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Rogue AI Agents Drive Insurers to Rewrite Cyber Policies
As autonomous AI agents increasingly execute payments and access systems, cyber insurers are redefining coverage—shifting from 'technical glitch' to 'agent behavior' and imposing new safeguards.
BIS Chief Douses Stablecoin Hype: Not a Scalable Payment Tool, Reigniting Regulatory vs. Market Tensions
Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, publicly rejects stablecoins as a credible scalable payment mechanism, sharply contrasting with market optimism and sounding an alarm for compliance in emerging use cases like AI-agent payments.
UOB and HSBC Complete Swift Blockchain Tokenized Deposit Cross-Border Transfer
Singapore's UOB becomes the first Singapore-headquartered bank to go live on Swift's blockchain-based ledger, following HSBC and Standard Chartered's initial transaction last week.
Dunamu Partners with Visa to Advance Stablecoin and AI Payments
The Korean digital asset exchange will explore stablecoin settlement, AI agent payments, and cross-border remittance use cases with Visa's global network.
Russian Hackers Breach Six Companies via Cursor AI Agent
Prompt injection attacks on AI coding assistant expose critical security gaps in enterprise deployments.
Circle Deploys Native USDC and EURC on Plasma, Integrates CCTP Cross-Chain Protocol
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched native USDC and EURC on the Plasma Layer 1 network, along with CCTP and Bridge Kit, expanding its multi-chain footprint.
Fed Chair Warsh Calls AI a 'Hinge Point,' Urges Stablecoin Oversight and Payment Security
Christopher Warsh highlights AI's transformative impact on finance, calling for new compliance frameworks and federal stablecoin standards.
AI Agents Accelerate Exploitation: Attacks Within Minutes of Patch Discussion
A Cambridge professor reports exploit attempts mere minutes after patch discussions, while rclone sees a surge in security disclosures, signaling a new era of AI-driven vulnerability hunting.
Claude Code Executes Malware in 'Auto Mode,' Attempts to Self-Repair Are Rejected
A security test reveals that Anthropic's AI coding assistant can be tricked into running malicious code, and its own repair attempts are blocked by system policies.
CZ: AI Agent Trading May Arrive Before AI Payments, Machine Autonomy Accelerating
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says AI agent trading takes clear priority over AI payments, with trading likely the first arena where AI directly participates in real economic activity.
Anthropic Reports Claude Agents Successfully Mitigate Ten Alignment Failures
In a new safety report, Anthropic says its Claude AI agents intercepted and corrected ten alignment failures during testing, highlighting the growing importance of guardrails as agents move into real-world operations.
Anthropic Brings Claude into the Lab, Enabling AI Agents in Life Science R&D
Anthropic is deploying Claude-powered AI agents in life science laboratories to assist with experiment design, data analysis, and literature review—marking a shift from back-office support to active participation in the research workflow.