Artificial Intelligence

MoonPay has launched MoonPay Agents, a tool that lets AI systems create wallets, hold funds, and carry out crypto transactions without human intervention once funded. The platform is built on MoonPay CLI and supports trading, swaps, recurring payments, and machine-to-machine transactions while keeping custody under the user’s control.

Bitdeer has sold all of its corporate Bitcoin holdings, reducing its self-owned balance to zero by 20 February 2026. The company says the move frees up cash to fund data centre expansion, AI projects, and new mining hardware.

DeepSeek may have trained its upcoming AI model using banned Nvidia Blackwell chips, which are not allowed to be sold to China. The chips are believed to be running at a DeepSeek data centre in Inner Mongolia, raising concerns the company may have bypassed US export rules.

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger has banned all crypto mentions on Discord after a user was removed for mentioning Bitcoin in a technical discussion. The rule followed a scam in which hijacked accounts promoted a fake $CLAWD token that briefly reached about $16 million before collapsing.

An AI crypto trading bot called Lobstar Wilde accidentally sent all its meme coin holdings, worth around $250,000, to a stranger on X after misreading a request for a small amount of Solana. The recipient sold the tokens quickly for about $40,000, though the sudden attention later pushed their value above $420,000.

Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer has emptied its crypto wallet, effectively reducing its bitcoin holding to zero-a move that stands out as highly unusual for a company whose core business revolves around mining the digital assets.

OpenAI has told US lawmakers that Chinese AI company DeepSeek is using advanced methods to copy outputs from American AI models to train its own systems. The company warned this could weaken US AI leadership and create safety and business risks by bypassing safeguards and replicating capabilities without permission.

T-Mobile is launching a beta live phone call translation service that uses AI built directly into its mobile network to translate more than 50 languages in real time, without apps or new devices. The free test opens on 12 January 2026, with selected users getting access this spring before a wider rollout later this year.

Coinbase has launched Agentic Wallets, crypto wallets that let AI agents trade, pay, and earn on the blockchain without human approval. The wallets use the x402 protocol, support multiple networks including Ethereum and Solana, and include built-in security controls to manage spending and protect private keys.

Tether is expanding globally, hiring around 150 more staff and investing in sectors from sports to AI as USDT adoption grows to $185 billion. The company is also seeking regulatory footholds outside the US while rivals like Block reduce staff amid market pressures.