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Benefits beat buzzwords in crypto adoption, one of Worldcoin’s first orb operators, Alejandra Corbella, says
In July 2023, Alejandra Corbella took on one of the harder jobs in tech marketing. As one of Worldcoin’s first orb operators in California, she spent her days in Bay Area co-working spaces next to a chrome sphere, inviting strangers to let it scan their eyes. Worldcoin, the project co-founded by Sam Altman and now...
Mon, Nov 2
Post-Binance hack: Industry experts weigh in on crypto’s safest haven
The remnants of the Binance hack, which has now been acknowledged as the biggest hack in history in terms of hacked value, reaching almost $6 billion, have raised several questions. The most obvious of which is how we can safeguard crypto holdings, and where investors and retail buyers can purchase, hold, and sell crypto. Whether...
Sun, Nov 1
Runware wants AI data centers rolling off assembly lines like cars
Runware aims to build AI data centers similar to automobiles, where finished products can be seen rolling off the production line. CEO Flaviu Radulescu reportedly said that the company’s plan is to produce 30 megawatts of data center capacity per day by the year 2028. The other expectation is to bring every pod online within a...
Sat, Oct 31
Meta keeps AA- rating but S&P warns over surging AI costs
S&P Global Ratings has lowered its outlook on Meta, citing mounting AI costs and cash flow concerns. It changed Meta’s AA- credit rating from stable to negative. While the rating keeps the tech giant firmly in the upper echelon of companies, comfortably above the BB+ “junk” threshold, the negative tag serves as an official warning...
Sat, Oct 31
Aave reopens all markets after Binance Hack; nine assets stay at Zero LTV
On October 30, 2026, Aave has resumed its lending market operations on V3 and V4 subsequent to the Binance hacking incident, which incurred losses to the tune of $6.3 billion, resulting in the precautionary closure of operations. The lending markets resumed full operation, except for nine assets that are still restricted. In the update released...
Sat, Oct 31
Alphabet loses $475B as AI spending pushes free cash flow deeper into the red
Alphabet (GOOGL) lost about $475 billion in market value according to its earnings results on October 28. Its third-quarter revenue increased by 25% to $127.6 billion. However, even after a huge AI infrastructure bill, free cash flow slipped into the red. Investors want to know when the spending will pay off. A booming quarter that...
Sat, Oct 31
Druckenmiller invests in Trade[XYZ] as ICE plans regulated Hyperliquid market
Stan Druckenmiller shared on X on October 29 that he had invested in Trade[XYZ], which develops perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. That same day, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, unveiled plans for a regulated, 24/7 U.S. venue. The new market still needs regulatory approval. A veteran macro investor, not a crypto...
Sat, Oct 31
Cursor marketplace backdoor tests trust in AI coding assistants
Cursor removed a compromised Claude Code extension from its marketplace on October 29. This came after researchers found out that the malicious extensions installed an SSH backdoor. An estimated 5,000 users may have been affected. The issue did not involve Anthropic’s AI model, Claude. Instead, the malware became available to developers through Cursor’s extension marketplace....
Sat, Oct 31
AI-powered hacking goes global as Chinese groups use ARTEX to automate cyber espionage
Hacker groups connected to China are increasing their attacks with the help of an AI-driven penetration testing technology named ARTEX. According to CrowdStrike, Vapor Panda has been using the tool since October 17, 2026, in its attacks against over 200 organizations worldwide. Much of the work is done by AI while the final decision-making is...
Fri, Oct 30
Google’s first orbital AI writes a haiku as the data-center race moves to space
Project Suncatcher, Google’s first satellite data center, has created a work of poetry from space, according to reports on Friday. The technology behind this achievement is DeepMind’s Gemma 4. This confirms that artificial intelligence is functioning in space. However, there remain questions about its economic viability. One TPU, 20 minutes, and three lines of verse...
Fri, Oct 30
Keystone admits 180-day deletion failed as OneKey undercuts it with 30 days
Effective immediately, shipping data retention has been reduced by 50% by Keystone. It went from 180 days to 90 days on Friday. The company admitted that its popular 180-day auto-deletion wasn’t working and had left personal data on 25,964 of its buyer records open to a breach. Its competitor, OneKey, went a step further by...
Fri, Oct 30
Synthetix claws back SNX as Binance hacker locks $3.5M in Newton contract by mistake
Synthetix has recovered the SNX stolen in Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, while the attacker accidentally locked about 8 million Newton tokens in a dead contract. They are two of at least nine moves against the haul. At least nine moves against one haul Binance confirmed that about $6.3 billion was stolen in what is now...
Fri, Oct 30
Texas brothers get 366 months combined for $8M crypto kidnapping in Minnesota
Two brothers from Waller, Texas, have been sentenced to a combined 366 months in federal prison. The pair have been found guilty of holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing the theft of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. Have Raymond and Isiah Garcia been sentenced? The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of...
Fri, Oct 30
Israel extradites Nomad exploit suspect after rejecting 'code is law' defense
Israel handed Alexander Block to U.S. prosecutors on Thursday to face charges over a $2.8 million exploit of the Nomad crypto bridge. The extradition was processed after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that taking advantage of a software flaw can be criminal even when the code permits it and blocked any further appeals on the case....
Fri, Oct 30
ChangeNOW moves from simple swap tool toward crypto super app as it courts wallet builders at Token2049
ChangeNOW is expanding beyond cryptocurrency swaps as it seeks to build a platform combining digital asset management, payments and infrastructure for businesses, according to Pauline Shangett, the company’s chief strategy officer. The company, which began operating in 2017, has added a crypto wallet, loans and trading features to its original exchange service. In an interview...
Fri, Oct 30
North Korea's top hacking units have operationalized AI, Microsoft says
Microsoft says three North Korean hacking groups now use AI in their daily attacks, the highest level on its scale. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rates North Korea’s overall use of AI in hacking as high. The report came out as North Korea is blamed for the biggest crypto theft ever, the $6.36 billion Binance hack. How...
Fri, Oct 30
Zcash’s $125M grants fight: ZCG offers $46M back as Winklevoss pushes coinholder rule
The five-person Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) committee has drawn criticism from people calling out the $46 million it wants to return of the roughly $125 million in its treasury as too small. The 8% allocation of block rewards flowing into the treasury became worth fighting over after the recent 48-fold explosion in ZEC’s price over...
Fri, Oct 30
Russia’s feared FSB to gain access to private keys of crypto wallets
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) will have full access to the private keys of crypto wallets hosted by licensed custodians. The news comes despite opposition from Russian banks, which will be among the key participants in the country’s recently regulated market for digital assets. FSB to have round-the-clock reach to the...
Fri, Oct 30
CZ tells Musk 'bad time to troll' amid $6.3 billion Binance hack
Elon Musk’s keyboard warrior persona has drawn a public response from Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who called out unhelpful comments from the Tesla founder and X owner as crypto’s largest exchange deals with the industry’s largest security breach. CZ’s response came within hours of Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, with the exchange’s former CEO reminding...
Fri, Oct 30
Jameson Lopp warns of Google phishing sent from Google's own servers
Casa’s Jameson Lopp warned on Thursday about a new phishing scam that sends fake emails through Google’s own systems. Crypto holders face the biggest risk from this scam due to the use of fake login pages to steal passwords and other sensitive data. How can a scam email come from Google itself? Casa’s Jameson Lopp...
Fri, Oct 30