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CFTC crypto rules won't be proposed until late Q1 2027 at best, says TD Cowen
TD Cowen's Jaret Seiberg expects the CFTC's crypto rule proposal no sooner than late Q1 2027, with final rules possibly slipping to early 2028.
Tue, Oct 13
Danfoss says hacked controllers behind 50C French supermarket fridges ran old firmware
Danfoss said the refrigeration controllers hackers hijacked to heat French supermarket fridges to 50C were mostly legacy units running outdated firmware.
Tue, Oct 13
Kroger to cut 3,000 corporate jobs weeks after unveiling AI strategy
Kroger is planning to eliminate approximately 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years, which will affect roughly 37% of the company’s overall corporate jobs of about 8,200. The cuts was announced by Kroger CEO Greg Foran on October 12, 2026, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer. The timing raises questions. Just 20 days earlier,...
Tue, Oct 13
THORChain fees more than double its pre-surge week with no Bitget exploit money
THORChain collected ~$404,600 in swap fees from October 5 to 11, more than double its pre-surge week, with no Bitget exploit money passing through.
Mon, Oct 12
Fairshake PACs' $2.7M House push tests crypto's path to clear rules
Two Fairshake affiliates are investing $2.7 million into U.S. House races before the midterm elections in November. But the industry’s ultimate objective of creating clear regulations for cryptocurrency in the U.S. is still a long way from being achieved. Where the money actually comes from Fairshake received a total of $137.9 million from January 2025...
Mon, Oct 12
Ontology mainnet back after 41-hour halt, vulnerability still undisclosed
Ontology restarted its mainnet after about 41 hours offline and said no network funds were lost, but it has not named the project or flaw behind the halt.
Mon, Oct 12
The Federal Reserve is preparing for a rate hike cycle, along with the rest of the world
The Federal Reserve is preparing for another round of interest rate hikes, and central banks worldwide are moving in the same direction. Inflation is still causing problems, borrowing costs remain painful, and policymakers are increasingly convinced that keeping money expensive might be necessary. Anyone hoping interest rates would quickly return to pre-pandemic levels might want...
Mon, Oct 12
CHAD preferred climbs toward $10 as DeFi Development common falls 21% in a week
DeFi Development added 22,070 SOL last week, but DFDV stock fell 21% while its CHAD preferred shares hit record highs near $10 par.
Mon, Oct 12
Binance launches AI market assistant as exchanges race on AI edge
Binance released its free AI trading assistant for English-speaking users on October 12, following the beta testing by about 150,000 individuals. The beta was launched on September 7. According to Binance, the tool will offer such features as portfolio performance summary, leading asset identification, and market news delivery in text or audio form. Users can...
Mon, Oct 12
Prince Group's alleged finance chief faces UK court bid over £10.6 million in jewels
UK authorities are asking a court to keep £10.6 million in watches and jewelry seized from Thet Li, the alleged finance chief of Prince Group.
Mon, Oct 12
Google and Meta adopt Nvidia networking gear at OCP summit
Nvidia said Google and Meta, two of its largest customers and its sharpest rivals in custom AI silicon, are picking up its networking hardware. The company made a set of announcements at the Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose on Monday. Will Google and Meta use Nvidia’s networking technology? Nvidia announced at the...
Mon, Oct 12
Can Trump’s diesel deal with Russia’s Putin actually work?
Trump wants to buy diesel from Russia to bring down fuel prices for American drivers. But can a deal with Vladimir Putin fix an energy crunch when Russia is still bombing Ukraine, Congress has already restricted Russian fuel, and the biggest disruption to global supplies is happening thousands of miles away? That is plenty for...
Mon, Oct 12
Meta takes on ChatGPT and Claude with two new AI models as Zuckerberg chases paying customers
Meta (NASDAQ: META) is coming after ChatGPT and Claude with two new artificial intelligence models, and Mark Zuckerberg wants customers to start opening their wallets. This company has developed a product line called Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full. These products are designed for people looking for AI assistants capable of managing everyday work and...
Mon, Oct 12
Kanishka Narayan warns AI labs to hold back models they can't control
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan told AI labs not to release models they can't control, as the AI Security Institute tests Google's Gemini 4 Argon.
Mon, Oct 12
Bitmine's 12,532 ETH buy puts it 99% of the way to owning 5% of ether
Bitmine bought 12,532 ETH last week, lifting its treasury to 6,028,946 tokens and leaving it about 76,000 ETH short of owning 5% of ether's supply.
Mon, Oct 12
Polkadot proposes moving away from paid marketing toward on-chain user incentives
Polkadot’s community foundation has filed a governance mandate that would crown dotUSD the DAO’s favored stablecoin. This is coming a few days after the token went live. The token is backed entirely by Tether’s USDT, which is not the same as the DOT collateral that its own pitch demanded. The proposal, listed as Referendum 1954...
Mon, Oct 12
Bank of England signals no rush on the digital pound weeks before it’s due to decide
The Bank of England does not see any reason to rush the creation of a digital currency for the UK. Sarah Breeden, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, made this clear, as the central bank is set to decide before this year runs out whether or not to build a digital pound. Why...
Mon, Oct 12
Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to reduce its gold holdings as U.S. Treasury yields surge
Kazakhstan, one of the world’s biggest gold buyers, is preparing to sell some holdings as U.S. Treasury yields soar. Bonds now offer returns that bullion cannot: gold itself pays no interest. The National Bank of Kazakhstan wants gold’s weight in its reserves to reduce from 78% to 75% by year-end. Reserves amounted to 386 tons...
Mon, Oct 12
ZachXBT calls $250K XRP Ledger bug bounty too low for 18-trillion flaw
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said on Monday that the $250,000 Ripple paid the security firm Veria Labs for finding a bug that could have minted trillions of XRP was far too small. The situation has reignited ZachXBT’s long-running criticism of how Ripple treats researchers. How much did Ripple pay Veria Labs? ZachXBT criticized the $250,000 awarded...
Mon, Oct 12
Microsoft deploys own AI chip in cost cutting plan
Microsoft is stepping up its push into custom AI chips with the launch of Azure Maia 300, its third-generation processor, as it looks to move most of its AI workloads to the Maia platform from 2027 and cut its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. Microsoft unveiled the chip at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in...
Mon, Oct 12