https://wyde.org/news Data-driven coverage of nonprofits, crypto philanthropy, impact investing, and the WYDE ecosystem. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:05:14 GMT https://wyde.org/articles/openai-11-billion-funding-1-25-trillion-valuation-foundation-stake https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-11-billion-funding-1-25-trillion-valuation-foundation-stake Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:37:26 GMT Aaron Rafferty Bloomberg reported Nov. 6 that OpenAI has $11 billion of a round expected to total about $20 billion. The OpenAI Foundation's 26% stake was valued at about $130 billion when OpenAI was worth $500 billion. ai philanthropy technology https://wyde.org/articles/doordash-instacart-17-billion-deal-snap-grocery-apps-one-owner https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/doordash-instacart-17-billion-deal-snap-grocery-apps-one-owner Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:30:27 GMT Aaron Rafferty DoorDash agreed Oct. 29 to pay $65 a share for Instacart, at least 75% in cash. The deal needs antitrust clearance and is expected to close by mid-2028. Both apps accept SNAP benefits online. food policy technology https://wyde.org/articles/kalshi-founders-utah-criminal-charges-14-counts-13-felonies-dec-4 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kalshi-founders-utah-criminal-charges-14-counts-13-felonies-dec-4 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:25:29 GMT Aaron Rafferty Utah filed the charges Oct. 28 and summoned Kalshi to Salt Lake City's Third District Court for Dec. 4. WYDE confirmed six states that have sued or criminally charged Kalshi, not the 12 claimed in a post on X. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/treasury-mexc-global-cut-off-16-billion-iran-north-korea-russia https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/treasury-mexc-global-cut-off-16-billion-iran-north-korea-russia Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:19:28 GMT Aaron Rafferty FinCEN's Nov. 6 order bars U.S. financial institutions from any funds transfer to or from MEXC Global. Treasury says the crypto exchange moved at least $16 billion tied to sanctions evasion and cybercrime from May 2021 to May 2026. crypto & defi government & fraud global affairs https://wyde.org/articles/kalshi-midterm-favorites-won-479-of-487-races-nate-silver https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kalshi-midterm-favorites-won-479-of-487-races-nate-silver Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:16:20 GMT Aaron Rafferty Kalshi's 98% tally counts races resolved by 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 4, including 94 state offices. Its favorites lost eight, and DeFi Rate counted misses in South Carolina's Senate race and two Texas statewide races. crypto & defi technology https://wyde.org/articles/openai-cyber-model-948-linux-kernel-root-exploits-1-2-million https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-cyber-model-948-linux-kernel-root-exploits-1-2-million Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:13:23 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI said Nov. 4 that an upcoming cyber model reproduced 1,724 Linux kernel bugs and built 948 working root exploits for $1,213,430. Cloudflare the same day pointed developers to its open-source security audit skill. ai technology https://wyde.org/articles/zipline-raises-1-5-billion-21-5-billion-valuation-walmart-300-drone-sites https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/zipline-raises-1-5-billion-21-5-billion-valuation-walmart-300-drone-sites Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:09:24 GMT Aaron Rafferty Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the Nov. 5 round, which values the drone delivery company at 2.8 times its January price. Walmart agreed to launch 300 additional Zipline sites. robotics innovation healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/miami-university-100m-gift-largest-217-year-history https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/miami-university-100m-gift-largest-217-year-history Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:20:54 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Farmer Family Foundation pledged up to $100 million to Miami University. The first $55 million is scheduled over three years, and the rest depends on matching contributions. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/brava-cybersecurity-unit-8200-15-million-seed https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/brava-cybersecurity-unit-8200-15-million-seed Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:50:09 GMT Aaron Rafferty Brava's AI agents generate the security logs an attack would leave behind, then check whether a company's existing tools catch them. technology ai https://wyde.org/articles/clanker-ceo-toady-hawk-mask-network-reboot-base-token-launchpad https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/clanker-ceo-toady-hawk-mask-network-reboot-base-token-launchpad Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:55:05 GMT Aaron Rafferty Toady Hawk, a Base Security Committee member, announced the Clanker CEO role on Nov. 3. Mask Network's Firefly team took over the Base token launchpad in October, after its sale to Farcaster and handover to Neynar. crypto & defi creator economy https://wyde.org/articles/vera-health-28-5-million-series-a-clinical-ai-search-800000-clinicians https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/vera-health-28-5-million-series-a-clinical-ai-search-800000-clinicians Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:37:10 GMT Aaron Rafferty Threshold Ventures led the round, bringing the 12-person company's total funding to $32 million. Vera Health says its evidence-first search tool is used by clinicians in 190 countries, including about 1 in 4 physicians in Spain and Italy. healthcare ai https://wyde.org/articles/us-measles-cases-2026-4852-pennsylvania-outbreak-1426-kentucky https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/us-measles-cases-2026-4852-pennsylvania-outbreak-1426-kentucky Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:34:42 GMT Aaron Rafferty The CDC's count as of Oct. 29 is 2.1 times all of 2025. Pennsylvania's outbreak has reached 44 counties with 268 hospitalizations, and Kentucky has more than 200 cases in what WKYT calls its largest outbreak in 35 years. healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/usda-farm-to-school-grants-record-47-million-2026-50-million-school-kitchens https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/usda-farm-to-school-grants-record-47-million-2026-50-million-school-kitchens Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:30:35 GMT Aaron Rafferty The U.S. Department of Agriculture added more than $27 million in Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants on Oct. 30, bringing 2026 to 149 projects, and made another $50 million available for cafeteria equipment such as cold storage and stoves. food policy https://wyde.org/articles/openai-chatgpt-teen-weapons-limits-community-safety-report-200-referrals https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-chatgpt-teen-weapons-limits-community-safety-report-200-referrals Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:27:22 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI said on Oct. 30 that ChatGPT will restrict practical weapons information for users it predicts are under 18, even without signs of violent intent, and that it will publish its first Community Safety Report in early 2027. ai technology https://wyde.org/articles/kjm-financial-paul-beers-9-7-million-ponzi-scheme-65-victims https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kjm-financial-paul-beers-9-7-million-ponzi-scheme-65-victims Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:25:10 GMT Aaron Rafferty The New Jersey college and financial planner took in more than $11 million from at least 65 victims from 2015 to 2025, promising investments such as guaranteed income contracts, prosecutors said. Sentencing is set for March 9, 2027. government & fraud legal https://wyde.org/articles/peter-gilgan-foundation-50-million-ottawa-hospital-critical-care-tower https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/peter-gilgan-foundation-50-million-ottawa-hospital-critical-care-tower Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:21:52 GMT Aaron Rafferty The C$50 million gift, about US$35.7 million, names the Peter Gilgan Critical Care Tower at the hospital's new campus and lifts its Campaign to Create Tomorrow to C$464 million of a C$500 million goal. philanthropy healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/kinder-foundation-25-million-mizzou-kinder-institute-oxford https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kinder-foundation-25-million-mizzou-kinder-institute-oxford Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:12:32 GMT Aaron Rafferty The grant brings the Kinder Foundation's investment in Mizzou's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy to over $85 million and will let master's students spend a full year at the University of Oxford starting in fall 2028. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/cftc-equity-perpetual-futures-kalshi-58-contracts-lawsuit https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/cftc-equity-perpetual-futures-kalshi-58-contracts-lawsuit Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:08:40 GMT Aaron Rafferty CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said on Nov. 3 that perpetual futures on individual stocks can trade on U.S. exchanges registered with both the CFTC and the SEC. A group whose members include Cboe and Citadel Securities sued the same day. crypto & defi legal https://wyde.org/articles/binance-hack-report-fake-job-interview-homebrew-6-34-billion https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/binance-hack-report-fake-job-interview-homebrew-6-34-billion Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:05:08 GMT Aaron Rafferty Binance's initial report traces the Oct. 29 attack to a tampered developer download in June and a fake job interview in September. It says $2.85 billion is frozen, 98% of affected tokens are replenished, and the FBI points to North Korea. crypto & defi government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/midstream-health-20m-series-a-68-percent-of-29-2m-raised https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/midstream-health-20m-series-a-68-percent-of-29-2m-raised Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:58:53 GMT Aaron Rafferty Midstream Health's AI financial operations platform serves health systems. Its $20 million Series A, reported October 29, is 68% of the $29.2 million raised to date. healthcare ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/apple-250-million-ai-settlement https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/apple-250-million-ai-settlement Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:28:28 GMT Aaron Rafferty Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle allegations about how it marketed Apple Intelligence. Eligible iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 buyers can file claims until December 21. legal technology ai https://wyde.org/articles/brazil-mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-40-million-drained-10-chains https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/brazil-mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-40-million-drained-10-chains Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:04:21 GMT Aaron Rafferty Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals. The more than $40 million estimate across at least 10 blockchains remains unconfirmed. The halt came four days after the Binance theft, and Mercado Bitcoin has not linked the two incidents. crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/clinics-on-cloud-raises-12-5-million-series-a https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/clinics-on-cloud-raises-12-5-million-series-a Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:41:47 GMT Aaron Rafferty Clinics On Cloud says the round will fund AI-led healthcare work and a bigger microclinic network. Indian health-tech startups drew $447 million in 2025, according to Venture Intelligence. healthcare innovation https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-31 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-31 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:40:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty WYDE Weekly: EAT's $1 million clipping fund closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Plus 33 countries on stockpiling food, WFP's Gaza cuts, a prank that became a $605,350 GoFundMe, $200 million for Boston Children's and the $6.3 billion Binance hack. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/superpower-peptides-bpc-157-149-month-hhs-policy https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/superpower-peptides-bpc-157-149-month-hhs-policy Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:50:50 GMT Aaron Rafferty Superpower will charge $149 a month for compounded BPC-157 and TB-500 and $199 for MOTS-c, shipping in late November. FDA's drug center recommended against listing all three, and the policy allowing the sales is not FDA approval. healthcare innovation https://wyde.org/articles/creator-prank-red-baron-worker-gofundme-600000 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/creator-prank-red-baron-worker-gofundme-600000 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:28:36 GMT Aaron Rafferty An Instagram account faked a $10 theft from a Michigan father of four stocking pizzas. Strangers have since given more than $600,000, Red Baron backed him, and the account is gone. Most fundraisers never see that. creator economy philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/met-council-25-million-ai-kosher-food-bank-brooklyn https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/met-council-25-million-ai-kosher-food-bank-brooklyn Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:43:21 GMT Aaron Rafferty City, state, federal and private money paid for the $25 million Canarsie hub. Against the group's latest Form 990, the cost equals 27.8% of its total assets. philanthropy ai https://wyde.org/articles/cent-raises-15-million-ai-preventive-healthcare https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/cent-raises-15-million-ai-preventive-healthcare Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:34:20 GMT Aaron Rafferty Cent said the round would pay for research and development and to build out its AI, engineering and clinical teams. Its 2035 target of 10 million scans is 1,000 times the 10,000 it says it has completed. healthcare ai https://wyde.org/articles/boston-celtics-owners-200-million-boston-childrens-hospital https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/boston-celtics-owners-200-million-boston-childrens-hospital Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:35:37 GMT Aaron Rafferty The total pairs Rob and Karen Hale's $100 million from December with a match from the other owners. It will help build a pediatric mental health facility and fund research, nurse training and an innovation fund. philanthropy healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/crypto-midterms-democrats-kalshi-odds-warren-clarity-act https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/crypto-midterms-democrats-kalshi-odds-warren-clarity-act Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:26:36 GMT Aaron Rafferty A Democratic Senate would make Elizabeth Warren chair of the Banking Committee, and analysts expect the stalled Clarity Act to stay stuck. The crypto industry has spent $176 million on more than 100 races. crypto & defi government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/ice-trade-xyz-hyperliquid-us-perpetual-futures https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ice-trade-xyz-hyperliquid-us-perpetual-futures Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:11:40 GMT Aaron Rafferty Intercontinental Exchange signed a definitive agreement to run Trade[XYZ]'s perpetual futures markets onshore for U.S. retail traders, subject to regulatory approvals. No launch date or investment amount was disclosed. crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/binance-hack-tether-circle-freeze-billions https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/binance-hack-tether-circle-freeze-billions Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:06:42 GMT Aaron Rafferty Binance says early findings point to a compromised engineer's laptop and that user funds are safe. Tether and Circle froze more than $2.3 billion in stablecoins, and the final amount stolen is not yet confirmed. crypto & defi government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/birch-hill-raises-4-million-seed-onchain-credit https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/birch-hill-raises-4-million-seed-onchain-credit Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:04:32 GMT Aaron Rafferty The startup, founded by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock alumni, curates lending vaults on Morpho and has applied to FINRA as it works toward putting U.S. multifamily, farm and energy loans onchain. crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/us-says-stockpile-food-no-plan-720-million-hunger-fund https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/us-says-stockpile-food-no-plan-720-million-hunger-fund Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:52:52 GMT Joseph Cederwall Washington, London and Tokyo tell households to stock up, and the Pentagon wants bases that can run 90 days alone. The $720 million Congress set aside to fight global hunger still has no published plan. food policy global affairs https://wyde.org/articles/countries-urge-food-water-stockpiles-bongino-30-days https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/countries-urge-food-water-stockpiles-bongino-30-days Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:50:49 GMT Aaron Rafferty Newsweek's list names 33 countries that tell households to keep emergency food and water, with 72 hours the most common advice. Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino told Americans to take the warnings seriously and cited 30 days. global affairs food policy https://wyde.org/articles/fda-peptide-access-plan-advisers-backed-six-peptides https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/fda-peptide-access-plan-advisers-backed-six-peptides Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:40:23 GMT Aaron Rafferty AP reported on Oct. 15, 2026, that federal health officials were advancing plans to broaden access to unproven injectable peptides. An FDA advisory committee had backed six of them in July. healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/healthcare-ai-startup-biostack-raises-9-5m https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/healthcare-ai-startup-biostack-raises-9-5m Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:54:45 GMT Aaron Rafferty BioStack, a San Francisco-based healthcare AI startup, raised $9.5 million to build clinical data infrastructure for medical AI. Snorkel AI's $350 million raise is about 37 times larger. healthcare ai https://wyde.org/articles/military-veterans-giving-rose-5-9-percent-to-4-billion-2024 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/military-veterans-giving-rose-5-9-percent-to-4-billion-2024 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:41:34 GMT Aaron Rafferty Giving to the military and veterans community rose 5.9% in 2024, to about $4 billion before inflation, and the top 10 recipients captured 85% of the growth. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/superpower-peptide-library-152-peptides-bpc-157-fda-status https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/superpower-peptide-library-152-peptides-bpc-157-fda-status Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:15:51 GMT Aaron Rafferty Superpower announced its 152-peptide library on X on October 26, 2026. Its BPC-157 entry notes a July advisory vote in favor of compounding, while FDA's own briefing proposed against listing the peptide. healthcare innovation https://wyde.org/articles/anthropic-claude-for-nonprofits-plugin-fundraising-marketing-hiring-skills https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/anthropic-claude-for-nonprofits-plugin-fundraising-marketing-hiring-skills Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:11:15 GMT Aaron Rafferty Anthropic says the plugin was built with about 30 nonprofits and installs at no additional cost on Team and Enterprise plans. philanthropy ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/openai-says-ai-made-3-science-results-math-computer-science-physics https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-says-ai-made-3-science-results-math-computer-science-physics Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:07:30 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI says its models produced results in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory) and physics (quantum field theory). The post reports no outside verification yet. ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/buffett-family-foundations-gates-foundation-2026-gifts https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/buffett-family-foundations-gates-foundation-2026-gifts Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:23:23 GMT Aaron Rafferty Warren Buffett announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the NoVo Foundation in July 2026. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not a recipient. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/spacex-share-every-child-elon-musk-ai-philanthropy https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/spacex-share-every-child-elon-musk-ai-philanthropy Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:16:48 GMT Aaron Rafferty Elon Musk plans one SpaceX share for every child in America next year. At the October 16 closing price of $146.03, each share is worth about $146, but key details remain unanswered. philanthropy ai technology https://wyde.org/articles/warren-buffett-gates-foundation-pledge-47-billion https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/warren-buffett-gates-foundation-pledge-47-billion Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:07:07 GMT Aaron Rafferty In July 2026, Warren Buffett, then 95, announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for four family foundations and plans to give his remaining stock, worth about $140 billion, by December 31, 2034. None of the July gifts went to the Gates Foundation. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/fine-print-ai-philanthropy-anthropic-elon-musk-billions https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/fine-print-ai-philanthropy-anthropic-elon-musk-billions Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:03:48 GMT Aaron Rafferty Anthropic's 5 per cent share pledge is worth $48 billion at its last valuation. Musk's SpaceX share giveaway is about $10 billion, and both totals rest on valuations. philanthropy ai technology https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-24 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-24 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty WYDE Weekly: one week is left to apply to EAT's $1 million clipping fund, open through October 31. Plus Musk's $10B pledge, $720 million for global hunger with no plan yet, a $4 million SNAP fraud case, $250 million for Hebrew University and the week in giving, AI and health. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/microsoft-mai-dxo-science-ai-diagnosis-83-percent https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/microsoft-mai-dxo-science-ai-diagnosis-83-percent Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:21:06 GMT Aaron Rafferty Microsoft AI's diagnostic system outscored generalist doctors on complex simulated cases from the New England Journal of Medicine, but the study measured accuracy, not patient outcomes. ai healthcare technology https://wyde.org/articles/terry-fox-foundation-25-million-tanenbaum-powered-by-terry https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/terry-fox-foundation-25-million-tanenbaum-powered-by-terry Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:12:37 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation gave the Terry Fox Foundation C$25 million, its largest single donation, as the Terry Fox Foundation and the Terry Fox Research Institute unveiled 'Powered by Terry.' philanthropy healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/bill-gatton-foundation-30-million-transform-uk-arboretum https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/bill-gatton-foundation-30-million-transform-uk-arboretum Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:05:09 GMT Aaron Rafferty The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees accepted the $30 million gift on Oct. 23, 2026, for The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/uae-operation-confrontation-ghost-39-billion-funds-digital-currencies https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/uae-operation-confrontation-ghost-39-billion-funds-digital-currencies Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:58:10 GMT Aaron Rafferty The UAE Ministry of Interior says the operation also reported more than 960 arrests, 29 raided fraud centers and 4,126 blocked bank accounts from July to September 2026. government & fraud global affairs crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/openai-donates-open-responses-llm-api-spec-to-agentic-ai-foundation https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-donates-open-responses-llm-api-spec-to-agentic-ai-foundation Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:56:07 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI donated Open Responses, its spec for a common LLM API, to the Agentic AI Foundation on October 22, 2026. The same announcement added four projects, bringing the foundation to 10. ai technology https://wyde.org/articles/centre-college-225-million-gift https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/centre-college-225-million-gift Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:56:03 GMT Aaron Rafferty An anonymous donor's $225 million gift anchors Pillars of Excellence, a $450 million campaign at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and will create the Centre Forever Fund. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/dream-labs-raises-90-million-launches-dream-api https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/dream-labs-raises-90-million-launches-dream-api Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:55:12 GMT Aaron Rafferty Dream Labs, a San Francisco AI startup, says its Dream-1 model works across robots from different makers and launched a public API for it. ai robotics technology https://wyde.org/articles/coinbase-ireland-fined-3-25-million-customer-fund-safeguarding https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/coinbase-ireland-fined-3-25-million-customer-fund-safeguarding Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:55:08 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches, and the High Court must confirm the sanction before it takes effect. crypto & defi legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/treasury-270-million-suspicious-activity-federal-student-aid-fraud https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/treasury-270-million-suspicious-activity-federal-student-aid-fraud Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:54:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty FinCEN identified approximately $270 million in suspicious financial activity potentially linked to fraud against federal student aid programs and referred the findings to federal investigators. government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/firstwork-raises-15-million-series-a-ai-frontline-worker-onboarding https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/firstwork-raises-15-million-series-a-ai-frontline-worker-onboarding Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:52:01 GMT Aaron Rafferty Earlybird Venture Capital led the round, which brings the applied AI platform's total funding to $20 million and moves frontline hires from application to first shift. ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/julian-lois-brodsky-20-million-philadelphia-museum-of-art-learning-center https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/julian-lois-brodsky-20-million-philadelphia-museum-of-art-learning-center Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:51:36 GMT Aaron Rafferty Comcast co-founder Julian Brodsky and his wife, Lois, made a $20 million gift to establish a new learning and engagement center in the museum's north wing. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/ohio-wesleyan-university-40-million-mecum-gift-faculty-pay https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ohio-wesleyan-university-40-million-mecum-gift-faculty-pay Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:48:11 GMT Aaron Rafferty Dudley Mecum II and Harriet Zahn Mecum provided a $40 million trust commitment that will create an endowment dedicated to faculty compensation and elevate the arts and humanities division into the Mecum College of Arts and Humanities. philanthropy https://wyde.org/articles/horowitz-intermountain-health-150-million-las-vegas-childrens-hospital https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/horowitz-intermountain-health-150-million-las-vegas-childrens-hospital Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:05:32 GMT Aaron Rafferty Intermountain Health's planned Las Vegas hospital will carry the Horowitz name after a $150 million commitment announced Friday, October 23, 2026. philanthropy healthcare https://wyde.org/articles/france-assembly-backs-31-4-percent-tax-on-crypto-stablecoin-swaps https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/france-assembly-backs-31-4-percent-tax-on-crypto-stablecoin-swaps Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:35:11 GMT Aaron Rafferty France's National Assembly postponed its vote on the 2027 budget's revenue section, which carries the stablecoin swap tax. Amendment 3898 had passed by one ballot on 16 October 2026, but the budget must still clear the Senate and be definitively adopted. crypto & defi government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-17 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-17 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT WYDE Editorial Team WYDE Weekly: creators who applied or joined bring more than 45 million followers, and the $1 million clipping fund now takes applications through October 31. Plus $100 million for stillbirth prevention, $18.5 million for food banks and the week in giving, AI and health, by the numbers. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-10 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-10 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT WYDE Editorial Team WYDE Weekly: the EAT clipping fund reviews applications next week, the first creator videos are out, and every $EAT trade funds creators. Plus the week in giving, tech, health and fraud, by the numbers. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-03 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-10-03 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty WYDE Weekly: a new $1 million clipping fund pays creators to end hunger, plus Ken Griffin's record $3 billion gift, three record health-system donations, and the regulators chasing crypto. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/arizona-ceo-axim-guilty-8-8-million-erisa-benefit-plan-embezzlement https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/arizona-ceo-axim-guilty-8-8-million-erisa-benefit-plan-embezzlement Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:10:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty James Campbell, CEO of Axim Fringe Solutions, pleaded guilty to embezzling $8.8 million in employee health and 401(k) contributions and spending it on big-game hunts, jewelry, and gambling. healthcare legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/ken-griffin-carnegie-mellon-3-billion-record-university-gift-miami https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ken-griffin-carnegie-mellon-3-billion-record-university-gift-miami Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:08:52 GMT Aaron Rafferty Citadel founder Ken Griffin's $3 billion Carnegie Mellon donation, the largest higher education gift in US history, funds a new Miami campus and computer science in Pittsburgh. philanthropy technology innovation https://wyde.org/articles/kalshi-ends-volume-incentive-program-wash-trading-cftc-scrutiny https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kalshi-ends-volume-incentive-program-wash-trading-cftc-scrutiny Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:14:09 GMT Aaron Rafferty Kalshi will close its Volume Incentive Program on October 13, 2026, nearly a year early, after an analyst flagged more than $5 billion in repetitive ether trades and the Wall Street Journal reported the CFTC is weighing a wash trading investigation. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/openai-devday-2026-managed-agents-shutdown-controls-unbuilt https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-devday-2026-managed-agents-shutdown-controls-unbuilt Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:08:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty At DevDay 2026 OpenAI launched a Managed Agents platform and more than 20 products, while the automated AI shutdown controls it told House Democrats it was building have not shipped. ai technology government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/house-oversight-comer-prediction-market-probe-crypto-com-hyperliquid-predictit https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/house-oversight-comer-prediction-market-probe-crypto-com-hyperliquid-predictit Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:08:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent records requests to Crypto.com, Hyperliquid, and PredictIt over identity verification and suspicious prediction market trading on nonpublic information. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/goldman-sachs-100-billion-treasury-fund-crypto-lynq-settlement https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/goldman-sachs-100-billion-treasury-fund-crypto-lynq-settlement Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:07:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Goldman made its roughly $100 billion FTIXX Treasury fund available to crypto trading firms over the Lynq settlement network on September 28, 2026, without tokenizing it, letting firms park idle cash and earn yield between trades. technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/morgan-stanley-digital-asset-lab-stablecoins-tokenization-defi-vaults https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/morgan-stanley-digital-asset-lab-stablecoins-tokenization-defi-vaults Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:13:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Morgan Stanley's new Digital Asset Lab will test stablecoins, tokenization, tokenized deposits and DeFi vaults in a segregated environment before the Wall Street bank scales them. innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/openai-cancels-gpt-6-1-astra-safety-deception-unauthorized-actions https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-cancels-gpt-6-1-astra-safety-deception-unauthorized-actions Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:13:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra over AI safety and alignment failures, including deception, unauthorized tool use, and simulated supply-chain attacks ai government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/shinyhunters-arrest-pepijn-van-der-stap-fbi-jobs-portal-breach https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/shinyhunters-arrest-pepijn-van-der-stap-fbi-jobs-portal-breach Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:12:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Dutch authorities detained 24-year-old Pepijn van der Stap, a suspected ShinyHunters hacker linked to data-extortion breaches and a $100 million campaign legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/ortet-ai-health-lab-500-million-thoreau-kyunghyun-cho-genentech https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ortet-ai-health-lab-500-million-thoreau-kyunghyun-cho-genentech Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:12:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Kyunghyun Cho and former Genentech researchers launched Ortet, a frontier AI lab for health, with a $500 million commitment from Thoreau healthcare ai https://wyde.org/articles/senate-report-tether-usdt-iran-shadow-banking-lifeline-blumenthal https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/senate-report-tether-usdt-iran-shadow-banking-lifeline-blumenthal Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:30:48 GMT Aaron Rafferty Senate investigators found Iran moved an estimated $2 billion through Tether's USDT stablecoin, calling it a financial lifeline for the regime's shadow banking network and sanctions evasion. global affairs government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/coinbase-cftc-clearinghouse-dco-approval-derivatives-stack https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/coinbase-cftc-clearinghouse-dco-approval-derivatives-stack Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:12:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026, letting the exchange clear its own fully collateralized futures, options, and swaps on a USDC-native clearinghouse. legal innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/citi-coinbase-stablecoin-payments-businesses-fiat-settlement https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/citi-coinbase-stablecoin-payments-businesses-fiat-settlement Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:15:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Citi and Coinbase expanded their partnership so corporate and institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments with automatic fiat settlement through Coinbase Virtual Accounts and Spring by Citi. innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/openai-pauses-model-training-ai-agents-government-websites https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/openai-pauses-model-training-ai-agents-government-websites Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:15:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty OpenAI halted frontier model training after autonomous AI agents accessed SEC, Department of Education and Census Bureau websites during testing, with officials reporting no nonpublic data was exposed. ai technology government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/tether-freeze-550-million-iran-linked-usdt-2026-ofac https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/tether-freeze-550-million-iran-linked-usdt-2026-ofac Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:27:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The stablecoin issuer said on September 28 that it worked with US authorities including OFAC to freeze about $550 million in Iran-linked USDT in 2026, part of more than $4.9 billion frozen worldwide. global affairs government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/kevin-curry-tricare-26-million-fraud-conviction-tms-therapy https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/kevin-curry-tricare-26-million-fraud-conviction-tms-therapy Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:20:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty A federal jury convicted Frisco businessman Kevin Curry of billing the military's TRICARE health program $26 million for brain-stimulation therapy that was medically unnecessary or never provided, a scheme that paid out roughly $17 million and funded luxury purchases. healthcare legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/doj-seizes-84-million-capstone-tether-bitfinex-payments-firm https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/doj-seizes-84-million-capstone-tether-bitfinex-payments-firm Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:20:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Federal prosecutors in California moved to seize $84 million from Capstone, a payments company they say ran as an unlicensed money transmitter and helped scammers turn stolen cash into stablecoins, with the complaint noting the firm processed payments tied to Tether and Bitfinex. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/circle-foundation-undp-wfp-stablecoin-humanitarian-aid-payments https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/circle-foundation-undp-wfp-stablecoin-humanitarian-aid-payments Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:19:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Circle Foundation is funding the UN Development Programme and the World Food Programme to move humanitarian aid onto regulated stablecoins, cutting the cost and delay of getting money to people in Syria, Haiti, Guatemala, and The Gambia. philanthropy global affairs crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/california-ab-2409-memecoin-ban-public-officials-newsom-trump https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/california-ab-2409-memecoin-ban-public-officials-newsom-trump Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:14:54 GMT Aaron Rafferty Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2409, barring California public officials from issuing memecoins and blocking exchanges from listing official-linked memecoins, in a law his office aimed at President Trump's crypto earnings. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/sixth-circuit-kalshi-sports-contracts-not-swaps-states-regulate https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/sixth-circuit-kalshi-sports-contracts-not-swaps-states-regulate Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:19:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Sixth Circuit held Kalshi's sports event contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act, letting Ohio and Tennessee enforce gambling laws and deepening a circuit split headed toward the Supreme Court. legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/bitcoin-etf-2-4-billion-weekly-inflow-positive-2026 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/bitcoin-etf-2-4-billion-weekly-inflow-positive-2026 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:19:28 GMT Aaron Rafferty US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $2.4 billion in a week, the largest since October, pushing year-to-date flows positive as BlackRock IBIT and Fidelity FBTC lead. innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/crypto-washington-exits-mersinger-blockchain-association-peirce-sec https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/crypto-washington-exits-mersinger-blockchain-association-peirce-sec Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:27:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger steps down and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs within weeks of the CLARITY Act's Senate defeat, thinning crypto's regulatory bench in Washington. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-09-26 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/wyde-weekly-2026-09-26 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:40:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty WYDE Weekly: the SNAP cost shift hits states October 1, Fast Lab's $500 million COVID fraud plea, Bitget's $387.5 million hack, the Fed's first stablecoin rules, and Phil and Penny Knight's $1 billion gift to Oregon. wyde weekly newsletter https://wyde.org/articles/sec-corporation-finance-crypto-faqs-buybacks-liquid-staking-not-securities https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/sec-corporation-finance-crypto-faqs-buybacks-liquid-staking-not-securities Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:52:16 GMT Aaron Rafferty The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance released crypto asset FAQs on September 25, 2026, saying token buybacks and post-launch staking do not count as the managerial efforts that turn a functional network token into a security under the Howey test. legal innovation government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/eat-app-get-paid-food-challenges-creators-clippers-restaurants https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/eat-app-get-paid-food-challenges-creators-clippers-restaurants Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:48:07 GMT Aaron Rafferty A restaurant posts a paid challenge, a local creator films it, a clipper makes it travel, and part of it feeds people nearby. EAT pays creators, clippers and college students to make food content for restaurants. Early access is open at eat.ong. food policy creator economy wyde ecosystem innovation https://wyde.org/articles/vietnamese-national-charged-16-million-crypto-pig-butchering-scam https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/vietnamese-national-charged-16-million-crypto-pig-butchering-scam Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:46:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Trung Nguyen Van faces money laundering charges in the Western District of Missouri after prosecutors say his crypto wallets received more than $53 million from pig butchering investment scams targeting Americans. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/fast-lab-coo-guilty-500-million-covid-test-billing-fraud https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/fast-lab-coo-guilty-500-million-covid-test-billing-fraud Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:45:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Hasan Seyhun admitted conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after Fast Lab Technologies billed insurers more than $500 million for COVID-19 tests it never performed and took in at least $35 million. healthcare legal government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/federal-reserve-stablecoin-rules-genius-act-reserve-capital-proposal https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/federal-reserve-stablecoin-rules-genius-act-reserve-capital-proposal Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:53:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Fed opened public comment on two proposals setting reserve, capital, and risk-management standards for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act before the January 2027 deadline. legal government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/bitget-387-million-hot-wallet-hack-user-protection-fund-north-korea https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/bitget-387-million-hot-wallet-hack-user-protection-fund-north-korea Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:53:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Attackers spoofed Bitget's backend to drain $387.5 million from hot and warm wallets across five blockchains, and CEO Gracy Chen says a $464 million protection fund will cover users as North Korea is suspected. global affairs government & fraud crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/aave-v4-equities-hub-base-tokenized-stocks-collateral-usdc https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/aave-v4-equities-hub-base-tokenized-stocks-collateral-usdc Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:52:49 GMT Aaron Rafferty Aave V4's new Equities Hub on Base lets users borrow USDC against Coinbase-issued tokenized shares of Apple, Nvidia, Tesla and four other stocks priced by Chainlink. technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/uk-banks-first-interbank-tokenized-deposit-payments https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/uk-banks-first-interbank-tokenized-deposit-payments Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:10:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander, Nationwide, and Monzo moved tokenized pound deposits between institutions in the first live interbank tokenized deposit transactions, run on the Great British Tokenized Deposit pilot using Quant technology. global affairs technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/ark-invest-securitize-tokenized-venture-fund-arkvx-openai-anthropic https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ark-invest-securitize-tokenized-venture-fund-arkvx-openai-anthropic Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:10:39 GMT Aaron Rafferty ARK Invest and Securitize tokenized the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on Ethereum, giving eligible investors onchain access to a portfolio that holds stakes in OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks. ai technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/moonpay-acquires-north-capital-60-million-tokenized-securities https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/moonpay-acquires-north-capital-60-million-tokenized-securities Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:03:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty MoonPay will acquire North Capital, a Utah broker-dealer with SEC broker, ATS, transfer-agent, and investment-adviser licenses and about $9 billion in transaction volume, in an all-stock deal to move into tokenized securities and onchain capital markets. innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/snap-administrative-cost-shift-october-1-2026-states-75-percent https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/snap-administrative-cost-shift-october-1-2026-states-75-percent Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:03:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Starting October 1, the 2025 reconciliation law drops the federal share of SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%, a roughly $17 billion cost shift to states over five years, as food banks brace and Congress has not passed a delay. food policy government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/un-security-council-ai-briefing-altman-amodei-bengio https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/un-security-council-ai-briefing-altman-amodei-bengio Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:40:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face, along with researcher Yoshua Bengio, briefed the Security Council on September 23 in its first session focused on the risk of losing control of advanced AI. global affairs ai innovation government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/nyse-blockchain-com-tokenized-us-stocks-etfs https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/nyse-blockchain-com-tokenized-us-stocks-etfs Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:34:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty A memorandum of understanding would give Blockchain.com's more than 44 million users access to tokenized US stocks and ETFs through the New York Stock Exchange's planned digital trading platform, pending regulatory approval. technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/ai-drug-repurposing-joseph-coates-every-cure-fajgenbaum https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/ai-drug-repurposing-joseph-coates-every-cure-fajgenbaum Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:55:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty An AI model matched Joseph Coates with an untried drug combination for POEMS syndrome and he went into remission. The nonprofit behind it, Every Cure, now has up to $76 million from ARPA-H to test more matches. healthcare ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/claude-discovers-crispr-like-enzyme-system-anthropic-art https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/claude-discovers-crispr-like-enzyme-system-anthropic-art Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:56:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Anthropic's new life sciences lab says roughly 950 Claude agents, given one prompt, found array-associated reverse transcriptases (ART), an uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophages with a CRISPR-like DNA repeat array. healthcare ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/sofi-mastercard-sofiusd-stablecoin-settlement-25-billion-card-program https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/sofi-mastercard-sofiusd-stablecoin-settlement-25-billion-card-program Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:40:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a nationally chartered US bank, now settles SoFi Bank's debit and credit card transactions on Mastercard's global payments network. technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/chainalysis-2026-geography-of-crypto-report-adoption-index-stablecoins https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/chainalysis-2026-geography-of-crypto-report-adoption-index-stablecoins Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:39:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Chainalysis 2026 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report puts Brazil first on its global crypto adoption index, with cross-border stablecoin flows up 77.5% to $220.3 billion. global affairs innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/praxis-uruguay-city-colonia-1-billion-residents-2027 https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/praxis-uruguay-city-colonia-1-billion-residents-2027 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:13:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Praxis will build its first city-scale development at +Colonia in Uruguay, planning $1 billion over three years and a model where a share of home sales funds artists and cultural institutions. global affairs ai innovation https://wyde.org/articles/canada-big-six-banks-tokenized-deposits-cad https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/canada-big-six-banks-tokenized-deposits-cad Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:39:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty BMO, CIBC, National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank and TD are jointly exploring a CAD tokenized deposit system for faster, programmable payments after Canada's bank regulator said tokenized deposits are still deposits. global affairs technology innovation crypto & defi https://wyde.org/articles/horowitz-andreessen-academy-san-francisco-high-school-graduates https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/horowitz-andreessen-academy-san-francisco-high-school-graduates Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:13:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty The Horowitz Andreessen Academy in San Francisco will take about 50 recent high school graduates in a one-year, no-tuition program backed by $42 million and partners including OpenAI, Anthropic, Coinbase and Nvidia. ai technology innovation https://wyde.org/articles/senate-banking-democrats-prediction-markets-hearing-kalshi https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/senate-banking-democrats-prediction-markets-hearing-kalshi Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:38:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee asked Chair Tim Scott for a public prediction markets hearing on September 23, the same day committee Republicans met privately with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour. legal innovation government & fraud https://wyde.org/articles/coinbase-fixed-rate-bitcoin-backed-loans-morpho-midnight https://newsroom.wyde.org/articles/coinbase-fixed-rate-bitcoin-backed-loans-morpho-midnight Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:13:00 GMT Aaron Rafferty Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin with the rate and due date set upfront, adding fixed-rate onchain loans to a lending book with more than $1.4 billion outstanding. technology innovation crypto & defi