model names, a list of partner AI companies, an access timeline, or technical details — see the source link for more.

AI News Brief: Keel Infrastructure announced in its Q2 earnings report released Monday that it has fully shut down its US Bitcoin mining operations and pivoted to building high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The report showed quarterly revenue of $30 million, down 50% year-over-year, driven mainly by falling average Bitcoin prices and the shutdown of its Moses Lake crypto mining facility in April 2026. The company also reported…