Daily Crypto & AI News

🤖 AI

• Meta rolls out Muse, a new AI image generator
  TechCrunch AI
  The new image-generating model has numerous use cases, including advertising, decorating and creator-based opportunities.
• Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
  The Verge AI
  Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it's coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announceme...
• Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet
  TechCrunch AI
  Open source models’ success isn’t coming at the expense of frontier labs. Instead, they each seem to capture two phases of the same life cycle.
• Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models
  TechCrunch AI
  Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.
• Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
  TechCrunch AI
  The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with an additional 200 users banned over the weekend before its team identified and fixed the problem.
• Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
  The Verge AI
  Starting Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI platform will be available on mobile and web for the first time. The expanded access is rolling out first to Max subscribers and coming to Claude users on other plans "in the coming weeks." Claude Cowork was previously only access...
• Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
  TechCrunch AI
  With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if their laptop is closed.
• Solos debuts an even lighter version of its camera-less smart glasses
  The Verge AI
  Solos announced a new version of its AirGo smart glasses, one that forgoes cameras for a sleeker design and an AI assistant that relies on voice interactions. Last year's AirGo A5 weighed 36 to 40 grams depending on the frame style, but the new AirGo A6 weigh around 19 grams. ...
• The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning
  MIT Tech Review AI
  This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’s proposal that Americans should share in the wealth created by AI is back in the spotlight, ...
• Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
  TechCrunch AI
  The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

💰 Crypto

• Anthropic Removes Hidden Claude Code Tracker After Researchers Raise Privacy Concerns
  Decrypt
  The company says the tool was designed to stop abuse and AI model extraction, but critics questioned the use of undisclosed monitoring.
• SEC's Long-Promised Crypto Safe Harbor to Be Introduced as Soon as This Month
  Decrypt
  The SEC updated its agenda to indicate that a key crypto rulemaking is slated to be released for public comment in July.
• SEC crypto rule changes are high on its 2026 agenda
  Cointelegraph
  The financial regulator’s agenda included proposed rule changes related to crypto broker-dealers, digital assets on national securities exchanges and potential safe harbors.
• Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin to Fuel Expansion Across Latin America
  Decrypt
  Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has raised $20 million in fresh investment from USDT stablecoin issuer Tether.
• Ether climbs toward $2K as Bitmine buys ETH, Robinhood L2 boost
  Cointelegraph
  ETH charts a path toward $2,000 as TradFi adoption, DAT buying and a long-awaited network upgrade boost investor interest.
• Vanguard seeks digital assets chief after years of crypto skepticism
  Cointelegraph
  The asset manager is hiring a head of digital assets to lead its strategy for tokenization, stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure and client-facing products.
• AI Is Changing the Workplace and Universities Aren’t Keeping Up, Study Warns
  Decrypt
  A University of Manchester researcher says schools should move beyond AI cheating concerns and prepare graduates for workplaces increasingly shaped by automation.
• New Hampshire lawmakers to hold hearing on $100M Bitcoin bonds
  Cointelegraph
  The proposed bonds to be backed by cryptocurrency still need approval from New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte and the state’s five-member executive council.
• BIG3 NFT Buyers Sue Ice Cube's Basketball League Over Alleged Unfulfilled Promises
  Decrypt
  Investors who purchased BIG3 NFTs expected the perks of team ownership, but allege "deceptive, fraudulent" marketing was at play.
• China May Be Following US Lead With Quiet Crackdown on AI Exports
  Decrypt
  China is reportedly building the same power to cut off its AI that the US deployed against Anthropic in June.