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Corporate customers reportedly object to a new policy requiring Anthropic to hold user data for a minimum of 30 days. Anthropic has put in place a mandatory 30-day data retention policy covering its frontier AI models, CryptoBriefing reported.

The AI startup is said to be considering a public listing that would place it among the most valuable private companies ever taken public. Anthropic is reportedly considering an initial public offering that could rival or surpass the $75 billion valuation record set by SpaceX, according to a report from CryptoBriefing.

Sources say the AI company could submit paperwork within days, with some comparisons drawn to SpaceX-level fundraising milestones. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude family of models, is reportedly moving toward an initial public offering filing.

The payments platform adds machine-to-machine settlement rails as autonomous agents increasingly need to transact on their own Ramp has added support for x402 payments on the Solana network, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and Bankless. The integration is designed to let AI agents transact directly, without a human approving each payment.

The cybersecurity firm's stock dropped following news that its chief technology officer is leaving to start a venture fund focused on artificial intelligence and security startups. CrowdStrike's chief technology officer is stepping down from the cybersecurity company to start a new investment vehicle, according to CryptoBriefing and Invezz.

A cautious signal from the retail giant has traders asking whether American shoppers are finally slowing down. Walmart's newest business update has unsettled investors, drawing comparisons to the market-wide swings that typically follow Nvidia's earnings releases.

The cloud unit's contracted revenue pipeline swells as Amazon eyes a trillion-dollar revenue milestone. Amazon's cloud computing division, AWS, has accumulated a backlog of $496 billion in contracted revenue that has yet to be recognized. That figure was reported by Yahoo Finance and separately cited by CryptoBriefing.

Quarterly revenue rose 9%, but heavy investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure squeezed earnings and rattled investors. Alibaba disclosed a sharp decline in quarterly profit, down 75% from the same period last year. The drop came despite revenue growth of 9%, according to figures cited by Cryptopolitan.

The funding round included participation from 0G Foundation, according to reports from BeInCrypto and CryptoBriefing. NeoSoul has raised $11 million in a Pre-A funding round. The company said the capital will support its expansion in what it describes as the AI economy. Reports from BeInCrypto and CryptoBriefing confirmed the raise on August 20, 2026.

Industry groups from digital assets, artificial intelligence and prediction markets are pouring unprecedented sums into the 2026 election cycle. Spending on the 2026 US midterm elections has climbed to record territory, with crypto, artificial intelligence and betting firms named as leading contributors.

The agreement deepens Wall Street's push to secure Nvidia-powered computing capacity for algorithmic trading and research. CoreWeave has entered a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure to Hudson River Trading, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance.

A Chainlink executive compared the coming shift to scenes from Star Wars, pointing to machines as future network users. Chainlink executive McCormick offered a striking vision of blockchain's next phase this week. Machines, not people, will increasingly initiate transactions on decentralized networks, according to the comments.

The funding round will support infrastructure aimed at securing data and transactions across decentralized and AI-driven applications. Beldex has closed an $8 million funding round intended to expand its privacy-focused infrastructure for Web3 and artificial intelligence.

Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 says an automated phishing operation targeted crypto users through a massive trove of exposed phone numbers. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has disclosed a phishing operation targeting cryptocurrency users that exposed 885,000 phone numbers. The firm said the campaign relied on artificial intelligence tools to automate and scale its outreach.

The Alibaba-affiliated fintech giant's earnings collapsed even as its core payments business held steady. Ant Group's latest quarterly results show a sharp profit decline of 91% compared to the same period last year. Both CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist EN attributed the drop to an aggressive spending campaign on artificial intelligence.

The bitcoin miner locked in the long-term contract before its Malaysian site begins operating. Bitdeer has secured a $400 million offtake agreement spanning five years for an AI cloud computing facility in Malaysia, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist.

The exchange becomes one of the few crypto platforms to secure the international standard governing artificial intelligence oversight. KuCoin has secured ISO/IEC 42001 certification, according to reports from Invezz and CoinJournal. The standard sets requirements for how organizations govern artificial intelligence systems. It covers areas such as risk management, transparency, and accountability in AI deployment.

The exchange's new infrastructure opens trading and payments to autonomous AI agents, but oversight remains with users. Binance has rolled out Agent OS, a new platform designed to let artificial intelligence agents trade and transact on its exchange infrastructure.