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LIVE: Oil inches dangerously close to its all-time high
Brent crude hits a six-month high of $116.13, while WTI climbs to $102.56. Trump hints at fresh strikes on Iran, while Tehran says its military is ready for war. Houthi attacks kill four people in Saudi Arabia, forcing Aramco to evacuate its headquarters. US stocks tumble on AI fears, with the Nasdaq falling 5% and...
Fri, Oct 23
Seoul weighs letting crypto exchanges trade token securities as Bithumb fights regulators in court
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has said it would look into letting crypto exchanges trade token securities. Meanwhile, the FSC’s anti-money-laundering arm defended a six-month penalty against Bithumb in court, and the central bank has set out plans to widen cross-border balance reporting. Will crypto exchanges start trading token securities? FSC Chairman Lee Eog-weon...
Fri, Oct 23
New York seeks $1.37B from NovaTech’s founders as $6M recovery frustrates victims
NovaTech founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion could be on the hook for nearly $1.37 billion after Attorney General Letitia James asked a New York court to target the couple almost four years after they fled the United States in mid-2022. So far, authorities have only recovered $5.98 million, mainly from settlements with promoters, which pales...
Fri, Oct 23
Ethereum delays Glamsterdam testnet fork over gas-accounting security risks
Ethereum developers delayed the Glamsterdam hard fork deployment on the Hoodi testnet after security experts identified potential gas-accounting adjustments, which could affect the functioning of currently deployed smart contracts during failed transactions. Thus, the latest update delays Ethereum’s upcoming mainnet hard fork activation indefinitely and casts doubts about its tentative December rollout window. Glamsterdam timeline...
Fri, Oct 23
Chainlink signs Project Hangang contractor LG CNS to expand Korean won stablecoins
LG CNS, lead contractor on the Bank of Korea's Project Hangang, has partnered with Chainlink to expand won stablecoins in South Korea.
Fri, Oct 23
Whale-sized orders offer Bitcoin support level just below $80,000
BTC spot whales show support for the $78,000 price level, as traders estimate whether BTC will still crash below $80,000.
Fri, Oct 23
Eight held in Colombia for US extradition, one accused of moving $42M in crypto
Colombia captured eight people wanted for US extradition, including one suspect accused of moving about $42 million in suspicious crypto since 2018.
Fri, Oct 23
Your Payment Provider Should Reduce Work, Not Add It
Every “Where is my payment?” message lands on someone’s payroll. By Kate L., Commercial Director of NOWPayments If you run an online business, payment inquiries have a way of pulling your team away from everything else. A customer uses a different network, or a purchase ends up under another email address. Someone has to find...
Fri, Oct 23
Smarter Web adds 20 BTC as its preferred shares pay their first weekly dividend
The largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin in the United Kingdom (UK), The Smarter Web Company disclosed on Friday, October 23, that it added 20 BTC to its treasury for about £1.23 million. The firm also set the first weekly dividend on the MORE preferred shares, funding its Bitcoin purchases at £0.2301 per share. Smarter...
Fri, Oct 23
US Bitcoin ETF October flows turn negative as investors pull out $635 million
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted withdrawals worth $635 million in a single session. This marked the biggest single-day withdrawal from these funds since June, enough to take the October totals into negative territory. To those looking at fund flows as a metric of institutional demand, the number puts a damper on a week that looked...
Fri, Oct 23
CZ and Vitalik downplay AI crypto threat as Bitcoin Core rewrites bug rules
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) does not believe AI needs to actually crack Bitcoin’s cryptography to cause harm, the Binance founder and former CEO said on Friday. Those comments came just as Bitcoin Core revised the plan on how it will disclose bugs in the AI era. Last month, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared similar sentiments when...
Fri, Oct 23
Senator Blumenthal seeks records on $6.3 million in alleged Tether payments to Bo Hines’ consulting firm
Top Senate Democratic investigator Senator Richard Blumenthal is now demanding documentation regarding an estimated payment of $6.3 million made by Tether to the consulting firm that is part-owned by Bo Hines. He formerly served as the White House crypto policy chief. Blumenthal’s demand comes in amid a prior Wall Street Journal probe into the money...
Fri, Oct 23
Unbacked rate hikes hit Swell's swETH and rswETH after Railway's key leak
Someone holding Swell's hot keys pushed swETH and rswETH rates up 1% an hour with no ETH behind them, hours after Railway's key leak.
Fri, Oct 23
Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic agents need a user's approval to log in with 1Password
1Password for Agents lets Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic agents sign in once a user approves, filling the password so the agent never sees it.
Fri, Oct 23
OpenAI lines up Coatue and UAE money at a $1.25 trillion valuation
Coatue and UAE investors lead OpenAI's round of up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, with signatures targeted by the end of next week.
Fri, Oct 23
Arista fixes third actively exploited VeloCloud flaw in three months
On October 22, 2026, Arista Networks fixed a VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day vulnerability that attackers had already exploited. The vulnerability puts businesses at risk because it affects the system used to handle network connections across multiple sites. How a read-only account becomes a superuser Advisory 0199 of Arista identifies the vulnerability as CVE-2026-114625, an SQL-injection vulnerability...
Fri, Oct 23
US Treasury targets China with new AI and high-tech investment restrictions
The Trump administration is cracking down on American investments in China’s AI, military tech, and life sciences sectors. The US Treasury just unveiled regulations under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act, which Congress approved in 2025 to tighten checks on investments in China, Russia, Iran, and other ‘countries of concern.’ For some time now,...
Fri, Oct 23
Axel Springer open to TikTok Europe deal as ByteDance rejects report
German publisher Axel Springer has expressed his eagerness to be involved in the potential deal involving the operations of Tiktok in Europe. However, contrary to the news, no such deal exists. Tiktok parent company ByteDance claims that the deal is “a total fabrication.” The issue results in a significant question for crypto advertisers: does the...
Fri, Oct 23
Apple bets on iPhone Duo with order boost as sales commence
Apple has reportedly told assembler Foxconn and its component makers to raise the 12-month shipment target for the iPhone Duo by 44%. This would take the production figures from 9.7 million to 14 million units, just one day before the $1,999 foldable reaches stores. Apple has, however, not confirmed the figures. Preorders emptied in minutes...
Fri, Oct 23
FCC allows waiver for Intel regarding imported robotics devices
Intel’s appeal for a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to continue to use foreign-made robots inside its US semiconductor plants has been granted. The decision spares the machines from a July import ban that the chipmaker had warned had the potential to stall its domestic manufacturing. The order covers robotics that Intel claims...
Fri, Oct 23