Block shares soar 10% on entry into S&P 500

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief government officer of Twitter Inc. and Sq. Inc., listens throughout the Bitcoin 2021 convention in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Block shares jumped greater than 10% in prolonged buying and selling on Friday, because the fintech firm will get set … Read more

Crypto theft booms to a record amid kidnappings, Bybit hack

Digital currency thefts are on the rise. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto via Getty Images The value of cryptocurrencies stolen by criminals surged in the first six months of 2025 after a high-profile hack and a wave of physical attacks targeting crypto holders and their relatives. So far this year, $2.17 billion has been stolen from … Read more

Goldman Sachs autonomous coder pilot marks major AI milestone

The newest hire at Goldman Sachs isn’t human. The bank is testing an autonomous software engineer from artificial intelligence startup Cognition that is expected to soon join the ranks of the firm’s 12,000 human developers, Goldman tech chief Marco Argenti told CNBC. The program, named Devin, became known in technology circles last year with Cognition’s … Read more