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EarnOS launches Ero app, expands ad model that rewards only real people

Blockchain-based digital advertising startup EarnOS raised $6 million in a pre-Series A round led by 1ks. The Block reported that Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and Social Graph Ventures also joined the round. EarnOS completed beta testing of its Ero app and launched it in the United States, Canada, Australia and the UK. The company also said it secured a $12.5 million strategic investment over four years from Layer 1 blockchain Verona.

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Trump backtracks on Anthropic threat claims, keeps access curbs and federal ban

U.S. President Donald Trump said he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after meeting CEO Dario Amodei at a G7 summit, Cryptopolitan reported. Trump said it might have been different a week earlier and that he could invoke the Defense Production Act but saw no need. Existing restrictions remain, including Commerce Department approval for foreign access to two models and a Pentagon ban on federal agencies using Anthropic technology.

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Alchemy launches AgentCard virtual Visa card for AI agents

Blockchain infrastructure company Alchemy has launched an AI-focused virtual Visa card called AgentCard. The card and identity solution is designed to let AI agents make autonomous payments in the real world and was built through integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce. It supports tokenised payments instead of using an actual card number and, where merchants allow, cryptocurrency payments. The service also supports new agent payment protocols such as Coinbase-led x402 and the Stripe Machine Payments Protocol.