Crypto Digest from MINE.exchange (May 12

Iran launches ship insurance payable in Bitcoin
The state platform Hormuz Safe lets vessels buy transit coverage for the Strait of Hormuz in crypto with no SWIFT and no Western banks. Projected revenue is $10B per year. Using the service risks U.S. secondary sanctions.
Poland passes crypto regulation amid Zondacrypto scandal
Parliament approved MiCA implementation after the Zondacrypto exchange scandal, where clients cannot withdraw nearly $96M. Regulator KNF can now freeze accounts and wallets, fine violators, and blacklist fraudulent sites.
OpenAI prepares legal action against Apple
Per Bloomberg, ChatGPT never received the promised distribution in Apple’s ecosystem: features stayed invisible and subscriptions did not grow. OpenAI’s lawyers are now weighing a formal breach of contract notice.
AI is “atrophying” developers’ skills
Big Tech programmers say mandatory AI use does not boost productivity but crowds out their own expertise. Researchers call it “cognitive atrophy.” Meanwhile AI writes 75% of Google’s code and 90% of Anthropic’s.
Meta adds encrypted AI chat to WhatsApp
Incognito Chat stores no history and uses end-to-end encryption: even Meta itself cannot read the messages. For comparison ChatGPT keeps session data up to 30 days and Gemini up to 72 hours.
JPMorgan: Ethereum will keep lagging Bitcoin
Institutional money is flowing back into BTC: Bitcoin ETFs recovered two thirds of recent outflows, Ethereum ETFs just one third. Upcoming hard forks Glamsterdam and Hegota are unlikely to change the picture.
Figure AI robots almost beat a human at sorting parcels
The 10-hour live-streamed marathon ended in the human’s favour: 12,924 packages against 12,732 for the robots. The gap was just 0.04 seconds per package. Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock said: “This is the last time a human will ever win.”

Crypto Digest from MINE.exchange (May 12–18 2026)