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SK Hynix suspends plans for Solidigm US IPO due to market volatility
SK Hynix’s plans to launch its US memory unit Solidigm on an American exchange at a listing projected to be worth $15 billion have been called off. The decision was made due to shareholder pushback, in addition to warnings from South Korean regulators that the deal could dilute minority investors. The filing and what was...
Fri, Oct 23
Meta gives Zuckerberg non-voting shares to fund AI race, keep control
Meta has discovered a way for Mark Zuckerberg to sell a portion of his ownership while maintaining significant control over the firm. The creation of a new class of share with no voting rights may also support the company’s increasing AI initiatives. According to reports from Reuters on October 22, the deal comes in the...
Fri, Oct 23
PHP2Shell flaws draw millions of attack attempts as AI speeds exploits
October 22, 2026, saw millions of hackers attempt to take advantage of two major vulnerabilities in PHP. Governments and businesses had to take down some online systems while expert teams hurried to put in place emergency patches. This shows how little time have now been given to cybersecurity specialists to counter serious vulnerabilities. Two 9.2-rated...
Thu, Oct 22
Musk says Tesla ramps Megapack output as 2027 capacity nears sellout
Tesla’s Megapack batteries are almost sold out till 2027 and Elon Musk says that the manufacturer is working to increase their production. There is an upward trend in demand as utility companies and AI data centers look for more stable energy. “As much as possible” On October 22, 2026, Musk posted on X: We are...
Thu, Oct 22
Underdog taps Zerohash to bring crypto funding to prediction markets
A fresh initiative by Underdog is making it much easier for customers to fund their prediction market accounts even outside banking hours. On October 22, the company announced its collaboration with Zerohash to give qualified customers the ability to deposit stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies. The announcement was made at the NEXTPredict NYC Summit and is...
Thu, Oct 22
Attackers target a French crypto worker’s parents in second Landes attack since August
A home invasion occurred in Mont-de-Marsan on Thursday morning. A couple in their 60s were tied up by three masked men who broke into their home and demanded cryptocurrency. The masked men carted away a laptop and phone. This would be the second attack of this nature in France’s Landes region since August. What happened...
Thu, Oct 22
Ireland fines Coinbase again, this time over how it protected customer money
The Central Bank of Ireland has fined Coinbase’s Irish e-money arm €3,252,618 for failing to protect customer money and for leaning too heavily on its US parent to run those controls. This is the second penalty that Ireland has imposed on Coinbase’s European operations in under one year. Five years of safeguarding gaps The regulator...
Thu, Oct 22
Fireblocks denies $2.5B Visa talks, but "at this time" leaves a door open
Fireblocks has denied an Axios Pro report stating that Visa is in advanced talks to buy the crypto custody company for roughly $2.5 billion. The company clarified that the news was “not true at present time,” suggesting that a deal could be reached later. Is Fireblocks going to be acquired by Visa? Axios Pro, citing...
Thu, Oct 22
a16z crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier, 5 months after crypto-only pledge
Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto (a16z crypto) arm has told limited partners it will rename itself a16z Frontier and invest beyond crypto. The move comes five months after the firm called its $2.2 billion fifth fund “100% dedicated to investing in crypto entrepreneurs.” Will a16z invest in AI? When a16z crypto closed Fund 5 in May, a...
Thu, Oct 22
Nebius acquires $3.5 billlion debt facility with city for its AI data center needs
AI cloud company Nebius Group has secured a $3.5 billion loan from Citi to build more data centers and buy GPUs. The company announced the deal in a press release and confirmed it on its official X account. Nebius trades on Nasdaq under the ticker NBIS. Where the money goes and what it costs Nebius...
Thu, Oct 22
US banks note unauthorized AI agents in their systems and customer accounts
Several large US banks have found multiple unvetted third-party AI agents operating within customer accounts, with some of these agents performing actions that seem independent of the user’s requests, Axios reported. The discovery is of importance for users who link their bank accounts to AI assistants, as banks are now blocking this access to protect...
Thu, Oct 22
LIVE: Why US stocks are crashing today
Wall Street is crashing: The Nasdaq fell 2.1%, the S&P 500 lost 1.3%, and the Dow dropped 279 points. AI stocks are getting hammered: Meta, AMD, Nvidia, Micron, and CoreWeave fell as investors questioned massive AI spending. Oil is surging: Brent topped $112, while US crude neared $100 as Trump warned something could happen soon...
Thu, Oct 22
Altcoins may need a Bitcoin breakout to escape the sell-off
Crypto money is flowing away from altcoins to Bitcoin as spot ETF demand wanes and other cryptocurrencies experience a sell-off, according to market maker Wintermute and the market overview from Phemex. The message for those holding altcoins couldn’t be clearer – there will be no broader uptrend without Bitcoin’s leading move. Wintermute reportedly estimated that...
Thu, Oct 22
Coldcard users sue Coinkite founders over ignored 2025 security warning
A Coldcard customer has launched a class-action lawsuit in Ontario against the hardware wallet maker Coinkite Inc. and its co-founders. The allegation is that the co-founders of Coinkite knew that there was a problem with its seed-generation system as early as May 2025 and did nothing about it. Why is Coldcard getting sued? Amir Reza...
Thu, Oct 22
Cypherium pitches GPU mining comeback for AI data centers as compute becomes tradable commodity
Cypherium has presented a custom-made solution for AI data center operators looking for routes to optimize earnings on idle machines with its new COLOSSUS-X, a proof-of-work mining design built for AI hardware rather than specialized rigs. The firm also unveiled plans for a Compute Index that would put a price on computing power on-chain, feeding...
Thu, Oct 22
Cambodia freezes $1B in Prince Group assets as countries split Chen Zhi's empire
Cambodia has joined the international squeeze on assets tied to the Prince Group after courts authorized the country to freeze nearly $1 billion worth of assets, extending a streak of cross-border crackdowns that started after the group’s founder, Chen Zhi, was extradited to China. It is important to note that freezes are confiscations. The head...
Thu, Oct 22
CoinCDX denies hack as researchers trace outflows to former hot wallets
CoinCDX denied having its hot wallet compromised, but on-chain researchers are linking a loss of $15.9M in user funds through an old compromised wallet.
Thu, Oct 22
Robinhood heads to Dubai as Dubai-based Bybit plots its way into the US
Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has committed to a 2027 date to launch in the Middle East after the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) gave the regulatory green light on the firm’s retail investing app in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). News of the 2027 expansion into the Middle East landed as the Dubai-based Bybit is...
Thu, Oct 22
Sakura Internet moved on PHP flaws hours before Japan's PM
Sakura Internet suspended database web tools on its cloud over two PHP flaws, hours before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged operators to patch that night.
Thu, Oct 22
Citadel's Ken Griffin sees an AI bubble but backs its survivors to dominate for decades
Citadel's Ken Griffin said AI is almost certainly in a bubble, but the companies that survive it will lead markets for decades.
Thu, Oct 22