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OpenAI’s 719 math papers come from testing its advisers opposed
OpenAI posted 719 math manuscripts from an unreleased model a week after its advisory group asked labs to stop testing math on proprietary models.
Thu, Oct 8
Solana’s top DEX Orca merges with Loopscale, pitches itself as a lender to AI and defense
Orca, Solana’s top decentralized exchange, has merged with lending protocol Loopscale to form a company called Formation. The New York company is pitching itself as credit plumbing for AI, energy, robotics and defense. The two teams announced the deal on October 7. Loopscale laid out the terms in a merger FAQ on its documentation site....
Thu, Oct 8
Pyth DAO votes to send all product revenue into PYTH buybacks
The Pyth DAO has approved a proposal to use 100% of the money it earns from Pyth’s commercial products into buying PYTH on the open market. The change, passed as OP-PIP-136, now means that the amount of PYTH the DAO collects now depends directly on the network’s fast-growing data revenue. What is Pyth DAO changing?...
Thu, Oct 8
NFL says sports prediction contracts should be designated as gambling
The National Football League (NFL) has requested that the US Supreme Court designate sports prediction agreements as gambling instead of financial derivatives. The classification could impact the way Kalshi and its competitors respond to federal agencies or state gambling authorities and, in turn, the growth of the industry. The league’s argument against calling them swaps...
Thu, Oct 8
UK lists Cryptomus and Heleket as one firm after rebrand
The UK passed sanctions on the owner of crypto payment processors Cryptomus and Heleket, designating the two companies as a single sanctioned entity on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The two brands are now seen as one business, and it blocks off an avenue for an operator linked to Russia from moving users from one company...
Thu, Oct 8
Trump denies rumors that he will attack Iran before the midterms
Donald Trump on Thursday said he has no plans to bomb Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, despite reports that his own administration has been preparing for another round of military attacks. The president made the announcement on Truth Social, saying: “I want to make it clear to everybody that, while Iran is in...
Thu, Oct 8
Polkadot's "issuer-free" stablecoin launches on Tether's dollars
Polkadot has launched dotUSD, a stablecoin that it says has no issuing company, on Thursday, October 8. However, the token that went live is minted one-for-one against Tether’s USDT, which is the same kind of centrally controlled dollar coin that Polkadot’s own pitch warns against. In the same post where it announced the launch on...
Thu, Oct 8
Google launches new Gemini Spark AI agent that can work for you
Google just launched Gemini Spark, a new AI agent that can take work off your hands, figure out how to get it done, and come back with the finished product. The company launched the service on Thursday via Google Cloud, offering enterprises an AI system capable of conducting research, writing code, preparing reports, and completing...
Thu, Oct 8
Tokyo turns to blockchain to find new buyers for its record debt pile
The Ministry of Finance in Japan held its first meeting geared towards the tokenization of government bonds. The meeting was held on Thursday, October 8, 2026, and it mapped out three avenues blockchain could use in carrying Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). Also, the ministry is looking into the feasibility of crypto rails to attract new...
Thu, Oct 8
Securitize lets US investors buy Solana tokens backed by real Apple and Nvidia shares
Eligible US and EU investors can trade 12 Securitize stock tokens on Solana, including Apple and Nvidia, each backed one for one by a real share.
Thu, Oct 8
Bitcoin ETFs flip October flows negative after $487M outflow
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their biggest one-day outflow since June on Wednesday, as investors withdrew almost $490 million amid Bitcoin (BTC) falling to $82,000 and reversing all of the funds’ gains made in early October to make the monthly flows negative. Largest one-day outflow since late June SoSoValue data reported a single-day net outflow...
Thu, Oct 8
LIVE: Bitcoin crashed to $79,000 temporarily, shakes Uptober excitement
Bitcoin briefly crashed to $79,000, losing more than 8% in four days as October’s rally hopes took a beating. Ethereum, XRP, and Solana suffered even worse losses, with traders bracing for more volatility ahead of the October 10 flash crash anniversary. U.S. stocks fell as expensive oil and a tech selloff dragged the Nasdaq down...
Thu, Oct 8
US government's 8,428 BTC transfer to Coinbase Prime is its biggest outflow day since 2024
The US government sent 8,428 BTC to Coinbase Prime on Wednesday, its largest one-day bitcoin outflow since December 2, 2024, Galaxy Research data shows.
Thu, Oct 8
Vitalik Buterin warns AI could weaken lattice cryptography, tells holders not to rush
Vitalik Buterin warned AI math could hit lattice-based post-quantum cryptography like ML-DSA within two years, but told holders not to rush wallet moves.
Thu, Oct 8
Samsung expects $80 billion profit in quarterly earnings upon AI boom
Samsung Electronics expects third-quarter operating profit to hit about 107.4 trillion won ($80.2 billion), about nine times the figure from one year earlier. This, if eventually confirmed, would be the largest quarterly operating profit ever reported by a technology company. Samsung is one of the biggest suppliers of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and demand for HBM...
Thu, Oct 8
IMF: Tokenized markets are tiny, retail-driven and fragmented, and stablecoins may be the weak link
Tokenized real-world assets reached around $65 billion in July, the IMF says. Despite the impressive amount, the tokenized RWA market is still small and dominated by retail traders. The IMF also stated that stablecoin-based settlement is a source of fresh risk for regulators. How large is the tokenized RWA market? Chapter 3 of the International...
Thu, Oct 8
The Shyft to Smarter Onchain Yield
The way capital moves through markets is changing, especially in crypto. It’s less about chasing the highest APY and more about where that yield actually comes from. This shift can already be seen across onchain markets as more assets and strategies move onchain. For instance, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have reached almost $40 billion, a...
Thu, Oct 8
Soda Labs raises $3M to bring privacy for regulated money to public blockchain
Soda Labs disclosed earlier today that it gained a $3 million boost from NextBlock, propelling the firm in its stated mission to build infrastructure for banks and payment firms to move regulated money on public blockchains while preserving privacy on details such as balances, amounts or counterparties. The seed round was funded entirely by NextBlock,...
Thu, Oct 8
BasedApp breach ties names to wallets, fueling the fight over HMRC's new crypto powers
BasedApp said on Thursday that an intruder reached its internal systems and exposed the house and wallet addresses of its customers. HMRC recently proposed a change to an existing law that would give it more access to customer data. This breach is an example of what critics say that change would make more common across...
Thu, Oct 8
NEAR rallies 125% over 30 days as Bitwise pitches AI, while swap fees pay the bills
NEAR Protocol has been on a 125% run over the last 30 days, riding on a wave of fresh funds entering the network from Bitwise’s new exchange-traded product and rising cross-chain volume. The token trading near $5.30 is trending across different data tracking platforms, including CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. NEAR and Stellar (XLM) have swapped spots...
Thu, Oct 8
