AIR and Minds are partnering with Reap and Pivota to let agents use verified customer benefits and complete purchases within approved spending limits. The collaboration will begin with a single-merchant demonstration.
Bernstein raised Riot's 12-month price target to $35 after its reported $9.1 billion Anthropic AI deal, saying 84% of the company's value now comes from AI infrastructure rather than Bitcoin mining.
AI captured 80% of global venture funding in Q1 2026, but investors are increasingly backing the blockchain infrastructure powering autonomous agents, digital identity, payments and trusted AI systems.
A global semiconductor rally lifted the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow, while South Korea's KOSPI posted a record rebound as investors doubled down on AI infrastructure and chip stocks.
MoonPay has launched PayBox, a secure payment vault that lets ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto transactions and online payments without accessing users' wallets, keys or funds.
OpenAI has appointed the CEOs of BNY and Nubank to its board as it prepares for a potential IPO, competes with Anthropic and faces rising pressure from China's AI challengers.
Tether has open-sourced BrainWhisperer, a brain-to-text AI engine that runs entirely on-device through QVAC, expanding its push into privacy-first, decentralized artificial intelligence.