Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie
Base, the Ethereum layer2 network incubated by Coinbase, is handing control of its consumer app to prominent crypto personality Cobie, in a move that signals a shift toward…
The most popular bitcoin call option has slipped by $10,000
Bitcoin traders have quietly dialed back their expectations, with the most widely held bitcoin call option now sitting $10,000 lower than the level that dominated positioning just…
Inside the high-stakes race to build an open financial system specifically for AI bots
A newly formed organization called the x402 Foundation is aiming to build an open, shared standard for payments made by autonomous AI agents, setting up what could become…
Feds Arrest Florida Man Over Video Game Malware That Stole $220K in Crypto
Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man accused of orchestrating a malware scheme disguised as video games that allegedly compromised thousands of devices and drained…
Bitcoin pulls back to $64,000 after hitting monthly high as bears take control
Bitcoin retreated to around $64,000 on Wednesday, giving back gains after touching a monthly peak of $65,500, as a wave of profittaking and renewed geopolitical tensions handed…
Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push
Tether has poured $20 million into Argentine neobank Ualá, marking another step in the stablecoin giant's growing ambitions across Latin America, even as regulatory hurdles keep…
Why Analysts Aren’t Worried About Coinbase’s 30% Drop
Coinbase shares have tumbled roughly 30% from recent highs, but Wall Street analysts remain notably calm about the crypto exchange's prospects, with some maintaining bullish…
OpenAI Uses AI Red Team to Strengthen GPT-5.6 Against Prompt Injection Attacks
OpenAI says it deployed a purposebuilt adversarial model to probe its latest flagship system for weaknesses, using the findings to harden GPT5.6 against prompt injection attacks…
Meet Bonsai: The First 27B AI Model That Fits on Your Phone
A startup called PrismML has released Bonsai, a 27billionparameter artificial intelligence model that the company says can run entirely on a smartphone, marking a notable step in…
BlackRock, Goldman, and JP Morgan Will Give Tokenized Stocks a Try
Wall Street's biggest names are stepping into the world of tokenized assets, with a new pilot program aiming to test how traditional securities can move onto blockchain rails. A…
Another DeFi Exploit: Perp DEX Ostium Loses $18 Million in Oracle Attack
Ostium, a perpetuals decentralized exchange built on Arbitrum, has become the latest DeFi protocol to fall victim to a costly attack, losing an estimated $18 million after hackers…
US Treasury Freezes $131 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets
The US Treasury Department has moved to freeze roughly $131 million worth of cryptocurrency held in wallets tied to Iran's central bank and its armed forces, marking a significant…
Bitcoin Breaks Heavy Resistance—But Death Cross Looms: Analysis
Bitcoin punched through a stubborn resistance level on Tuesday, offering a glimmer of hope to bulls after weeks of choppy trading — yet a bearish technical signal known as the…
Bitcoin Giant Strategy Isn't Panicking—Unless BTC Crashes to $10K: CEO
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, says it has no plans to hit the panic button over recent price swings—unless the cryptocurrency were to collapse all the way to…
Morning Minute: Crypto Rips on Cool CPI
Cryptocurrency markets surged higher after fresh inflation data came in softer than expected, reigniting risk appetite across digital assets and traditional markets alike. Cool…
Team Behind Ethereum's Institutional Privacy Push Spins Out For-Profit Firm EthSystems
Developers who spearheaded Ethereum's institutional privacy initiative have launched a new forprofit company called EthSystems, backed by prominent industry players who believe…
US, UK Outline Recommendations to Align Stablecoin and Tokenization Rules
The United States and United Kingdom have jointly published a set of recommendations aimed at bringing their respective approaches to stablecoins and asset tokenization into…
Billions flowing out of bitcoin ETFs and private credit funds suggest rising market risks
Capital is draining out of two very different corners of the financial system at once, and analysts warn the simultaneous retreat could be an early signal of mounting market…
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol: Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other AI Models
OpenAI Widens Access to GPT5.6 Sol OpenAI has opened up its latest flagship model, GPT5.6 Sol, to a broader base of users after an initial twoweek window that kept the system…
Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot faces investor scrutiny over insider sales
As Bitcoin miners rebrand themselves as artificial intelligence and highperformance computing players, investors are demanding sharper answers about whether the executives leading…
- OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
- Crypto Clarity Act still at mercy of ethics section as Democrats balk at Trump deal
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
- Ether breaks the $1.9K resistance; is $2.1K the next target for ETH bulls?
