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In brief The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company, a Florida-based national trust bank tied to the Trump family's World Liberty Financial. As a trust bank it won't take deposits, carry FDIC insurance or seek a Fed master account for now. Commenters raised conflict-of-interest concerns over ties to Trump, his family and Emirati investors—which the OCC dismissed as outside its scope.

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 13th, 2026, Chainwire A player at crypto casino Toshi.bet has hit the maximum win on Nolimit City's Duck Hunters — the game's full 30,000x ceiling, returning $84,000 from a $2.80 base stake — and had the payout settled to their wallet in under two minutes. Max-win hits are rare by design on extreme-volatility slots, but the detail drawing attention is the settlement speed that followed.

In brief A reported breach of France’s tax authority exposed data tied to 678,437 people and businesses. The records allegedly include income figures, addresses, tax identifiers, and family information. The data could help criminals craft targeted scams against wealthy taxpayers and Bitcoin holders. A hacker is selling a trove of French tax records that could expose more than 678,000 people and businesses, including Bitcoin holders, to phishing, identity theft, and targeted attacks.

In brief Zhipu AI (now Z.ai) released GLM-5.3 on Thursday through its GLM Coding Plan and ZCode. The lab calls it the "most capable open-weights model for coding,". GLM-5.3 is a 743-billion-parameter model built by scaling post-training on the GLM-5.2 base. Chinese AI lab Z.ai released GLM-5.3 on Thursday, a sizable coding model it's pitching as the strongest open-weights coder on the market.

Arizona, United States, August 14th, 2026, Chainwire In digital payments, it is no longer simply a question of whether an individual transfer is processed quickly or whether a card can be used internationally. What matters far more is how comprehensibly, securely and seamlessly different financial functions work together. This is precisely where the combination of SNC SCANDIC PAY and $SNC SCANDIC COIN comes into play.

In brief SharpLink will stake $200 million of Ether through Lido's liquid-staking protocol. The move is about 106,000 ETH, roughly 12% of the ~889,000 ETH SharpLink held as of early August. wstETH sits across more than 100 protocols with about $10 billion in active-use collateral, so SharpLink keeps earning yield while staying liquid.

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In brief OpenAI employees told Wired that pressure to release models and products has made it difficult to prioritize safety, security, and alignment. A former employee called the breach the largest safety incident in OpenAI’s history. OpenAI has slowed research, reassigned teams, and spent millions investigating the failure.

In brief Galaxy Research now puts the Coldcard exploit's confirmed haul above 1,778 BTC (about $112 million), with a suspected fourth wave that would lift it to 2,417 BTC. No confirmed attacker activity has appeared after August 6, across three major waves and more than 30 smaller footprints. Galaxy has spoken to 190-plus victims directly and still tells single-signature Coldcard holders to move funds to fresh addresses.

In brief Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, will let customers trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana inside Leumi Trade through Galaxy's trading and custody rails. It's Bank Leumi's second attempt at crypto trading, after a failed run back in 2022. The target is early 2027, still subject to Bank of Israel approval—the same gate that killed Leumi's 2022 Paxos plan.