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Google has begun rolling out Gemini Spark to Google AI Pro users outside the United States. Spark is a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, capable of handling heavy tasks based on user instructions. According to the test account Testing Catalog, the product's next major upgrade will support true MCP (Model Context Protocol), with related features already in development.
decentralized hedge fund Numerai has completed its third strategic purchase of NMR, acquiring an additional $1.2 million worth of NMR from the open market, bringing its total NMR repurchases over the past year to $3.2 million. Numerai stated that this repurchase is used to support its staking system. This system allows independent data scientists to stake NMR on models. Models that perform better in predicting future market data will receive additional NMR, while those that underperform will lose their staked tokens. Numerai noted that since announcing its first strategic repurchase in July 2025, its number of active accounts has more than doubled. It has also launched infrastructure including Numerai Skills, the Numerai Model Context Protocol, and Atomic Blockchain Staking. Numerai currently manages approximately $700 million in assets, up from around $560 million at the end of 2025. Numeraire is a fixed-supply Ethereum token with a cap of 11 million NMR. This repurchase was executed on the open market over several weeks via Coinbase Institutional.
: Base, the Ethereum scaling network incubated by Coinbase, has launched Base MCP, aiming to connect AI interfaces with Base wallet infrastructure.Through this integration, users can use natural language commands in AI tools that support the MCP open standard to complete token swaps, fund transfers, and interact with Base ecosystem applications. Supported AI interfaces include Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and others.Base MCP will serve as a secure gateway between user Base accounts and AI interfaces. At its initial launch, it will connect with applications such as Morpho, Bankr, Moonwell, Avantis, Aerodrome, Virtuals, and Uniswap, covering scenarios including lending, swaps, perpetual contracts, new tokens, and AI Agent issuance.MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, originally proposed by Anthropic, and is an open standard for connecting AI models with external tools and data sources.
PrimePiper has launched an enterprise-grade prime broker platform for AI agents, designed to address challenges including fragmented account management, inadequate risk control, inability to reconcile across venues, and insufficient compliance auditing in AI-driven automated trading. According to the company, its infrastructure supports unified connectivity to multiple trading venues—including Hyperliquid, OKX, Tiger Brokers, and Interactive Brokers (IBKR). For risk control, PrimePiper offers enterprise-grade API key management, spending limits, and circuit-breaker mechanisms to constrain AI agent trading behavior. At the execution layer, it enables automated strategy execution via SDK or the Model Context Protocol (MCP). For compliance and auditing, it provides audit-grade reporting capabilities tailored for funds and traders. PrimePiper has been selected for the latest cohort of Founders Inc’s accelerator program; its product is currently in the Alpha stage. Team members hail from Galois Capital, Kraken, DRW, and AWS.
Vercel has released an analysis of a security incident, stating that certain internal systems were accessed without authorization. The breach originated from a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by an employee, which was compromised. Attackers leveraged this to take over the employee’s Google Workspace account and access some environment configuration data. Preliminary impact assessment indicates that a small number of customers’ environment variables—unmarked as “sensitive” (e.g., API keys, tokens)—may have been exposed. Affected users have been notified and advised to immediately rotate their credentials. At present, there is no evidence that data explicitly marked as “sensitive” or the supply chain (e.g., npm packages) has been tampered with. Vercel notes that the attackers demonstrated a high level of technical sophistication. The company is collaborating with Mandiant and multiple security organizations to investigate the incident and has filed a report with law enforcement. Vercel also confirms that its platform services remain fully operational. Users are advised to enable multi-factor authentication, comprehensively rotate potentially exposed environment variables, and review account activity logs and deployment records to mitigate further risk.
Odaily News TRON has announced the integration of deBridge's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server into the TRON network, enabling seamless cross-chain execution capabilities through a unified interface.Through this unified interface, developers and AI Agents can programmatically access multi-chain liquidity, routing, and transaction execution capabilities, achieving a smoother cross-chain operational experience.This integration is not merely a new technical addition; it further strengthens TRON's infrastructure potential for connecting payments, asset gateways, and multi-chain execution capabilities within AI Agent scenarios.