Google teams up with Coinbase, Ethereum, and 60+ partners to launch an open-source AI stablecoin payment protocol.


Ontology resumed block production on Oct. 12 after a two-day security halt tied to an unnamed ecosystem project, its second shutdown in about six weeks.

Cardano processed 1,780,896 transactions in Epoch 660, its busiest five-day stretch in about five years, while two governance votes expired short of quorum.

SWI Group raised €800 million ($894 million) on Oct. 12 to fund AI data centers, and it controls the former FTX-owned bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets.
🚨 NEW: Google launches its AI payments protocol (AP2) with support for stablecoins. Partners already include Coinbase, PayPal, Mastercard and dozens more.
🔥 NEW: Apple, X, Airbnb, and Google are reportedly in early talks to integrate stablecoins, signaling Big Tech’s growing move into crypto payments amid shifting U.S. policy.