Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit

Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady throughout the first half of 2026, and observers don’t anticipate aggressive movement in either direction in the second half of the year. Despite the recent cuts, savings rates remain relatively high. The best savings interest rates often come from financial institutions like online banks and…

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could hoist children out of poverty and give more Americans the chance to benefit from investments in the stock market. But some parents say they’re still waiting for the money to arrive. Trump on Wednesday plans to speak at a Georgia high school to promote the investment accounts, which offer $1,000…

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are the next “killer” use case for blockchain and cryptocurrency, according to investment management giant Franklin Templeton’s head of digital assets and innovation. Sandy Kaul said in a X post on Wednesday that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machine-to-machine micropayments, as legacy card networks are…

Given free rein, AI agents can research products, compare prices and fill out forms. They’re thwarted the moment a task requires a login. Until now, the only options have been handing over the password and accepting the security risk, or taking over the keyboard every time a sign-in screen appears, defeating the point of having…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a new sheriff in town – and he’s rewriting the rulebook. In conversation with Risk.net, the CFTC’s new director of enforcement, David Miller, repeatedly signposts an end to “the era of regulation by enforcement”. “The age of trying to exact a tax on an industry through various types of…