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In brief A new study argues the term “AI psychosis” oversimplifies how chatbots affect mental health. Researchers say AI systems can reinforce unhealthy beliefs through constant affirmation and emotional validation. The paper introduces “existential drift,” describing how AI interactions may gradually reshape a person’s sense of reality. As AI chatbots become more emotionally responsive, conversational, and personalized, researchers warn that those same traits could reshape how some users experience reality itself.A new preprint study, “Rethinking AI Psychosis: Misnomers, Conceptual Limits, and Existential Drift,” examines concerns that AI chatbots may reinforce delusions, paranoia, and emotional dependency in vulnerable users.“There has been…

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Crypto markets have tanked to their lowest levels in six weeks after the US President said he saved it. Former SEC chair Gary Gensler and the “anti-crypto army” nearly destroyed the American crypto industry by driving Bitcoin, crypto perpetuals, and innovation offshore, but “Trump saved it,” the president said on Truth Social on Wednesday. “America is now the crypto capital of the world, and builders and entrepreneurs are coming back to the United States where they belong,” he added. “Under my leadership, we will codify a future-proof digital asset market structure that cannot be undone by the crypto haters. The…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Only $1.1 million in transaction volume has passed through Coinbase’s x402 payment protocol in the past 30 days. That number tells a lot about where AI-driven crypto payments actually stand right now. A New Layer For Crypto Transactions Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network operated by Coinbase, has rolled out a tool that lets AI agents carry out blockchain operations directly from a chat interface. Called Base MCP, the system works with AI models including Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, allowing users to transfer funds, swap tokens, check…

Bitmine owns more than 4.47% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 89% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from the NYSE American effective as of April 9, 2026 Bitmine has 4,712,917 staked ETH, representing $10.1 billion at $2,134 per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR…

Victoria, Seychelles, May 26th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its March–April bimonthly security report, including the strategic deployment of 1,000 BTC to its treasury reserves to strengthen user protection. Alongside this massive capital injection, the exchange continues to scale its compliance architecture to neutralize evolving market threats. Intercepted 26,897 Accounts Linked to Organized Risk Activities During this 60-day period, MEXC’s security infrastructure intercepted and restricted 26,897 accounts tied to coordinated fraud—an 18.9% increase from the previous reporting cycle. Threat intelligence engines mapped 6,903 malicious syndicates (up 33.6%), with the heaviest concentrations emerging from…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its March–April bimonthly security report, including the strategic deployment of 1,000 BTC to its treasury reserves to strengthen user protection. MEXC’s security infrastructure intercepted and restricted 26,897 accounts tied to coordinated fraud within 60 days, an 18.9% increase from the previous reporting cycle. Threat intelligence engines mapped 6,903 malicious syndicates (up 33.6%), with the heaviest concentrations emerging from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Indonesia, tracking 3,567 and 1,524 threat clusters, respectively. All identified entities were immediately banned across the platform to…

Seoul, South Korea, May 26th, 2026, Chainwire The Scandic Finance Group (SFG) is laying the foundation for a comprehensive ecosystem of real services and digital financial technology with the SNC Scandic Coin (SNC). As a global conglomerate with more than one hundred and fifteen daily newspapers and companies in mobility, technology, security and real estate, the group is creating a common currency whose use goes beyond that of a means of payment. The new coin simultaneously serves as an access key, loyalty programme and store of value for users around the world. From today’s market launch on 26 May 2026, interested parties…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, May 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —  AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, has officially launched its Points Program, introducing a multi-season incentive system designed to reward genuine ecosystem participation ahead of the protocol’s future token launch. Unlike traditional DeFi farming models that primarily reward raw trading volume, AFX’s points system is built around a different principle: rewarding real contribution. Active traders, liquidity providers, and community participants can now earn points through meaningful participation across the protocol, with all accumulated points eventually redeemable into tokens at TGE. This program will run across three consecutive seasons,…

HYPE’s price rally slowed down today as some whales look to book profits following the parabolic move. HYPE’s price went parabolic over the last week, surging 40% in the past seven days and reaching a new all-time high above $64. The rally seems to have slowed over the past 24 hours, and it appears that some investors are taking profits rather than chasing further gains. Some HYPE Whales Are Cashing Out HYPE increased from below $40 to above $64 in the past couple of weeks, charting crypto’s most impressive rally in the interim. The move added billions of dollars to…