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The post BNB Chain plans 2027 launch date for AI agent L1 rollout appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BNB Chain disclosed today that it is already setting up the stack for the projected boom in on-chain agentic activity as it announced the ongoing development of a separate Layer 1 blockchain tuned for autonomous trading agents. The Binance-linked blockchain network said that the testnet is expected to become public by late 2026, with mainnet to launch in early 2027, according to its H2 2026 technical roadmap. BNB Chain, which already has BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and Greenfield, is pitching the fourth chain in its stack as the solution for workloads its older chain was not designed for, rather than a replacement for the existing $8.4 billion DeFi ecosystem on BSC, per DeFiLlama data. Splitting BSC’s liquidity across the new chain is a real possibility that the technical team is planning to get ahead of. The plan, according to the project’s CTO, is to connect the new chain to BSC t

Visa's AI-driven commerce program could revolutionize global transactions, reducing friction and enhancing efficiency with blockchain integration. The post Animoca-linked Minds completes AI agent commerce pilot with Visa appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic is bringing its Claude Cowork AI agent to web and mobile platforms, a move aimed at helping enterprise users monitor and manage long-running AI-driven tasks from anywhere as organizations increasingly adopt agents for operational and knowledge work. The rollout, according to the company, is based on an analysis of 1.2 million anonymized and aggregated Claude Cowork sessions conducted between May 11 and May 31 that showed that business process and operations accounted for the largest share of the AI agent’s usage at 33.4%, followed by content creation and copywriting at 16.4%, the company wrote in a blog post. Software development represented only 8.7% of sessions, ahead of DevOps and infrastructure at 7%, along with research and intelligence at 6.4%, and data analysis and business intelligence (5.8%). Cowork’s expansion, which is currently in beta, will allow users to start and manage Claude Cowork sessions directly from the Claude interface on the web and mobile, while enabl

In the city’s first venture into agentic AI solutions, officials are looking for a vendor to help create an AI agent to support service delivery for residents. It will function as a chatbot and agent.

The post Machine learning algorithm sets XRP price for July 31, 2026 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. As XRP faces continued volatility, Finbold’s AI Agent projects limited upside for the cryptocurrency through the end of the month. Using a machine learning-driven forecasting system powered by multiple large language models, the platform predicts XRP will trade at $1.21 on July 31, 2026, representing a 6.78% gain from its current price of $1.13. XRP price prediction for July 1. Source: Finbold The forecast was generated on July 7, with the models analyzing a combination of technical indicators, including the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), MACD Slope, Relative Strength Index (RSI), Stochastic Oscillator, and the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages (SMA). Among the individual models, Grok 4.1 delivered the most bullish outlook, projecting XRP at $1.25, which would represent a 10.62% increase from the current price.  Claude Opus 4.6 forecast XRP at $1.21, implying

The incident highlights the growing sophistication of AI in cyberattacks, emphasizing the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity measures. The post AI agent executes first known ransomware attack, but the humans haven’t left the building appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.

Meta's slower AI progress highlights challenges in tech innovation, impacting strategic timelines and investor expectations across the industry. The post Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admits AI agent development is moving slower than expected appeared first on Crypto Briefing.