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BlackRock sees artificial intelligence as a potential catalyst for digital asset adoption as autonomous agents begin paying for services, data and computing power. The asset manager views stablecoins as the nearer-term beneficiary, while tokenized markets for computing capacity remain at an early stage.

The S&P 500 moved higher early Wednesday as traders tried to recover recent losses after a Treasury buyback announcement helped ease pressure in long dated yields. The index remains in a broader uptrend, but short term momentum has weakened as markets await FOMC minutes and watch whether key support levels hold.

Payward has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, gaining access to Claude Mythos 5 for defensive cybersecurity work. The Kraken parent plans to use the model across its environments and disclose third-party open-source vulnerabilities to maintainers.

A volunteer group of Bitcoin developers using AI tools has identified thousands of vulnerabilities across wallets, cryptographic libraries and infrastructure projects. The effort underscores both the defensive promise of AI-assisted security research and the growing risk that attackers can use the same methods.

Bitcoin remained resilient near $65,000 even as AI-linked technology shares weakened, keeping crypto traders focused on whether the market can break above key resistance. Analysts say the Federal Reserve decision, inflation data, technology earnings and options expiry could determine whether BTC pushes higher or revisits the mid-$50,000s.

Quantum computing is moving from distant theory toward a practical risk for encrypted systems, and Bitcoin may be among the first major networks tested. Market experts say the largest challenge may not be cryptography itself, but whether decentralized governance can move quickly enough to deploy post-quantum protections.

TeraWulf is leaning into AI hosting after securing a 20-year agreement with Anthropic that the company values at roughly $19 billion over its life. The company says power access, site control and long-term infrastructure ownership are becoming the decisive factors in the AI data center race.