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In brief Lawyers in a federal layoffs case apologized after AI-generated “phantom quotations” appeared in a court filing. Attorney Jason Greaves said he used Anthropic’s Claude Console under “tight time constraints.” The filing stemmed from a subpoena dispute connected to FEMA layoffs challenged in federal court. A federal court fight over Donald Trump administration layoffs has become the latest example of AI hallucinations entering the courtroom after attorneys admitted submitting fabricated quotations generated by artificial intelligence.In a declaration filed on Friday, attorney Jason Greaves admitted the filing included fake quotations generated after he used Anthropic’s Claude Console to help prepare…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s sideways price action has continued, but demand for the leading altcoin on the institutional level has not yet cooled down. During this persistent price action, institutions across the sector have been quietly increasing their exposure to ETH, buying more of the altcoin. Corporate Demand Pushes Ethereum Reserves Higher A recent report has revealed an underlying persistent demand for Ethereum even as its price continues to face downside pressure. In the face of volatility, institutional investors have continued acquiring ETH as the amount of ETH held in…

In brief ARFBench is the first AI benchmark built entirely from real production incidents. GPT-5 leads all existing AI models at 62.7% accuracy but falls short of domain experts at 72.7%. A theoretical model-expert oracle—combining AI and human judgment—hits 87.2% accuracy, setting the ceiling for what collaborative AI-human teams could achieve. AI companies keep pitching autonomous site reliability engineer agents—AI that investigates production incidents in place of humans. Datadog ran the actual benchmark on real outages, and the best AI models can’t yet beat the engineers they’re supposed to replace.The benchmark is ARFBench (Anomaly Reasoning Framework Benchmark), a joint project…

Elon Musk’s latest legal challenge against OpenAI has collapsed in court, clearing one of the biggest legal threats facing the ChatGPT maker as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies.A California jury on Monday rejected Musk’s $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and co-founder Greg Brockman, according to NBC News. Jurors ultimately decided that Musk waited too long to bring claims accusing OpenAI’s leadership of improperly profiting from the organization that Musk helped found.Editor’s note: This story is breaking and will be updated with additional details.Daily Debrief NewsletterStart every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features,…

The White House is on the verge of a formal announcement on the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — and the official leading the charge says the hard part is done. Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, told an interviewer this week that the administration has cleared a major legal hurdle in standing up the reserve.  “We’ll have an announcement,” Witt said. “I wish I could say more… It’s a breakthrough as far as getting everything in place, legally sound, properly safeguarding the assets.”  The signal follows a similar declaration Witt made at the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A growing sense of optimism is returning for XRP following recent bold forecasts from analysts about the altcoin reaching unprecedented price levels. During this wave of optimism, a crypto expert has outlined a growing setup that signals that bears are losing control of the market once again. Pundit Says “It’s Over For XRP Bears” XRP’s price is hovering around the $1.38 level following a pullback on Sunday. While the altcoin continues to struggle around this key level, Cheeky Crypto, a market expert and investor, argues that the…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on DefiLlama’s RWA category data puts the RWA tokenization market near $30 billion on-chain, with only $2.47 billion appearing as DeFi active TVL, the value actually deposited or pooled inside third-party DeFi protocols the platform tracks.The rest of the tokenized real-world assets market sits outside the lending markets and collateral vaults that make crypto assets composable. Bond and money market funds are the largest single RWA category at over $16.6 billion on-chain, yet they carry only $920 million in DeFi active total value locked (TVL).Gold and commodities sit at $5.7 billion on-chain against $183.6 million in DeFi,…

In brief Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price jumped 26% on Monday, after touching its highest point this year, following the data center announcement. Hive’s subsidiary, Buzz High Performance Computing, is building a 320-megawatt (MW) artificial intelligence facility in the Greater Toronto Area. Billed as a “sovereign AI infrastructure” project, the facility is designed to keep data and processing power within Canada to foster domestic tech dominance. Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price popped on Monday, touching its highest point of the year after the Bitcoin miner unveiled a massive data center buildout in Ontario, Canada.The company’s shares changed hands around $3.39,…

Capital B, the Paris-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company formerly known as The Blockchain Group, has completed the purchase of 192 bitcoin for €13.0 million, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 BTC — one of the largest bitcoin reserves held by a European public company. The acquisition, announced May 18, 2026, was funded through three capital raises that together generated €17.15 million. The raises included a €0.85 million placement under an “at-the-market” (ATM) agreement with TOBAM, a €1.1 million warrant issuance subscribed by cypherpunk and Blockstream CEO Adam Back, and a €15.2 million private placement of shares with attached subscription warrants (ABSA)…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure US-based global investment bank Goldman Sachs is betting big on XRP, with reports revealing a massive stake in XRP Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The move comes as the regulatory conditions around XRP become clearer, prompting many institutions to begin accumulating the cryptocurrency globally.  How Much Goldman Sachs Has Invested In XRP ETFs A crypto and blockchain researcher known as BankXRP on X has revealed Goldman Sachs‘s massive investment in XRP. According to its Q1 2026 13F, filed on February 10, 2026, the US bank held more than…

In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies added more than 71,000 ETH last week as ETH slid by 9%. Shares in the firm (BMNR) are down more than 5% since the opening bell on Monday. BitMine now holds nearly 5.28 ETH, valued around $11.1 billion. BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) felt that the falling price of Ethereum was too compelling to ignore, adding $151 million worth, or 71,672 ETH last week as the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency slipped below $2,200. The firm’s latest weekly addition comes just one week after it telegraphed a slowdown in its ETH purchases, scaling back last week to…

Strategy announced Monday it has acquired an additional 24,869 bitcoin for approximately $2.01 billion, averaging roughly $80,985 per coin, pushing the firm’s total holdings to 843,738 BTC — cementing its standing as the world’s largest corporate bitcoin treasury by a wide margin. The disclosure came via a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, continuing the company’s practice of Monday morning acquisition announcements. The purchase marks a significant acceleration from Strategy’s most recent disclosed buy — 535 BTC for $43 million during the week of May 5–11 — which had raised questions among investors about whether the…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors are red as yields rise, oil spikes; BTC at $77.4k SpaceX goes live for pre-IPO trading on Hyperliquid, sees $40M volume in 12 hrs BTC ETFs see nearly $1B in outflows last week, snapping 6-week inflow streak Aave restores WETH LTV ratios to pre-exploit levels Trump family disclosures show multiple…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz has sent an undisclosed amount of XRP to John Deaton’s US Senate campaign, giving Deaton’s latest fundraising push a direct signal of support from one of the XRP community’s most recognizable figures. Schwartz Donates XRP To Deaton Senate Bid The exchange played out publicly on X after Deaton appealed for donations on May 15, arguing that his campaign was built around small-dollar contributors rather than PACs, lobbyists or “special interests.” Schwartz, posting under his long-running “JoelKatz” account, replied two days later with…