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Ledger to ship fix for tampered wallets until 2027, costing $849
Ledger has responded to an incident where hardware implants drained approximately $86 million from its customers by unveiling a new device that’ll cost $849. The device will not be released until at least summer 2027. The device will be called Atom, unveiled by the French manufacturer at its Op3n event in Paris on Thursday, October...
Thu, Oct 15
TSMC predicts even higher revenue jump of 61% in Q4 after another quarter of record profits
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported record third-quarter profit on Thursday and forecast further growth in the current quarter, with revenue potentially climbing as much as 61% year over year on sustained demand for AI chips. The company expects Q4 revenue of $52.3 billion to $54.3 billion, representing a 55% to 61% increase from the...
Thu, Oct 15
Starknet weighs leaving Ethereum as the layer-2 era it was built for unravels
Starknet’s STRK holders are voting on a non-binding poll to decide whether the Ethereum layer-2 network should consider abandoning that designation to become an independent layer-1 chain. What is Starknet voting on? The seven-day voting process that Starknet initiated on October 15 to close on October 22 gives STRK holders three options: A “Yes” outcome...
Thu, Oct 15
US FTC subpoenas Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer protection, Axios reports
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued civil subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic on Wednesday, seeking internal records on safety incidents, security measures and privacy policies, Axios reported. The subpoenas escalate a consumer-protection probe that could lead to lawsuits against two of the AI industry’s biggest developers. The FTC is seeking all possible records of...
Thu, Oct 15
Fink says keep building AI as HSBC's Roberts demands higher returns
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says that putting a stop to America’s data center buildout would push the economy into recession. Seoul’s Kospi dropped more than 8% as AI-linked chipmakers sold off their shares and investors questioned whether the spending on AI matches the fundamentals. What would push the U.S. economy into a recession? Larry Fink,...
Thu, Oct 15
Russia to phase out P2P crypto transaction in July 2027 as exchanges receive licenses
Russia’s central bank has made it clear that the country’s new “digital currency” law prohibits peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto transactions as well as transfers to non-custodial wallets. The latest statements from the regulator come after it authorized more than 10 organizations to operate as cryptocurrency exchanges, including the state-owned giant Sberbank. Russians not allowed to make...
Thu, Oct 15
Toronto crypto kidnapping: 3 army reservists charged, 2,500 stolen rounds seized
Police have arrested three reserve members of the Canadian Armed Forces along with four others accused of staging a crypto kidnapping in Toronto. The seven-person gang now faces 82 criminal charges. Police named Talarambage Fernando, 22, James Moreau, 29, and Jack Miley, 24, all of the 7th Toronto Regiment, as the three service members involved...
Thu, Oct 15
CoreWeave eyes using insurers’ capital to fund Nvidia chip purchases through investment-grade debt
CoreWeave reportedly seeks to leverage trillions in insurance companies’ capital to fund the purchase of Nvidia’s chips, according to CoreWeave’s Chief Development Officer (CDO), and in doing so would give life insurers an increasing amount of responsibility for AI’s debts. ‘All the money in the world’ Brannin McBee, who works as the CDO at CoreWeave...
Thu, Oct 15
BitFuFu takes Bitcoin mining onchain with BTC-denominated HASH token
BitFuFu (NASDAQ: FUFU) has teamed with wealth technology platform Finloop to launch HASH, a tokenized product that pays BTC-denominated returns tied to Bitcoin mining. This opens BitFuFu’s cloud-mining business to investors who never have to touch a rig. BitFuFu spent the first half of 2026 absorbing heavy losses as Bitcoin’s price fell, but that trend...
Thu, Oct 15
AI-linked hacks and an AI-driven stock rout leave Korea’s FSC fighting on two fronts
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has responded to the Thursday crash that rocked the stock market and knocked more than 7% off the KOSPI with its second AI-linked emergency intervention this week. The market regulator’s Thursday meeting follows an earlier one after an exploit campaign breached 16 financial firms, including the Gopax crypto exchange....
Thu, Oct 15
Ethereum goes through biggest liquidation event in six months with $242M in 24 hours
ETH went through an hour of rapid liquidations, wiping out over $157M of positions from Binance. Over 92% of all liquidations were on the long side.
Thu, Oct 15
Tokenized ETF Market Cap Triples in 2026 as Holder Count Jumps 51x
Tokenized equities have been one of the standout narratives this year, with industry leaders like Jesse Pollack, head of Base, calling them the next supercycle in crypto. That said, there is another corner of the tokenized asset space that’s making huge strides year to date. Tokenized ETFs or indices onchain have tripled in value this...
Thu, Oct 15
Bitwise CIO says Bitcoin wins in all 3 economic scenarios as macro risks mount
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says Bitcoin may be in good shape whether the economy changes or not. His reasoning is based on the long-term growth prospects for Bitcoin, which he claims remain favorable regardless of economic developments, driven by AI integration, changes in monetary policy, and increased institutional investment. The asset will be...
Thu, Oct 15
Gamdom reports $3M loss as on-chain estimate reaches $4.2M
Crypto gambling platform Gamdom reported losing just over $3 million in a hot-wallet breach, but on-chain investigator vxdb estimates the damage at $4.208 million. The difference remains unexplained, raising questions about how gambling platforms protect funds needed for instant withdrawals. A disk failure that turned out to be a breach In its October 14 statement,...
Thu, Oct 15
A7A5 stablecoin stops paying interest as transfers sink to 61 a day
A7A5 holders have had no interest since October 9, and daily transfers fell to about 61 after Ukrainian drones hit the Yandex data centers hosting its exchange.
Thu, Oct 15
Millions of x402 payments mask a much smaller AI agent economy
Chainalysis revealed on October 14 that Coinbase’s Base network had handled over 138 million x402 transactions. The achievement indicates more usage of the HTTP 402 payment network, but it does not provide much information about the number of autonomous AI agents involved in these transactions or if the sellers received sustainable income. What the 138...
Thu, Oct 15
Standard Chartered delays $2T stablecoin forecast to 2030 as supply stalls
Standard Chartered has shifted its prediction for the stablecoin sector hitting $2 trillion from 2028 to 2030 due to stagnation in supply growth as the sector hovers around $309 billion. The bank is not lowering its target. Geoffrey Kendrick, the head of the bank’s digital assets research, is confident about growth happening but will take...
Thu, Oct 15
Patrick Witt exits White House crypto council with no replacement named
Patrick Witt left the White House Crypto Council when his Defense Department detail expired, and the White House has named no one to replace him.
Thu, Oct 15
Anthropic revenue surges to about $16.8 billion in Q3
Anthropic has told prospective investors that its Q3 revenue reached about $16.8 billion and that it had turned an adjusted profit. The figures were disclosed at a private pre-IPO meeting as the AI company prepares for a public offering that could value it at over $2 trillion. The numbers behind the jump Anthropic’s third-quarter revenue...
Thu, Oct 15
BNY completes first tokenized Treasury repo on major triparty platform
BNY has completed its first triparty repo trade on a major platform using tokenized Treasury collateral. The transaction with Citadel Securities highlighted the potential of digital securities for expediting the funding process although deriving the same benefit for other markets remains more difficult. A two-year note that settled in minutes A two-year Treasury note was...
Thu, Oct 15